Today, Roger killed a turkey...the biggest he has ever killed! It weighed 25 lb....We didn't measure the beard. I know he had one turkey with a longer beard before.
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I just have to show you some of the feathers...you have to enlarge these to see what I am talking about. They have not been manipulated, other than I re-sized the pictures for this blog.
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Aren't they gorgeous!
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Look at that green on the above photo...that is really what it looked like.
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And these! Can you believe the color?
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And as an added treat, look at this red headed woodpecker! We took a short drive late this afternoon, and I spotted him on this post as we were going around this curve.
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It is the first one I have seen in years and years. I only managed to get one shot before he took off.