Home Turkey Nest
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Home Turkey Nest
I was really surprised to find a turkey nesting so close to activity on my property. I bumped her by accident while moving a dead Christmas tree. She is literally 10 feet from the fence that holds my two Great Danes, and 25 feet off my driveway. The dogs do not have a clue, which is good. They are house dogs, so they are only in the kennel for a few hours a day. Danes are generally loungers, so they mostly hang out on their trampoline, which is about 60 feet from this nest, and just out of the photo on the right.
I grabbed my camera for a nest photo when I bumped her:
The following day I circled to the opposite side of the nest and set-up my tripod for a zoom shot. I didn't really know if she was there, as I stayed at a safe distance. I just zoomed my Nikon to the base of the tree and fired:
Hopefully I can get some photos of her poults some day.
Kinda reminds me of a big buck bedding in the unlikeliest of places...
I grabbed my camera for a nest photo when I bumped her:
The following day I circled to the opposite side of the nest and set-up my tripod for a zoom shot. I didn't really know if she was there, as I stayed at a safe distance. I just zoomed my Nikon to the base of the tree and fired:
Hopefully I can get some photos of her poults some day.
Kinda reminds me of a big buck bedding in the unlikeliest of places...
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Re: Home Turkey Nest
Cool, maybe you could set up a trail cam over the nest.
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Re: Home Turkey Nest
Black Squirrel wrote: maybe you could set up a trail cam over the nest.
I'm going to put a cam over it tonight.
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That will be great footage. Can't wait to see the results.
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Re: Home Turkey Nest
cool, I have never seen a turkey nest before.
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COOL... Great idea with the cam
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Re: Home Turkey Nest
Another view from inside the kennel. I'm not going to bump her in this rain. The covert cam will have to wait...
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That is really cool. Does your camera take videos with sound? I have heard that a hen will vocalize to her eggs while incubating them and im sure not many people have recorded those sounds on a wild bird.
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Re: Home Turkey Nest - We have Chicks!
Two weeks after the discovery, I finally got the opportunity to set two trail cameras on the nest. A Covert in still mode, and a Bushnell in video mode.
I was surprised that there was another hen that visited the nesting hen quite frequently:
Note my daughters car in the background:
This one really took me by surprise! Disaster averted. Whew!
That's my Great Dane Remmi.
This is the last unattended picture I have showing the eggs as unhatched:
Another surprise. A deer comes in for a visit.
Finally, the chicks appear on camera!
Enlarged view:
Mommy's first exit:
Enlarged:
Mom off screen:
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Mommy returns:
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Mom leads them out:
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Circle to the back:
Enlarged:
Amazing camouflage.
Here are the three best videos:
[bbvideo=425,350]http://youtu.be/15tM59ZgLlc[/bbvideo]
[bbvideo=425,350]http://youtu.be/KPqRbC5oOR4[/bbvideo]
This last one is a hoot. This shows the 'runt' of the 'litter' and the last to leave the nest. Very clumsy, and mom comes back.
[bbvideo=425,350]http://youtu.be/D0UIA2VlcEc[/bbvideo]
I hope you enjoyed this, I know I sure did!
Sorry hunter_mike, I do not have audio on the Bushnell...
I was surprised that there was another hen that visited the nesting hen quite frequently:
Note my daughters car in the background:
This one really took me by surprise! Disaster averted. Whew!
That's my Great Dane Remmi.
This is the last unattended picture I have showing the eggs as unhatched:
Another surprise. A deer comes in for a visit.
Finally, the chicks appear on camera!
Enlarged view:
Mommy's first exit:
Enlarged:
Mom off screen:
Enlarged:
Mommy returns:
Enlarged:
Mom leads them out:
Enlarged:
Circle to the back:
Enlarged:
Amazing camouflage.
Here are the three best videos:
[bbvideo=425,350]http://youtu.be/15tM59ZgLlc[/bbvideo]
[bbvideo=425,350]http://youtu.be/KPqRbC5oOR4[/bbvideo]
This last one is a hoot. This shows the 'runt' of the 'litter' and the last to leave the nest. Very clumsy, and mom comes back.
[bbvideo=425,350]http://youtu.be/D0UIA2VlcEc[/bbvideo]
I hope you enjoyed this, I know I sure did!
Sorry hunter_mike, I do not have audio on the Bushnell...
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Re: Home Turkey Nest
Nice thread!
I would think they are about to hatch. I think your best videos are yet to come!
Make sure you have batteries so we can have it running at the hatch.... should be very soon!
I would think they are about to hatch. I think your best videos are yet to come!
Make sure you have batteries so we can have it running at the hatch.... should be very soon!
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Thanks for the follow up
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Brandon wrote:Nice thread!
I would think they are about to hatch. I think your best videos are yet to come!
Make sure you have batteries so we can have it running at the hatch.... should be very soon!
??? Is this a 'mess with your head' reply? I'm confused...
I replaced the camera cards, but my guess is that they will never return to the nest once the scent of hatched eggs is in the air.
Thoughts?
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Re: Home Turkey Nest
that is vary cool stuff right thare!
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