Monday, January 31, 2011

No sympathy for faker bush turkeys

This is a bush turkey pretending, to me, that it's dead on the lawn.


Faker!


This is the same bush turkey when it realises I haven't called for the services of the Bondi Vet ... 


 I really would kill it with my bare hands if I could be bothered mustering any speed.


This is what the 'I'll-pretend-to-be-dead-and-she-won't-notice-the-mess' bush turkey did to my pot of dirt.
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22 comments:

  1. Sarah BJanuary 31, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    You wouldn't really hurt it would you? It was very naughty though. Very pesky turkey :)
    Thanks for your coment about MONA. The original house was super cool, so well ahead of its time. Mum and Dad were friends of the owners and mum said she was blown away by how well furnished it was, when they were there in the 70's. You could have walked in today and it would have been very very in fashion. Nice.

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  2. Make mine Mid-CenturyJanuary 31, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    Sarah B,
    No, I couldn't kill that bird. I don't like it though.

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  3. Bayside RoseJanuary 31, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    No wonder he was faking it after making all of that mess.

    You will just have to ring the Bondi vet to see what he suggests that you do to deter the BT moving in with you...or ...I know...plant something in your pot!
    Pam x

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  4. brismodJanuary 31, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    Pesky things they are! Lets hope it doesn't make a mound in your yard. xx

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  5. Make mine Mid-CenturyJanuary 31, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    Pam,
    I just may have to plant something in the pot ... You're a genius!

    Brismod,
    I'm not sure I could handle a mound in the yard just now.

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  6. KerryJanuary 31, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    Since when do you live in the bush? Or is that just a very confused bird?

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  7. IngridFebruary 1, 2011 at 12:09 AM

    Really Funny..

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  8. Make mine Mid-CenturyFebruary 1, 2011 at 12:25 AM

    Kerry,
    they're more correctly termed 'scrub turkeys' ... very common in the western suburbs of Brisbane. Too common.

    Ingrid,
    I'll post you one! The babies are cute.

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  9. theoldboathouseFebruary 1, 2011 at 12:54 AM

    Their necks really freak me out. They look very funny when they run.

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  10. melissaFebruary 1, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    I think its sunbaking, our chooks do that too. Yes theyre a bugger when they dig up your pots.
    Is turkey on the menu at your house?

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  11. Make mine Mid-CenturyFebruary 1, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    OBH,
    you should see my neck (actually you have) ... and when I run ... which is why I try to avoid moving at a rapid run-like pace.

    Melissa,
    maybe it was sunbaking ... it was ridiculously hot today. Regardless, it was shifty-looking. We had chicken for dinner!

    Quiltmaking isn't a fast craft, is it?

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  12. annieFebruary 1, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    it is sunbaking, roasting itself...or flaunting it's sun kissed, mangy feathers at the turkey scrubbers. Ours must have a mound as the kids have spotted bush turkey spawn or Son of bush turkey, if you will.
    There's still a raunchy young male or two malingering by our chook pen. I' know when I'm not there they click their feathered fingers in unison and chant in a scratchy turkey chorus, "When you're a jet, you're a jet...!"

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  13. TheaFebruary 1, 2011 at 2:11 AM

    Plant some really prickly cactus into the pot - that'll teach him next time he tries to dig out the dirt.

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  14. DebFebruary 1, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    I can't believe those pesky creatures are allowed to run amok! Reminds me of our vicious rooster at the LC.

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  15. RachelFebruary 1, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    cheeky turkey! and that bondi vet, a local hero of yours?? hubba.

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  16. HeidiFebruary 1, 2011 at 7:15 AM

    What a pill, I'll stick with the moose!

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  17. MidcenturymadamFebruary 1, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    That is one ugly bird and it would freak me out to have it in my yard. Do they run from you when you walk outside?

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  18. Ariane ReichardtFebruary 1, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Oh, dear Carmel,
    what a roast!
    x Ariane.

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  19. jasminFebruary 1, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    I reckon strangle The Bondi Vet first :))))) - he works around the corner from me.

    And aha - CARMEL - and I thought your name was MMMC.

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  20. WendyFebruary 1, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Man, he got hit with the Ugly Stick, and hard. Sorry about your pot...

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  21. LFebruary 1, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    Why do you have a pot of dirt? Did I miss something in my absence?

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  22. thedomesticfringeFebruary 1, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    I had NO idea turkeys payed dead! Go figure. Vising from Broken Poet. Hi!
    -FringeGirl

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