Alayne got this shot the other day of another set of morning visitors — deer that wander through early, before we let the dogs out. One of the many things we love about this new location is the abundance of wildlife on the property. A couple of evenings ago, when it was warm enough to sit outside on the back deck for a few minutes, we stepped out and immediately heard "gobble-gobble-gobble!" from wild turkeys just below the pond. I think it was a wild turkey "human alert!" going off. We sat for a bit and listened to their loud gobbling as they ambled through the trees and brush. We have flocks of these magnificent birds meandering through the apple orchards early in the morning and, as in this case, in the adjacent woods in the evening.
It's also suddenly frog season, and the pond has come alive at night with the croaking of I-don't-know-how-many frogs. It's almost deafening it's so loud. In an era when we keep hearing that frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the globe, we like knowing our little pond provides a thriving habitat for so many.
In the photo behind the deer is an old chicken coop from the days when this was a farm many decades ago.
Both the deer and the wild turkeys are no doubt anxiously awaiting a fresh crop of apples — but as you can see, we don't even have leaves on the trees yet!
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