Monday, February 18, 2008

Our Newest Backyard Visitor

One of my favorite features of our house is the woods behind our yard. And because of those woods, we get visited by all sorts of different creatures. Tons of squirrels, rabbits, groundhogs(We had one that lived under our shed for a long time. His name was Bob. For a while he had a companion, whom we named Wendy. Anyone with kids will probably get the connection to those names.) Last year, and last year only, we had deer.
Our newest visitor that Miles discovered on Sunday was a turkey. He was right up by the house, and we could tell he'd been on the back patio because there were turkey prints in the snow. I guess our neighbor put out some bird seed, which attracted our new friend to the neighborhood. We decided that he needed a name, so from now on he will be known as Sam. Sam Sandwich. Because we think he would be delicious! We haven't seen Sam today, but hope he will be a regular visitor to the area. Don't worry, even though Sam probably is delicious, no harm will come to him.
Sam Sandwich

Turkey Tracks

4 comments:

Melisa said...

That is so neat! What a cool backyard you have! So much wildlife.

Cindi M said...

We have a turkey that sometimes comes over our back fence too. I've missed taking a picture though. Our back fence is wooden with slats only big enough to see that "something" is back there, but quite often I can't tell what. I know that there have been deer back there. We see ground hogs, opossums, squirrels and a whole slew of birds. Fun, isn't it?

Jen L said...

That is so funny!!!! Maybe you can keep him around for Thanksgiving next year. Then again... maybe not. :)

Hope things are going well for you and your family!! And yes, we will definitely still come back to Holt to visit... even if my parents are no longer there.

Anonymous said...

I was gonna say you should name him dinner but you had that covered.