I just drove by four wild turkeys, juveniles, at the intersection of
Chagrin River Rd and Franklin.

For the last few weeks five (or were there 6 originally) chicks
have been living on the edge of the road. They lie down in the
intersection
(usually a car will stop, and someone attempts to shoo them back to
the fields)
and they can usually be seen feeding  and resting in the grasses along
the road edges.

I assume the hen was killed at about the time they first appeared there,
at maybe two or three weeks of age. They don't seem to have taken
the basic survival course yet,  duck and cover.

I wonder what happens as they mature?

Inga Schmidt

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