{"id":107473,"date":"2022-10-23T03:58:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T09:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=107473"},"modified":"2024-11-28T02:52:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:52:58","slug":"jaywalking-wild-turkey-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/10\/23\/jaywalking-wild-turkey-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaywalking Wild Turkey Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three days ago, while I was in northern Utah I found some jaywalking Wild Turkey hens near some ranchlands, which made me chuckle out loud.<\/p>\n

\"JaywalkingJaywalking Wild Turkey hen \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I had never thought about turkeys being jaywalkers before I saw these hens in the road. The toms I saw on the east side of the road seemed content to forage in the field. The hens were plucking something from the road surface but I couldn’t make out what it was they were finding. There might have been bugs or the turkeys might have been searching for small pieces of gritty sand or gravel.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why the notion that these turkeys were jaywalking struck me but that thought made me giggle. There isn’t a crosswalk within sight for dozens of miles from this location.<\/p>\n

\"JaywalkingJaywalking hen Wild Turkey \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The term “jaywalking” has nothing to do with jays. It has nothing to do with birds at all.<\/p>\n

Jaywalking<\/h2>\n

In 1917, jay was a common slang word for hick, or, more kindly, a person inexperienced in the ways of the big city. Consequently, a jaywalker was somebody who was clueless about those newfangled traffic signals telling people when they could and couldn’t walk.<\/p>\n

These turkeys aren’t in the city. They are way out in the country and the road just happens to cross through their<\/em> habitat.<\/p>\n

Maybe the road is the jaywalker.<\/p>\n

I may never think of the word jaywalker again without recalling these turkeys.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Wild Turkey photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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