Sirwalterraleigh
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Wild Turkey in parking lot
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And I'm sure it can be found in many of the WDW parking lots as well...
Don't be silly! Everyone knows peacocks can't ride bicycles!!!
yeah, it's a peahen. Maybe she's just guarding the bike for her turkey friends...
lazyboy97o
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There’s a whole flock that likes to wander around Shades of Green. Also giant grasshoppers.
danyoung56
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My first thought after reading the title was a booze-fest on the asphalt. . .
Goofyernmost
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Around here and up north we called them wild Turkeys but when I was in Florida, and I don't remember exactly who I heard it from, they were called Turkey Vultures. One year when I had rented a Villa near the old China Park, the morning would find the peaks of the roofs would be covered with them. My thought was that the were waiting for trash to be left out so they could have breakfast.
Sirwalterraleigh
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Completely different animals...
Turkey vulture
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Wild turkey
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One is good eatin’...the other eat armadillo carcasses from “street not legal” Hondas that run the 535/536 interchange
Goofyernmost
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For some reason your attachments are not showing up. All I get is a notice that I "do not have permission to view this page or perform this action". I did look it up myself and to my view point I have never seen a wild turkey, but have seen many turkey vultures. Looking at the picture from the OP I would have to say that was a Turkey Vulture. that are much more sleek then a wild turkey.
JohnD
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Wrong company / network.
I have seen lots of wild turkeys along with turkey buzzards - and peacocks - and the original post is absolutely a photo of a male wild turkey.
Sirwalterraleigh
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Yeah...I can’t seem to post pictures...
I think @The Mom banned me from photos ever since I posted the video of @monothingie and @nickys re-enacting the final scene from Dirty Dancing in the EPCOT service area...
Anyway...turkey vultures are vile creatures...wild turkey are curious and fun to watch.
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jeanericuser001
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Well that is one easy but costly way to get a turkey dinner for free. hehe
ppet
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When the mono rail was running between Epcot and MK, turkeys along with other wildlife could be seen along the tracks. Best I've seen was an armadillo at Epcot. I was setting on a bench near the busses and it darted between my legs from under the bench. At that point i could have used the Wild turkey (liquid form).
graphite1326
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I saw some wild pigs at the drive entrance to POP one day
Goofyernmost
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I haven't seen the two side by side except in the photo's posted. The ones I saw in Florida perched on house roof tops in a line like they were waiting for road kill. That is why when I asked I was told they were Turkey Vultures which seemed to fit the picture. But, my experience in birds is limited to a parakeet we once owned the the type that I flipped occasionally so I will concede to the experts.
I'm not any sort of expert, but do get the Cornell Ornithology Newsletter as I've participated in some of their bird counts, and volunteered as a zoo docent over my lifetime - where I led tours in various bird houses. And I am local so have a passing knowledge of common FL birds.
Goofyernmost
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That makes you an expert and me a simple observer. Your the advice I will take. Thanks for clearing that up.
Sirwalterraleigh
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...name drop alert
All you have to do is spend a day counting birds in your backyard.
