A friend mowing a prairie in Orono found a Wid Turkey nest earlier this week. He cut within two feet of it on one pass, never seeing hen or nest as the bird stayed put. The next pass cut within inches of the nest, and the turkey flew off. He showed me the nest a couple of hours later. The turkey was not seen, and we didn't expect her to return to this tiny island of long grass in the midst of a buzz cut. I took some photos that day. Checking on the nest the next morning I was surprised to find the bird hunkered down, back on the job. She'll be lucky to avoid the coyotes, foxes, and raccoons that abound around here.The eggs, as you can see, are a soft brown, barely marked with darker speckles. The eggs are slightly larger than the extra-large eggs you can buy at the grocery store. Those are my car keys at the left.
