Western Railroad Discussion > A Little Thanksgiving Humor

Happy Thanksgiving to ALL, but especially to the Railroaders out there, without whom this wesite would not have a purpose.

Here is a little Thanksgiving Humor. I have posted this before a few years ago, but it seems appropriate to repost it again today.  From March 10, 2011, we have a BNSF westbound autorack train​ at Glen Frazier, CA approaching a flock of unsuspecting birds.  Despite the fact that they all took flight at the last second, they all suscesffully flew across the path of the train toward the right. The wild birds can fly pretty well, although slowly. The only problem is that they tend to fly at windshield height.


Gary

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What a feast Turkey and Pumpkin

Nice shot and Happy Thanksgiving!

Cool pic!!

Looks like the turkey in the middle is playing Chicken. Eat mor chickin!
Happy Thanksgiving

I guess you could call this a shot of "Wild Turkey".-BMT

Wonder if these wild turkeys might be descendants of those birds that were brought in during the drought in 1978. Their purpose (as natural predators) was to kill and eat the rattlesnakes that had begun to grow in large numbers in western Contra Costa County.

I never heard about the Turkeys being planted here, but it makes sense. You can find wild bands of turkeys all over Centrsl and Western Contra Costa County. They were very plentiful in 2011 / 2012, but the drought has helped cut down on their numbers, but they still persist. At one time you could find a different flock at each place along the BNSF where I liked to shoot photos. This was my only opportunity to get them in the photo with the train.

Gary

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SN711 ---
Thanks so much for the thanksgiving humor.
Turkey and pumpkin -- LOL!
(I never knew there were wild turkeys anywhere
in the Bay area -- and I have lived here for many
years.)

Westbound --
Thankx for the info aboutb why these turkeys are
living in the East Bay.  I never heard there was a
problem with rattlesnakes in Contra Costa before.

UPNW2-1083  ---
GROANNN.....  VERY vlever! 

 

The wild turkey. One of America's greatest conservation success stories. Not native to California but introduced there and they have thrived. Eastern,Rio Grande, and Merriams subspecies are all present in the state.

Great photo. Glad you re-posted it.
Brian Stevens

Well, that's one way to hunt turkeys 

Margaret_SP_fan Wrote:
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> SN711 ---
> Thanks so much for the thanksgiving humor.
> Turkey and pumpkin -- LOL!
> (I never knew there were wild turkeys anywhere
> in the Bay area -- and I have lived here for many
> years.)
>
> Westbound --
> Thankx for the info aboutb why these turkeys are
> living in the East Bay.  I never heard there was
> a
> problem with rattlesnakes in Contra Costa before.
>
> UPNW2-1083  ---
> GROANNN.....  VERY vlever!

Railroad humor, sometimes it's pretty bad.-BMT 
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i noticed the turkeys picked a nice ballast crossing to get from one side of the tracks to the other ...