Turkeys

It was another damp/drizzly January day as this flock of over 140 turkeys spent a couple of hours in the field behind our barn.

Cold and Rainy

Normally by mid-January the ground would be frozen solid and covered with snow, but this has been a relatively warm January. The lack of frozen ground has allowed me to dig some drainage ditches with the backhoe. It has been raining for most of today and while I was out checking on some of my recent drainage projects I found this young deer assessing the current weather.

West Hill Wildlife

As the doldrums of winter settle in, I pulled the memory card on one of the West Hill game cameras to see if there was any activity. The cold and snow doesn't stop some of the local wildlife from looking for a meal or having fun in the snow.

There are several coyotes in this area. This one looks to be returning from hunting in the nearby corn field.

It may have been cold on Christmas Eve, but I have over a dozen photos of this fox rolling around in the snow.

A Bobcat checking out West Hill.