I’m on the river for a few days with family. The cabin listing said you can often see Bald Eagles from the porch. I woke up to a turkey…
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Haha! That's funny.
may 23, 2025, 3:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Reminds me of the morning after the Presidential election.
may 23, 2025, 1:21 pm • 4 0 • view
That's about right
may 23, 2025, 4:08 pm • 2 0 • view
You must be in Washington….
may 23, 2025, 3:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Looks peaceful and your post made me smile! Thanks.
may 23, 2025, 1:57 pm • 8 0 • view
Ben Franklin approves ✔️
may 24, 2025, 1:51 am • 1 0 • view
Ain’t that America?
may 23, 2025, 3:53 pm • 1 0 • view
I like turkeys from afar. Lol
may 23, 2025, 3:03 pm • 2 0 • view
Have faith...the weekend just started....🦅
may 23, 2025, 2:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Beautiful like!
may 24, 2025, 12:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Well if this isn’t the current state of America
may 23, 2025, 3:00 pm • 3 0 • view
Similar but different.
may 23, 2025, 1:11 pm • 9 0 • view
That is what you call a bonus.
may 23, 2025, 10:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Wild turkeys are wonderful and interesting to watch, too. 🤎 If you follow NYC birding accounts, there's a beautiful wild turkey named Astoria who lives there. bsky.app/profile/bird...
may 23, 2025, 2:22 pm • 3 0 • view
Welllllll….that ain’t quite it. 😬
may 23, 2025, 7:44 pm • 2 0 • view
They are funny creatures. I have a little herd of them that come through my yard everyday. She are pretty funny with their mannerisms. Enjoy that relaxing view
may 23, 2025, 4:32 pm • 2 0 • view
Ben Franklin wanted to make the Turkey our national bird
may 24, 2025, 2:42 am • 0 0 • view
Enjoy yourself and your family.
may 23, 2025, 3:11 pm • 2 0 • view
Bluesky readers are so intelligent and clever. Every time I think of a witty comment to post, I find that someone in the comments section has already said it.
may 23, 2025, 2:18 pm • 5 1 • view
Bluesky is like a mash-up of late-night monologues for me. Some news, satire, rhetoric, innuendo, a laugh or two, an applause here and there, music and boos… lotsa boos…and then a commercial.
may 23, 2025, 3:33 pm • 2 1 • view
Jess, just don't get too close. Turkeys get very hostile, very quickly. A friend of mine got attacked trying to gently shoo them out of her driveway. 🫣
may 23, 2025, 10:54 pm • 1 0 • view
As a Missouri girl, I'm reminded of the following saying: "It's hard to soar like an eagle when you're surrounded only by turkeys." Happy and safe Memorial Day weekend, Jess!
may 23, 2025, 7:39 pm • 6 0 • view
Basically, it's the same thing right?
may 23, 2025, 4:38 pm • 1 0 • view
amazing photos!
may 24, 2025, 4:16 pm • 0 0 • view
I guess I am blessed, we have Bald Eagles nesting on our property and so I see them every day fishing in the Lake for food.
may 23, 2025, 3:10 pm • 1 0 • view
It was almost our national bird!
may 23, 2025, 1:43 pm • 5 0 • view
Beautiful. Enjoy your down time Sister!! We appreciate you.
may 24, 2025, 11:34 am • 0 0 • view
Such an allegory for MAGAts. They think they are bald eagles, but are actually turkeys
may 23, 2025, 1:29 pm • 6 0 • view
Underrated.
may 23, 2025, 5:07 pm • 6 0 • view
And you will, every day for about 1300 more.
may 23, 2025, 1:33 pm • 5 0 • view
It's so beautiful and serene. Have a great time!🛶
may 23, 2025, 2:39 pm • 2 0 • view
That turkey? Ben Franklin himself.
may 23, 2025, 4:38 pm • 3 0 • view
Turkey...Ben Franklin's fave.
may 23, 2025, 3:18 pm • 3 0 • view
Bit of a metaphor for USAtoday, heh? Next siting will be vultures, I'm thinking.
may 23, 2025, 2:55 pm • 2 0 • view
Turkeys are good....
may 23, 2025, 1:45 pm • 5 0 • view
Ben Franklin’s choice!
may 23, 2025, 2:56 pm • 4 0 • view
Seems to be a psychic message somewhere in there.
may 23, 2025, 2:11 pm • 1 0 • view
Lovely
may 23, 2025, 7:21 pm • 2 0 • view
Ben Franklin, I believe, suggested the turkey for our national bird. So really, not bad.
may 23, 2025, 4:20 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes he did.
may 23, 2025, 4:35 pm • 2 0 • view
Remember, Ben Franklin proposed the turkey as the national symbol. Maybe the cabin owners are harkening back to that! Lol
may 23, 2025, 1:47 pm • 6 0 • view
It's hard to soar with the eagles when you're surrounded by turkeys, but I bet you just gobbled it all up! :-)
may 23, 2025, 5:52 pm • 0 0 • view
The 🇨🇦 rescued them.You will get them back once the Rep party is kicked to the curb. 😂 couldn’t resist. For now the turkeys are on duty.
may 23, 2025, 3:42 pm • 1 0 • view
We all did on January 20th.
may 23, 2025, 2:25 pm • 4 0 • view
The truth is so hard to find but make a new friend
may 24, 2025, 5:49 am • 0 0 • view
The day is young.
may 23, 2025, 1:39 pm • 4 0 • view
Didn’t we all…
may 23, 2025, 3:20 pm • 5 0 • view
Turkey are beautiful birds…hope you see some eagles…✨✨
may 24, 2025, 12:39 am • 0 0 • view
As we all do each morning and turn on the radio and TV.
may 23, 2025, 4:40 pm • 3 0 • view
Here to count all the Ben Franklin trivia buffs 😁
may 23, 2025, 6:13 pm • 1 0 • view
Check out the high limbs of the trees.
may 23, 2025, 3:31 pm • 0 0 • view
Ben Franklin wanted a turkey to be the national bird
may 23, 2025, 7:37 pm • 5 0 • view
I came here to say this!
may 23, 2025, 9:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Please say it again!
may 23, 2025, 9:39 pm • 0 0 • view
A turkey... and that wonderful view! Amazing! Have a good weekend 😃
may 23, 2025, 3:21 pm • 3 0 • view
Sounds wonderful! Have a good and peaceful time.
may 23, 2025, 1:37 pm • 3 0 • view
Sounds about right.
may 23, 2025, 1:28 pm • 4 0 • view
Nice.
may 23, 2025, 6:03 pm • 2 0 • view
My wife says that every morning.
may 23, 2025, 2:10 pm • 7 0 • view
may 23, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Runner up as our national bird.
may 23, 2025, 3:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Ben Franklin's "eagle." 😉
may 23, 2025, 6:05 pm • 3 0 • view
Even better!
may 23, 2025, 2:08 pm • 2 0 • view
I'm sensing a metaphor
may 23, 2025, 5:40 pm • 5 0 • view
So the Ben Franklin wannabe national bird instead of the national bird. Fair trade.
may 23, 2025, 3:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird. So you could call it a Franklin Eagle.
may 23, 2025, 1:06 pm • 36 0 • view
I read his biography and I remember that! ❤️
may 23, 2025, 1:07 pm • 14 0 • view
Beautiful setting for a few days of vacation! Enjoy!
may 23, 2025, 1:10 pm • 12 0 • view
Low rent eagle.
may 23, 2025, 1:36 pm • 4 0 • view
Did you book through Temu??
may 23, 2025, 1:47 pm • 6 0 • view
Believe it or not my newest piece of snark relates to that a bit open.substack.com/pub/noelkeit...
may 23, 2025, 2:24 pm • 2 1 • view
This is the trump effect. Promised soaring eagles and getting nothing but turkeys.
may 23, 2025, 2:04 pm • 5 0 • view
Benjamin Franklin would have loved it!
may 23, 2025, 1:07 pm • 136 1 • view
I, too, came here to say this, but I knew in my heart it had already been said.
may 23, 2025, 2:15 pm • 2 0 • view
I’m good at picking the low-hanging fruit.
may 23, 2025, 2:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Runner up for the national symbol!
may 23, 2025, 1:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Dammit I should have woken up earlier
may 23, 2025, 1:29 pm • 0 0 • view
And given current events, probably more appropriate.
may 23, 2025, 6:42 pm • 0 0 • view
I came here to say this lol
may 23, 2025, 1:13 pm • 47 0 • view
Me too 🤣
may 23, 2025, 3:46 pm • 13 0 • view
Same 🦃
may 23, 2025, 6:55 pm • 2 0 • view
We’re worthless 🤣🤣🤣
may 23, 2025, 6:57 pm • 2 0 • view
Everybody's having to cut back.
may 23, 2025, 6:03 pm • 3 0 • view
Just like America does every morning when we look to the White House…
may 23, 2025, 2:53 pm • 7 0 • view
If that isn’t prophetic…
may 23, 2025, 3:22 pm • 1 0 • view
😅😆 It’s wild life….😜
may 23, 2025, 2:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Ben Franklin preferred it to the Eagle as the national bird They are increasingly present here in the Northwoods We currently have a pair of swans on the river Enjoy
may 23, 2025, 3:44 pm • 2 0 • view
Wow, that makes perfect sense. That should be our new bird. We’re turkeys.
may 24, 2025, 12:04 pm • 2 0 • view
We often see wild turkey's in our back yard. Quite a sight, particularly when they are "strutting" . Enjoy!
may 23, 2025, 1:22 pm • 6 0 • view
Think of it as an AI eagle.
may 23, 2025, 5:01 pm • 2 0 • view
😘
may 23, 2025, 2:29 pm • 2 0 • view
Sums up life in 2025 doesn't it?
may 23, 2025, 4:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Well, I wouldn't be disappointed
may 24, 2025, 4:15 am • 0 0 • view
I wake up to a old chook every morning,ever since I stumbled and the washer I was holding rammed it's way onto a finger
may 24, 2025, 5:55 am • 4 0 • view
Remind you of Election Day?
may 23, 2025, 2:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Turkeys are bald, so the listing got that part right! 😅
may 23, 2025, 9:38 pm • 1 0 • view
She’s pretty!
may 23, 2025, 7:09 pm • 2 0 • view
🤣🤣🤣🤣.
may 23, 2025, 4:29 pm • 1 0 • view
LoL
may 23, 2025, 4:54 pm • 0 0 • view
That bald eagle don’t look right you should get a refund
may 23, 2025, 11:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Haha! Hope you get to see an Eagle! They are gorgeous!
may 23, 2025, 3:08 pm • 2 0 • view
But, do you have a minute to speak about our lord and savior who flies over New York city every fall?
may 23, 2025, 4:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Close, it's close.
may 23, 2025, 2:34 pm • 2 0 • view
If this isn’t a perfect anecdote for my life right now, nothing is. Thank you for posting. Enjoy your family vacay!
may 23, 2025, 3:37 pm • 3 0 • view
Remember, Ben Franklin wanted to make the turkey our national bird, so you're paying homage to the Founders.
may 23, 2025, 1:13 pm • 60 1 • view
❤️
may 23, 2025, 1:14 pm • 5 0 • view
wow... can you imagine Thanksgiving without killing a million turkeys??
may 23, 2025, 3:43 pm • 0 0 • view
may 23, 2025, 6:19 pm • 0 0 • view
I came to the comment section to mention this. Thank you for completing this most important of tasks.
may 23, 2025, 1:48 pm • 13 0 • view
Ah, so you've met the local HOA Rep.
may 23, 2025, 4:42 pm • 1 0 • view
We've all been waking up to a turkey since Jan 20th...
may 23, 2025, 3:31 pm • 0 0 • view
I have both in my MN neighborhood and think it's equally cool to see either.
may 23, 2025, 5:47 pm • 3 0 • view
😂
may 23, 2025, 3:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Wait till the turkey gets older...
may 23, 2025, 3:43 pm • 1 0 • view
It's a start. ☺️
may 23, 2025, 2:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Bald eagles aren’t that hard to see these days (Thank you EPA & science research!), but turkeys are usually pretty good at hiding, and seen less often. Great photos!
may 24, 2025, 1:38 am • 0 0 • view
A commercial for America!
may 23, 2025, 1:12 pm • 9 0 • view
Wild Turkeys are cool.
may 23, 2025, 2:13 pm • 2 0 • view
A turkey woke you up? Where are you from?
may 24, 2025, 6:17 am • 2 0 • view
On brand for these times.
may 23, 2025, 3:13 pm • 3 0 • view
Half right! They are bald.
may 23, 2025, 1:07 pm • 11 0 • view
😂
may 23, 2025, 1:08 pm • 6 0 • view
and bold too !
may 23, 2025, 3:15 pm • 2 0 • view
Opening act
may 23, 2025, 1:19 pm • 3 0 • view
Inflation’s tough for everyone. You gotta pay more now for the eagle
may 23, 2025, 2:48 pm • 3 0 • view
Perhaps the water has been tainted with Minoxidil
may 23, 2025, 3:35 pm • 2 0 • view
The turkey was in the running to become our national bird, if you are here in America.
may 23, 2025, 2:15 pm • 1 0 • view
The classic bait and switch tactic for riverside porch views.
may 23, 2025, 2:33 pm • 4 0 • view
A turkey is cool!
may 23, 2025, 1:10 pm • 10 0 • view
😄 Still cool though
may 23, 2025, 5:43 pm • 3 0 • view
Who is the Turkey calling the Eagle bald ! ! ?
may 23, 2025, 8:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Sounds about right
may 23, 2025, 3:54 pm • 1 0 • view
Well Ben Franklin wanted to have the wild turkey be the national bird because they are smarter that Bald Eagles.
may 23, 2025, 6:04 pm • 3 0 • view
And you’re not talking about POS 47
may 23, 2025, 1:54 pm • 3 0 • view
The water is so nice. Peaceful. Try to chill & relax. 💙🇺🇸💙
may 24, 2025, 5:23 am • 0 0 • view
Here you go. m.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...
may 23, 2025, 3:39 pm • 2 0 • view
🤣 Beautiful and the wild turkey is often mistaken for a Bald Eagle 😁 except for never.
may 23, 2025, 1:20 pm • 9 0 • view
🤣🤣 🦃
may 23, 2025, 2:11 pm • 2 0 • view
"I woke up to a turkey" seems to be a phrase I could use virtually every day. 😆
may 23, 2025, 1:41 pm • 3 0 • view
Close
may 23, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Ben Franklin proposed the turkey as our national bird.
may 23, 2025, 3:29 pm • 3 0 • view
Gorgeous!💕
may 23, 2025, 2:45 pm • 2 0 • view
But its spirit angel may be a Bald Eagle?
may 23, 2025, 8:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Sounds right.
may 23, 2025, 3:42 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s a magnificent turkey
may 23, 2025, 9:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Way better anyways, TBH. Bald Eagles are kinda dicks.
may 23, 2025, 5:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Fish hawks, mainly scavengers. But they occasionally show great perspicacity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7_O...
may 23, 2025, 6:45 pm • 1 0 • view
I like them, and I feel obliged to warn people still. Thank you for reminding me of that word.
may 23, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Beautiful! Hope the river doesn’t rise much more… Have some great rest & relaxation.
may 23, 2025, 1:38 pm • 4 0 • view
The symbolism is a little heavy handed here, Jess.
may 23, 2025, 1:58 pm • 3 0 • view
Beautiful lake! I think the turkey is the advance man for the regal eagle...just checking to make sure everything is ready for his arrival!
may 23, 2025, 3:43 pm • 1 0 • view
Last November most of us woke up to a turkey.
may 23, 2025, 1:51 pm • 12 1 • view
Both are noble birds….
may 23, 2025, 2:11 pm • 2 0 • view
it looks very peaceful.
may 23, 2025, 5:01 pm • 1 0 • view
It's a Temu eagle.
may 23, 2025, 2:56 pm • 2 0 • view
This is america Promised majestic eagles Ended up with a turkey
may 23, 2025, 8:05 pm • 0 0 • view
LOL. That’s my neighborhood every day.
may 23, 2025, 2:54 pm • 2 0 • view
Benjamin Franklin’s supposed idea for the national bird.
may 23, 2025, 3:45 pm • 1 0 • view
I don’t know for sure but a roasted turkey probably tastes better than eagle.
may 23, 2025, 2:43 pm • 2 0 • view
Turkeys are cool except in certain New England spots where they’re a bit of a problem
may 23, 2025, 1:07 pm • 7 0 • view
If you squint a little, you can see what you are trying to see. BTW: many apply this technique when looking at political issues.
may 23, 2025, 6:00 pm • 3 0 • view
😂🤣😂 That’s the US bird according to Ben Franklin! And right now I think he was right. It’s hard to fly with eagles when you work with turkeys! 😄
may 23, 2025, 5:44 pm • 2 0 • view
may 24, 2025, 12:09 pm • 1 0 • view
That’s not a bald eagle.😂😂😂😂
may 23, 2025, 4:34 pm • 0 0 • view
The turkey is smarter than an eagle…..🤗
may 24, 2025, 4:31 am • 0 0 • view
Ben Franklin lked them better. Wanted it to be official bird. Maybe not a coincidence.
may 23, 2025, 2:57 pm • 3 0 • view
😂😂😂
may 23, 2025, 1:59 pm • 3 0 • view
You work very hard. Enjoy some down time.
may 23, 2025, 6:05 pm • 1 0 • view
may 23, 2025, 4:42 pm • 1 0 • view
Still good!
may 23, 2025, 1:18 pm • 3 0 • view
Melonia's exact words! Lol! Enjoy the break Jess... Peace to you and your fam...💙
may 23, 2025, 9:46 pm • 0 0 • view
a more impressive bird by every measure
may 23, 2025, 1:40 pm • 2 0 • view
Franklin wanted the turkey as our National bird…
may 23, 2025, 4:34 pm • 3 0 • view
Same thing happened Nov 5th😂😂😂 Great picture and wild turkeys are cool.
may 23, 2025, 3:50 pm • 0 0 • view
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ds4d...
may 23, 2025, 1:07 pm • 23 0 • view
Oops, you beat me to it. 😄
may 23, 2025, 1:30 pm • 9 0 • view
Great song
may 23, 2025, 2:20 pm • 6 0 • view
Turkeys are gangsters when provoked.
may 23, 2025, 3:44 pm • 2 0 • view
I hope that’s not an omen.
may 23, 2025, 2:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Well it is a beautiful spot.
may 23, 2025, 1:45 pm • 4 0 • view
LOL!
may 23, 2025, 1:44 pm • 3 0 • view
Ben Franklin would be happy 👏 🦃 for you and proud of your bird watching 👀 skills 😉.
may 24, 2025, 1:14 am • 0 0 • view
LOL. I woke up to a turkey for several years - then divorced him. Yours is a far handsomer bird.
may 23, 2025, 6:43 pm • 1 0 • view
Ben Franklin stays winning
may 23, 2025, 1:18 pm • 4 0 • view
Bahahaha! Didn’t we all?
may 24, 2025, 2:16 am • 2 0 • view
But a bald one…
may 23, 2025, 1:10 pm • 9 0 • view
*screeches*
may 23, 2025, 3:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Come to my town. Bald eagles hang out at the dump.
may 23, 2025, 3:37 pm • 3 0 • view
Leave it to the U.S. to pick a largely scavenger bird as a national symbol. Because it “ looks” cool. Maybe Ben was right.
may 23, 2025, 3:49 pm • 3 0 • view
Damned trash birds
may 23, 2025, 3:46 pm • 2 0 • view
😉
may 23, 2025, 3:47 pm • 2 0 • view
Lemme tell ya about the ravens and mew gulls🙄
may 23, 2025, 3:47 pm • 1 0 • view
At least if the turkey isn’t there tomorrow, you won’t need to guess why.
may 24, 2025, 12:36 am • 0 0 • view
Really beautiful setting.
may 23, 2025, 1:08 pm • 6 0 • view
Looks wonderful
may 23, 2025, 1:13 pm • 5 0 • view
Bald eagles and turkeys cohabitate rather nicely! A turkey is too big for an eagle to want to mess with when there are much easier targets. Keep your eyes peeled for a baldie, it may happen yet! Turkeys kind of waffle around all day, I don't tend to see eagles until later in the day.
may 23, 2025, 6:46 pm • 0 0 • view
Benjamin Franklin did admire the Turkey more than the Bald Eagle, but it's a myth that he wanted it for our National bird. fi.edu/en/science-a...
may 23, 2025, 9:39 pm • 0 0 • view
☺️
may 24, 2025, 12:57 am • 0 0 • view
Now, that's a great metaphor to what we're dealing with -on a daily basis - coming out of this administration. Have a great long weekend! 🦃🤣
may 23, 2025, 11:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Approved.
may 23, 2025, 8:55 pm • 1 0 • view
Well, Ben Franklin did favor the turkey for our national bird, so it's a good substitute.
may 23, 2025, 1:30 pm • 7 0 • view
Are you in the White House by mistake?
may 23, 2025, 3:11 pm • 4 0 • view
I've seen them in the 'burbs of STL.
may 23, 2025, 1:36 pm • 2 0 • view
Fits the times we're in!
may 23, 2025, 4:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Benjamin Franklin wanted to name the turkey our national bird. I like turkeys... They give no fks 😂
may 23, 2025, 2:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Waking up outside on the lawn, seeing a turkey and lots of water... Is there a message here?
may 23, 2025, 6:59 pm • 0 0 • view
That's the story of my love life. Promise a bald eagle Wind up with a turkey
may 24, 2025, 3:42 am • 2 0 • view
That’s OK Jess. Everyday in America we wake up to a turkey. 😁
may 23, 2025, 3:21 pm • 4 0 • view
Eagle food?
may 23, 2025, 2:46 pm • 3 0 • view
Yeah... so did America. 🙄
may 23, 2025, 4:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Prophetic?
may 23, 2025, 6:27 pm • 0 0 • view
I hope that you are not disappointed to see this beautiful turkey. If Ben Franklin had anything to say about it, this lady would’ve been our national bird.
may 23, 2025, 2:27 pm • 1 0 • view
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM09...
may 23, 2025, 1:27 pm • 3 0 • view
Just remember that Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird! Enjoy the river!
may 23, 2025, 3:42 pm • 1 0 • view
I believe they’re similar tasting….. 😉
may 24, 2025, 8:34 am • 1 0 • view
A metaphor for our times….
may 23, 2025, 1:06 pm • 69 0 • view
My thought exactly! 👍
may 23, 2025, 1:23 pm • 14 0 • view
💯
may 23, 2025, 3:27 pm • 3 0 • view
There's a river & birds? Paradise!
may 23, 2025, 1:29 pm • 3 0 • view
Dude! Everyone is waking up to turkeys these days, but the bald eagles are novel for so many and a real testament to what government can achieve by taking action on pollutants and wildlife protection. I can definitely celebrate with you on that!🖖
may 23, 2025, 3:51 pm • 0 0 • view
The Turkey used to be the national bird. I love watching the turkeys.
may 23, 2025, 1:31 pm • 3 0 • view