We live in a suburb very close to the centre of Brisbane, so it always surprises and delights me to see bush turkeys strutting about on their daily forages for food. They are very unpopular with some residents because they scratch up gardens in their food searches and really scratch up gardens when they build their nest mounds.
a turkey in a nearby driveway
We don’t have much of a garden and I am quiet happy to see them building their mounds at the side of our apartment, as they do on occasion. They are not particularly timid, I suppose they are used to sharing their world with us, but they don’t let you get too close. They are usually in pairs for their wanderings and are quite comfortable with steps and verandahs.
checking out the steps
one goes up
and the other follows
at the top
- practising some rail walking
I’m sorry the photos are a bit fuzzy, I was creeping around in someone’s front yard. I’ll never make a wildlife photographer.
I love to walk to the bus stop beside a local bush turkey. Long may they live in West End.