Cisco Sonar

Angry Birds

Bryce Nielsen, Cisco Sonar

Bryce Nielsen

It has been a while since my last post but shutting Cisco's Landing down is a real chore.  Pulling boats, cleaning boats, winterizing and fiberglass repair on Waverunners, hauling boats over to Lee's Marine in Hyrum for service and winterizing and back to the lake for storage is all consuming for this old man as my help goes back to school or on Missions.  There was a little hunting and fishing thrown in there too.

So much for excuses.  Anyone that knows me is aware that I love to watch and feed birds as much as I like to hunt them.  Since my office is on the couch and the bird feeder just outside I observe feathery animals for hours.  I always like to see the changes in species associated with the seasons as migrations come and go.  


Seed Stealer..
Photo by Bryce Nielsen

However, there is one species that lives here all the time but only migrates to my feeder when it snows.  The turkeys... Most folks think turkeys are dumb, docile and not smart enough to come in out of the rain.  That is true of the ones we buy out of the stores but my flock is rowdy, cantankerous, mean and think nothing of picking the hell out of each other.  They also have no manners leaving turkey droppings and feathers all the deck.  Above and beyond all they are pigs.  I throw chicken scratch to them on the ground and as soon as that is all scratched up, there they come to raid the black sunflower finch feeder. They bang it and shake it until all the seeds are on the ground and in their crops. (Bryce actually loves them. Ed.)