Elderberry Blossoms

I was eating breakfast when the dog started barking excitedly at the front door.  Figured it was a visitor so I got up.  The 'visitors' were a group of turkey crossing the front lawn.  The group was led by an adult and had an adult at the end.  In between were nine fuzzy chicks - not newborns but they didn't have any adult feathers yet.  Young enough that if I'd let Whip out she would have easily had turkey for breakfast.  I watched as the leader entered the tall grass.  It closed around her and she was gone.   Some of the chicks followed her but some pooled at the edge of the tall grass unwilling to enter.  Walking across a mown lawn must have seemed like Nirvana to them.  They could easily walk plus see for several feet in every direction.   Eventually, the end adult turkey also entered the tall grass.  Being left alone was too much and the chicks fell into line behind him.   There was a twitch at the top of a stalk of some nearby daisies and that was all.  The group had totally disappeared.   They had come from the meadow and headed into the hay field.  Not the best place to be this time of year.  I'm hoping they will end up down by the pond.  Waited another hour before going out.  Whip can be a very good tracker.

On a 4th of July kinda note, when I went in for library duty Librarian Trevor pulled out his U.S. naturalization document.  He passed his tests and was sworn in yesterday as a citizen.  He retains his Canadian citizenship so, should the United States become provinces of Canada, he's still covered.