November 28, 2021. Madison, Mississippi.. Nature.

Wednesday evening PBS shows a series they call Nature. Here in the central time zone it comes on at 7:00 which is a perfect time for me. The photography is always excellent. But some programs are down right remarkable. Just this week they showed a program about a man who lived a full year with wild turkeys. The whole thing started innocently when a farmer friend brought a bowl of wild turkey eggs on his porch. He quickly borrowed an incubater and after putting the eggs inside, he proceeded to turn the eggs twice a day, which is what the mother turkey would do. But for two days before they hatch, the mother stops turning the eggs. His problem was timing. He did not know when the eggs were laid. The whole hour was fascinating. He became the mother of the chicks and they followed him everywhere. Fortunately the chicks were born with a lot of instincts, such as eating immediately and communicating with each other. At every stage of the life of the chicks, they knew what to do. At first he had made a roost for them, in a type of room. But one evening they refused to go inside their roost but instead took to a tree where turkeys stay the night. Eventually they all returned to the wild but it was a fascinating year for the man. And I enjoyed the hour program on PBS. He has also written a book about him and the turkeys. I am always amazed to know what people do with their time. This is a perfect example.