Driving through Pawlet yesterday on a dirt road and noticed a flock of turkeys, probably about 20 of them. It looked like about half were adults, and the other half were younger. They weren't the fuzzy little birds of summer, but they definitely weren't full grown. I realized that this is a time of the year that I had never really noticed before. Many animals in the natural world are not babies anymore, and trying to make their way in the world for the first time. I see the baby bluebirds sitting on the back fence, looking for insects fairly frequently. A couple of months ago, these same birds were craning their necks in the bluebird house, waiting for a handout. The other day I saw a mother fox, and one of her offspring trotting through the field in the back. A couple of times I have seen a young bobcat crossing Rte. 133 on the way to West Rutland. Haven't seen the mother.
The size of the flock of turkeys was sobering. There were so many young birds. That seemed to indicate that many of them probably wouldn't make it through the winter for one reason or another.
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