I am jealous of my friends who are hanging out with Snowy Owls, which have suddenly arrived in northern Minnesota. However, when your daughter and her family are willing to “self-isolate” in order to allow Molly and me to have a safe visit, birding should play second fiddle(and it did). I photographed this turkey during a few snow flurries this afternoon as the gobblers visited my daughter’s house. Notice how there is no snow on the ground here in southern Minnesota. Strange.

We head back north tomorrow, and I will be out searching for Snowy Owls.  Perhaps this turkey knows my family plans to have prime rib for Christmas dinner. Thus, we are safe!