At work on Friday I was called into the museum room to witness an unusual sight. Gazing out the windows at the aviaries, we beheld a visitor. Not the usual red-tails that Ruby calls down, but a new species: turkeys. These turkeys decide to do a close inspection of the aviary.
Wild Turkey stands on the aviary. Tenafly Nature Center. March 7, 2014
It was impossible to decipher what the raptors thought as first one turkey investigated the top of the aviary, and then a second. The turkeys initially kept to the wooden support beams, but soon braved the mesh, walking right over the owls. Initially the owls watched, then Mene coughed up a pellet and appeared to go to sleep.
Barred Owls receive a visitor. Tenafly Nature Center. March 7, 2014
After several minutes of running about and unsuccessful pecking at the air beneath the mesh, one turkey jumped off the roof. The other made a run for the edge and stopped short, thinking twice. We missed the second jump as we got distracted by work once again.
Haven’t done much birding or photo-editing lately. Waiting for warmer weather. Soon.
birdworthy 
hehe…preposterous birds doing ponderous things : )
One doesn’t expect turkeys above owls. There’s also video, but I haven’t done anything with it yet.