Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Watching a Wild Turkey Harvest Seed. While working in my office, the center of my little universe, A wild turkey was 'grazing' within sight. It was working on grass seed from a two-foot-high plant. As I observed, it was plucking seed from the tall grass, One seed at a time--repeating this over and over, When, suddenly, it grabbed the stalk in its bill And pulled upwards, stripping many seeds at once! This is how I, as a human, gather groups of seed with an upward pull. I had never before seen this harvesting technique with a turkey. I was quite thrilled. See how little things in the world get me so excited. Frank Maurer 17 August 2025 1225 Hours.