Ben Franklin must have known the brave natural of turkeys. He had wanted them as our national symbol back during his time.

@erojerisiz1571

11 ай бұрын

UNITED STATES OF TÜRKIYE

Momma Turkey said, "I'll have none of that", and chased the hawk up a tree. If I didn't see it, I wouldn't have believed it.

@Gamerafighter76

2 жыл бұрын

Eeyup.

Thanks for this interesting footage. We don't have wild turkeys in Ireland and we see turkeys only as Christmas dinner providers. So it was great to see the original wild bird out there in the wild defending its young. Her dark plumage, her calls, her defensive half flight etc speak of genuine survival in a wild environment. Our domestic birds show brief flashes of this behaviour but it's all for nothing. Thanks again.👍

@basilbrush9075

11 ай бұрын

❤

What a fantastic video, thank you! So interesting to see how she "takes stock" of the location of the babies, and how her vocalization changes. Thank you for putting this up!

Hawk went back for cranberry sauce

@bman99ss

7 жыл бұрын

Good one!

Enjoyed this very much. I've noticed that turkeys are super protective and territorial! What a great film capture. Thanks

What a great natural wildlife video to have captured. Probably once in a life time.

@ahzlos8479

6 жыл бұрын

DrewWasMe nah, with chickens you see a hawk try swooping in like, everyday

Good job mrs turkey, hawk is tough against little ones, not so much against big ones.

Looks like she's been there before. Turkey's are not stupid. They are at a disadvantage. One of the best nature clips I've seen. Thanks!!!

awesome!! they are very protective surprised she didn't go after the cameraman too.

@frankjohnson6342

3 жыл бұрын

I would have enjoyed that because he acts like they haven’t invented the zoom function for cameras so he’s practically stepping on the baby chicks

@tadeokarsyn460

2 жыл бұрын

instablaster.

@Fiat-kl6lt

2 жыл бұрын

Cameraman was disguised as a turkey, he was pretty safe...

I am down loading this to practice calling. This is some of the best sound audio I've ever seen of a live wild turkey

I know a man who was knocked unconscious by a Long-eared owl, defending her little ones. He saw the owl coming, put his arms crossed in front of his face, but got hit on the head. After several minutes, he awoke from his unconciousness. Next to him lay the owl, also unconcious. As he watched from a safe distance, she slowly recovered after 10 minutes, and returned to her nest

@francylopez8149

9 жыл бұрын

Eu gostei muito da mãesinha defendendo os seus filhos é muito lindo .

@stevecook5156

6 жыл бұрын

dollehengst I would never have thought a flying bird could knock a man unconscious -so that's very interesting to know than even a relatively small bird like an owl is capable of that - thanks for the info.

@teds4983

6 жыл бұрын

Wow wtf

@38Jemar

6 жыл бұрын

BLAH BLAH BLAH!

@RikkiTikkiTavi290

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevecook5156 one of my friends got a severe concussion and almost died in addition to being knocked out when he was cruising on the open ocean in his boat and a 2-3 lb flying fish nailed him in the side of the head. Split his skin open and he woke up with the boat still speeding in the same direction a couple minutes later.

"NOT UP IN HERE!!"

Hello, at what distance were you to the mother turkey and her little ones? I'm amazed that she was so comfortable with you close by. Thanks for posting.

That motherly instinct is truly powerful, wow!

“Well that was cool”

Turkeys make great parents.

Wild turkeys are tough, I wouldn't mess with that mom!!

68 chickenhawks disliked this video...

Those little ducklings are so cute

@TassyDeval

2 жыл бұрын

poults

Turkey should be really proud of this turkey

That’s first day stuff Wild Turkey 🦃 101 Don’t mess with the Turk lol

Mothers are all the same once you mess with their kiddoes...no matter if they have feathers or not Lol...

Just a few days ago I was standing in my driveway and two birds swerved to avoid me. They were squawking and really mixing it up, the hawk made a sharp turn and the turkey landed. It looked at me and then just ran off... and yes, the turkey and deer use the parcel next to me as a nursery. The turkey seemed to fly better than I thought it could.

@joannleichliter4308

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, turkeys can fly a lot better than you'd think. We used to have a lot of them here where I live in Nebraska, and their flying ability surprised me.

Rule #1: Don't mess with mom! Period.

Momma said , Oh hell naw ! 💯😂😂😂😂👌🏾

Little baby turkeys are so cute! *__*

Momma said , Oh Hell Naw ! 💯😂😂😂😂👌🏾

Did the hawk get a chick? I tried to slow it down and couldn’t even seen than

@rxg9er

3 жыл бұрын

I want to say no because the hawk landed on a branch. I don't think it could do that if it was holding a chick in one of its feet

Hawk wanted an early Thanksgiving meal.

Cool video! Beware of the wrath of momma turkey!

These animals had the entire earth for them before Humans messed everything up....

I'm kind of surprised that the turkey hen didn't double back and start dive-bombing the cameraman. I guess she had more of a sense of where the real danger was.

@intuit5767

8 жыл бұрын

She is obviously a tame turkey...she would never let a human that close otherwise, especially with a brood of chicks.

@jmpolock5211

7 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding? Wild Turkeys are fearless, attacking mailmen throughout New England, even in urban areas relentlessly...

@YusakuJon3

7 жыл бұрын

As a personal experience, I used to see a flock of them wandering through an industrial park where I work a couple of years ago. They only started putting distance between you and them if you climbed out of the car and started following them. Of course these didn't have brood chicks to look after in mid-winter...

@brendaboyd7987

7 жыл бұрын

Umm turkeys don't divebomb anything. Send the camera man was not a perceived threat.

@GHOSTbirdnatureLOVER

7 жыл бұрын

It depends where you are. If you go to State Forests and etc, turkeys will fly off at the very first detection of humans...you can be 300 yards away and your only sighting will be their fleeing wings and speck bodies. Then there's the ones that hang around towns that will sit on cars and let you walk almost right up to them. They're only afraid when you act suspicious, just like mallards.

Feels like I'm walking in my backyard - see this often, especially the hawks. Have a HUGE gathering of these turkeys that show up from time to time too - haven't seen them with babies yet though... Per the comments below, I've yet to see the hawks hunt together, I see them every day and always alone. Along with 1/2 a dozen other raptors.

Baby turkeys need to be closer to mama next time. They can't wander away.

Very Cool ! Thanks for sharing!

never saw any videos about turkeys ---thanks

I bet that red-tail hawk thought that the wild turkey mother can't fly but guess what wild turkeys can fly.

0:39 she stepped on the baby! :(

@EasyAno

8 жыл бұрын

+Sondo Sawning the chick is okay

@MrDankTM

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah my turkeys sometimes does that and it's no problem reallt

@frankjohnson6342

3 жыл бұрын

She only weighs about 15 or so pounds whereas Bigfoot with the camera is probably 170 pounds

@apoorva1965

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankjohnson6342 Bigfoot? Had me dying

I hate eating turkey. They are such majestic animals.we had a pair as pets..Real cool.i had loved them

freaking awesome love this video.

Go mama turkey!

thank you

She just went from a small weak looking turkey to god mode.

Very cool. You were lucky to have caught that on camera. I don't think you caused it to happen and I am really surprised the hawk saw you and decided to come on in for a bite of lunch anyways.

She's a TURKEY but she ain't no turkey!

We have red shouldered hawks in our neighborhood. I've witnessed them eating Robin chick's.

The Hawk just wanted to gobble up his thanksgiving leftovers...

Outstanding that you were able to catch that on video

Awesome video thx

Don't mess with those Hens, She'll put You up a tree😁

Seems like she would get them into deep cover!

Which one was the turkey, the one that ran away ?

Loved it....Thanks

MOMMA TURKEY: Mr hawk you better take yo AZZ & go find a rat 🐀 or a 🐇 rabbit for dinner "" I don't play dat" messin wit my babies"

Muito bonito a proteção aos filhotes.

Youre descriptions say "wild hen turkey" but would seem like its your pet turkey to able to get so close to her and her chicks?

Awesome turkey..momma.i love it...

That was cool!!!!!!

OMG, that was awesome.

Great video man that momma trust you awesome job.

Hawk was like o snap tons of fun can bust a move

I love that turkey I have seen something like this personally, linkbelt08 upload more videos like this please.

Did it get a polt?

You know instead of thinking it's COOL, u would have been crowned a HERO had u gathered the mother & sweet tiny babies up & made them a safe place to grow up instead of being hunted by the hawk or any other bird of I prey (& I love hawks). YES, "LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE" people say; but you are so blessed to experience nature.... do you even realize that.... think about how many in the world who don't even know what any of these birds look like in real life...... so I think they should be PROTECTED & SAVED every chance we get as humans...turkeys don't come around everyday....capturing what happened, is RARE. Imagine how good you would feel saving them. And then having the turkeys trust you with more families in the future. I know it's been 11yrs since u did this video; but I hope you'll try to teach your son or daughter how precious nature is & how LUCKY u are to live where u can make a difference & make the future for your little ones & your future grandchildren & so on, even more special & safe.

I've seen where a hawk or an owl has gotten a pheasant in Illinois when I was out hunting. Just where the feathers were left.

wow wow amazing!

I’m surprised the hawk flew in with the guy that close.

@budyfixit

2 жыл бұрын

Hawks dgaf... I've had them within 10 yards of me to grab up my small chicks.

Well did she find them again?

The turkey was distracted by you

Yes hawks are shy around people but I have seen them swoop in close for prey. Hunger is a powerful motivator.

@mattmonsterful That Turkey was very brave. I guess when they with child, most animals are brave.

You must be a very insignificant person- neither this wild turkey with young or this attacking red-tailed hawk pay the least bit of attention to your being right there! 😂

@Don.Challenger

2 жыл бұрын

His distracting presence may have been why the hawk decided to make its attempt.

I think the hawk. One of the babies

moms are awesome

Turkey should play offensive line for Jerry Jones Cowboys

Hawk was smart to leave well enough alone. Wild turkeys can make short work of hawks/owls, etc.

@illinidave

2 жыл бұрын

where did you see that? spent a lot of time hunting and watching turkeys and have never seen them kill or even injure a hawk or owl they just want to get away from them

amazing

While looking out at a large meadow, the grass suddenly became alive. It took a few seconds before I realized it was covered with turkeys and their poult.

@TheFalcoon1 Me too.

Those turkey don't play when it comes to young ones

Yep, prison time for MrWillbarrel. All birds of prey are protected by federal law.

Admittedly the motherly instinct is very strong as seen in this video,where this turkey goes all the way to protect her chicks.I have seen another video where a turkey was fleeing for it's life, from a hawk stalking her all over a place.

i want to see a longer fight

One thing I know about this bird is that it is NOT A CHICKEN.

right now for the bird project i am doing Red-Tailed Hawk

is that his pet turkey? why didnt the turkey attack the guy filming the babies

Wow

Masha Allah Very Nice ❤❤

do you guys know by any chance if a hen becomes more defensive once she haves her babychicks or not?

@joannleichliter4308

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes!

Thank god im human

Can't believe it .

Wild turkeys can run nearly as fast as adult humans

@blakespower

2 жыл бұрын

thats not fast humans are slow

After the attack and she drove the hawk away, she called for her little ones but I didn't see any of them coming!

Don’t get in the way of a momma and her babies.

Boom!

This Turkey real angry birds.. 😊

thanksgiving revenge

QUE MAMA TAN VALIENTE 😀💪💪💪

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