Alpha turkey struts through Newton Centre

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Just in time for barbecue season.

..for your appreciations.

That one was on Warren Street when I checked a route from Newton Centre T to the cluster of conservation parcels between the Riverside line and the Chestnut Hill Mall.

I discovered I could induce him to display by making click noises.

There is a great urban forest over there. And it is mainly a dog walker scofflaw user situation, probably Arboretum lite.

I learned a trick for them too. You ignore the humans while extolling and greeting the dog, like this..

"Hi there poochie, you're a beautiful dog... where's your leash?"

My fave was the hausfrau who mentioned how she likes 'having the place to herself' , to which my reply was "I should think so, seein' as how you like to ignore the property owners rules.."

I also promised her I'd be uploading trail videos soon so people from the ghetto can come and get fresh air and nature with a hike.

The whole experience led me to invent a new photo album concept.. "Massholes" with a hat tip to Swirls..

It gives me a place to put my growing collection of shots of clown locals doing what they do best, being self centered, inept dicks.

Dog goons, half-assed contractors and truck dolts will probably be regular features.

My wife and I saw a male proudly displaying his plumage in Northboro yesterday during a bike ride. We had to stop to take a good look. Didn't see any ladies around.

We too hold "Memorial Day" 'parades' in full regalia in memoriam of the fallen in our heroic struggle to liberate our ancestral lands. Future generations must be aware of our sacrifices and the price of our freedom and liberty as a rafter.

On Brookline hills the mayflowers grow
Between the trees, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the route-9 traffic below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
On Brookline hills.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing talons we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though mayflowers grow
On Brookline hills.

If there were only a few hundred turkeys left in the wild, it would be placed on the endangered species list. Because they're factory farmed and pumped with liquid chemicals and antibiotics (which directly contributes to America's cancer rates, diabetes, and the obesity epidemic), ignorant people have no problem eating them. The previous comments about grilling these beautiful birds,... no doubt you're fat, lazy, and unhealthy and continue to put a financial strain on our health care system, i hope your last half breath is taken with a turkey bone lodged in your throat.