One thing I’ve come to appreciate are Birds as Alarms.  During the summer when the crows are nesting and territorial they alert us by constant squawking whenever a predatory bird is on the property.

Now we have a dozen heritage turkeys that we are raising.  I heard their alarm call today.  It’s a sharp, quick “Blweep! Blweep!”  and looked outside.  The chickens had run into their coop because, they’re, well…chicken.  There was a big heron in our big pond (again).

I quickly chased him off (again).  He’s hunting our semi ginormous goldfish and all of their little spawn.