[C19fan]

If Nathaniel Hawthorn was still around he could probably write a nice short story about this.

[Uncle Miltie]

Crows hold funerals.

[trisham]

We often have those wild turkeys in our yard. I’ve never seen that movement, but I have seen the males walk around slowly doing a full display for the females:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb5V3hDfgxA

[PGR88]

Headline: Humans Pictured Circling Dead Turkey in Bizarre Ritual...

[mykroar]

“It was like, they were organized....”

[JoeProBono]

[redfreedom]

I suspect this circling could be some sort of defense mechanism. It is quite common for other bird types join together to attack hawks, and they could be checking the cat out to see if it is worthy of being attacked.

I once watched a feral cat stalk a rabbit, both about the same size. A couple hours later I found the cat having lunch on the rabbit.

For sure a cat can and will easily kill a baby turkey.

My experience in the woods is that a cat will attack just about anything. If they can sink their teeth into a prey and mobilize it, it’s done.

[Maceman]

Turkeys is da craziest peoples.

I’ve been living in Massachusetts for decades and never saw any wild turkeys until a few years ago. Then, all of a sudden, so it seems, they started showing up everywhere.

Now they’re all over the place. They’re fun to watch, and I enjoy looking at them, but they can be a litte disruptive on the roads, where they congregate in groups and take their sweet time getting out of the way.

[Night Hides Not]

I look forward to a similar video of turkeys doing a “death dance” around the Clinton compound in Chappaqua.

[central_va]

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

An internet oldie but goodie;

http://www.rustywalrus.com/images/lg/55.jpg

[central_va]

LuffBerry Circle.

[snarkpup]

If Nathaniel Hawthorn was still around he could probably write a nice short story about this.

I'm thinking H. P. Lovecraft.

[Chickensoup]

Birds do and often eat dead animals. Chickens and turkeys will eat others in the flock, often cannibalizing while the animal is still alive. These guys are trying to determine how dead this predator is before having a snack.

[snarkpup]

In the Southern Hemisphere, do birds circling go counterclockwise?

[Delta 21]

Wlid Turkey is good fer drinkin’ and eatin’. Damn things is too stupid fer much else.

[ASOC]

It’s a victory dance.

Feral cats kill millions of birds in the US every year.

Or
Maybe they are signing Ding Dong the cat is dead......

[Oatka]

A bird's worst nightmare:

[rjsimmon]

Turkey's overheard chanting:

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"

[Badboo]

I have it on good authority these were democrats trying to revive their party.

P.S.

Is that Pelosi in the middle? Oops my bad it looks to good to be her.

[Kickass Conservative]

It’s just the Turkey’s way of letting the City know that they need to install a Traffic Circle to slow down Traffic and protect the poor little Cats.