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November 23, 2005
Guinea Fowl
Today I was walking out of staples in NK through a few bushes in the middle of the parking lot and I hear something making noise. I was slightly alarmed at first I did not know what it was, but low and behold it was a wild turkey, I guess it was a hen. I wasn’t quite sure whether to just be surprised or to try and catching so I could cook up and eat it. Anyhow I ended up just taking some pictures of the turkey. Well it turns out my wild turkey is actually a guinea hen or guinea fowl. I thorugh it looked a like a very weird turkey I just did not know what else it could have been and I still do not know where the thing came from since they apparently are African in origin. Therefore I do not think the guinea hen I saw was wild unless we do have a wild population of guinea fowl around in Rhode Island. It must have escaped from a farm or something, that is my best guess anyway. I am also very disappointed that I did not catch this guinea hen since they apparently are an expensive and good tasting bird, it would have made a good meal if I realized just what the thing was.
Posted by Jon at November 23, 2005 03:59 PM
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