Advance Guard

When one sees a solitary member of a normally large, mobile population, one begins to wonder.

What are these solitaries doing?

In my yard?

Typical Two-Legger thinking, that. “my yard”

Yeah, right.

The Wild doesn’t recognize property rights.

Not sure if I’d call it’s system communal. Egalitarian? Maybe.

Definitely natural.

The Wild is not a place to go unprepared, uninformed, or worse, misinformed.

This turkey, you’ll note, is prepared and informed.

And still I wonder, what’s she doing in this patch of The Wild?

An advance guard, perhaps.

Scouting to ensure safety for the rest.