Coquina the doglet does a good job of making the yard less turkey-friendly.
She came tearing out of the house the other afternoon, startling a dozen or so, and big birds went in all directions, from “away” to “up”. One chose a branch in an oak, over the swings.
And what’s that?
Up there?
A turkey-being, waiting for the darn dog to depart…
Wellllll……..
I cruised the yard, trying out different vantage points.
Turkey stayed right there, in a single vantage point, thank you very much.
For some reason it reminded me of the song “Papa’s on the Housetop (Won’t Come Down)”.
Here’s a link to a couple of old farts (I mean, “gentlemen”) singing that fine old ditty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6vFSwpfwTo
C’mon, Coquina….beat it!
You can’t get me up here.
I can wait.
thetompostpile 
Gads! Those things are nasty! They are not native here, but have moved in over the past many years. I saw them east of the San Francisco Bay up until about 2010. They arrived here only a few years ago, but they are already a problem. I do not like turkey much, but these seem to be better than what I am accustomed to.
I was for years at war with the turkeys. I’ll spare you the details, though I will say that turkeymurder did not occur in this was. Then I watched a video, and after I saw it, the turkeywar was over. We coexist now. Click on this link to see how entente was attained. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvccpd