Thanks, Traffic Officer Tom!

Not That Mike The Other Mike

Watch this turkey stop traffic for his friends!

Why did these turkeys cross the road? Because one very gentlemanly tom turkey stopped traffic in both directions on a snowy New Hampshire road to make it safe for an entire hen party to pass. The gracious gobbler was captured on camera by a quick-thinking motorist who realized that he wasn’t going anywhere for a while. (via Phred’s Mom)

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16 thoughts on “Thanks, Traffic Officer Tom!”

  1. dubravkamcvmd March 21, 2019 / 12:38 pm

    I especially love the unfurled tail feathers – more visible and a sign for Halt!

  2. julie wolf March 21, 2019 / 12:55 pm

    his “friends” are his harem, methinks

  3. Gigi_the cat lady March 21, 2019 / 1:08 pm

    I love the way he turns around and walks behind the last hen hurrying her along. I can almost her him saying : Move it girl!

  4. allein 🐾 March 21, 2019 / 1:40 pm

    My commute would be so much more entertaining if the crossing guard at the school was a turkey…

    • Duckie 🐥 March 21, 2019 / 5:46 pm

      I’ve always found my local school crossing guard to be a turkey…

  5. Ricky's Mom March 21, 2019 / 1:53 pm

    That is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. Thanks, Phred’s Mom and Mike!

    • Phred’s Mom March 21, 2019 / 2:34 pm

      Yes, isn’t it astonishing? I was blown away
      when I saw it. We must call him “Sir” Tom,
      he is one gallant guy, to all his ladies.

  6. Lucy's Mom March 21, 2019 / 1:55 pm

    I can’t even express how much I love that!

  7. Deb March 21, 2019 / 2:27 pm

    Wow, my mind is blown. Another reminder of how humans and animals are the same 🙂 Great post!

  8. Phred’s Mom March 21, 2019 / 2:30 pm

    This tom reinforces my belief that animals
    are way, wa-a-ay more intelligent than humans
    give them credit for being. Bad sentence there,
    but you get my drift.

  9. allein 🐾 March 21, 2019 / 2:51 pm

    There was a turkey couple, Tom and Jenny, on my college campus (sadly, Jenny was hit by a car the year before I started school, and Tom was killed by some awful middle school kids from town during my senior year). Tom liked to hang out in a tree in front of the library (the groundskeepers would clear out the pile of, um…, that he left under it every few days); otherwise he’d be down by the lake. He never did find another girlfriend.

  10. Faye March 21, 2019 / 4:19 pm

    Turkey chivalry is not dead. What a brave family guy.

  11. Murray March 21, 2019 / 8:18 pm

    I wonder what it said across his bum?

  12. murkle46 March 22, 2019 / 8:18 am

    A turkey hen once attacked my car,on a back road,to stop me while her poults crossed the road.
    Suddenly the sky disappeared and everything went black,so I stopped wondering what the heck?Amazing wingspan on the bird who had jumped up dead in front of me to distract from the little turklets behind her.

  13. Doug March 22, 2019 / 10:50 am

    Oh come on .. this story is for the birds .. It’s fowl even
    *Hides*

    • allein 🐾 March 22, 2019 / 11:01 am

      Thanks for giving me a good groan.

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