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Wild turkeys are brooding below Mount Spokane

A brood of eight chicks follows a wild turkey hen. (Ron Dexter)
A brood of eight chicks follows a wild turkey hen. (Ron Dexter)

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Local birder/photographer Ron Dexter caught this wild turkey hen marching a newly hatched brood of eight chicks near his property at the foothills of Mount Spokane on Sunday.

Looks like they got through last week's cold and rain just fine.

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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