Gobble, gobble, gobble. Do those words make you think about
Thanksgiving? Besides the honorable holiday, turkeys remind me of a magazine
article I once read by Peter Lord. He used the contrast between turkeys and
eagles to teach spiritual truths.
Male turkeys are called gobblers and the females, hens.
Gobblers grow to be about two and one-half feet tall, three to four feet long,
and 25 pounds. Females are much smaller and weigh half as much. Males have
spurs for fighting and beards up to twelve inches long. A few females also have
beards. Only males gobble. Both sexes read more
