Thanksgiving

Tom Turkey in the Wild

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Above is a drawing I did tonight of a Tom Turkey.  I have seen wild turkeys up near Midway, Utah.  They are actually very beautiful birds.  Males have feathers that are green, red, purple, bronze, and copper. . . as well as black and shades of  brown.  A wild Tom Turkey (the males) can get up to 37 lbs in weight. . . that is about 17 kg.  Most are closer to 20 lbs or 9 kg.  A crazy fact is that a large male turkey . . . or Tom Turkey, has between 5000 and 6000 feathers!

NOTE:  I am also posting below a couple of older drawings for you and/or your little ones to color for Thanksgiving.  These can be found, in printable form... under the Holidays button up top.  Scroll down to the Thanksgiving section of the drop down menu.  The above drawing of the Tom Turkey will be found in the same place.   It will also be under the button labeled  . . . . Animals.  ... ALL the drawings can be found under the  button labeled . . . All Printables. . . .

Wannapanoag Man and Woman

This is the tribe from the first Thanksgiving

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Pilgrim with Native American Friend
I think that there is a message from the first Thanksgiving.  We sometimes forget that the Navive Americans and the Pilgrims from Plymouth Colony were great examples of people from different races and different cultures working together in friendship.  We should all remember this.