My Life as a Turkey Friday, November 9th, 6 PMFloyd Memorial Library539 1st Street Greenport NY
Based on a true story, this beautiful, charming, funny, sad, and thought-provoking film explores one of those rare moments when man and animal unwittingly become more closely linked than nature normally allows. Deep in the wilds of Florida, Joe Hutto, wildlife artist and naturalist, was presented with a rare opportunity. It had long been his hope to learn about the secret world of wild turkeys by having young turkey poults imprint on him, but obtaining wild turkey eggs, or young poults, had proven to be next to impossible; so when he arrived home one day to find a bowl filled with wild turkey eggs on his doorstep, he went out immediately to obtain an incubator, determined to become their mother. It was an experience that would change his life in ways he could never have imagined. The journal Hutto kept of his life as a turkey ultimately became a book, entitled "Illumination in the Flatwoods." His story is reenacted in this 60 minute film in full, as he lived it.For info: 917-623-5373 or northforkaudubon@mac.com
