Summary[edit] Description: English: Wild turkeys in Cades Cove, in the Great Smoky Mountains of Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Date: 23 December 2013. Source: Own work. Author: Brian Stansberry.
Description: These male turkeys (toms) lived on a golf course near a New Hampshire airport, and were tracked by wildlife biologists to study their habits and movements. The tom on the right wears a tag and transmitter that helps APHIS Wildlife Services biologists monitor his habits and movements. USDA Photo by D. Bargeron. Date: 18 November 2011, 06:41. Source: 20111117-APHIS-DB-0002. Author: U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A large brown and black game bird with a long, skinny neck walking through grass. This famous gobbler isn't often spotted in the park, are an important part of the park's ecosystem. Keywords: Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park; Wildlife; Birds; Wild Turkey
Summary[edit] Description: Wild turkeys roam around in the grass near a fence, at the Forest Service, Regional Office of the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5). Photo by Bill Williams using iPhone. Date: 2 August 2010, 09:12. Source: Wild Turkeys around R5 Headquarters. Author: Pacific Southwest Region 5.
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Summary[edit] Description: I don't need to answer that other than to say it is spring and a young man's thoughts turn to love. I did not get the same colors as in the photo I posted yesterday as these two gobblers were in the shade. Males and occasionally hens have a beard-like growth from the middle of their chests. These beards are modified feathers. Date: 24 March 2015, 09:45. Source: Why Did The Turkeys Cross The Road. Author: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA. Camera location43° 43′ 39.04″ N, 69° 59′ 49.93″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 43.727511; -69.997204.
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Summary[edit] Description: Another Wild Turkey from the same flock as yesterdays image that shows off the iridescent color in the males' feathers. Also here is another view of the hearing organ on their beaks called a snood. Also clearly visible is the beard that males and a few females possess. I tried to darken the background around the head but not quite enough. Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey as the symbol of the new USA. It has become the symbol for a Kentucky bourbon by the same name that was the favorite drink of Hunter Thompson. Males have Iridescent red, green, copper, bronze and gold feathers, which they use to attract females during breeding season.Females are drab, usually with brown or gray feathers. The dull plumage helps in comouflaging them when nesting and raising a family.Color Phases: A few wild turkeys have unusually colored feathers. These are known as color phases. There are four color phases: smokey gray color phasemelanistic color phase (all black)an erythritic color phase (reddish coloration) albino color phase (very rare). Date: 18 February 2017, 16:05. Source: Wild Turkey. Author: Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA.