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Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
40.3163, -75.4758
Field Notes
Description:
Adult wild turkeys have long reddish-yellow to grayish-green legs. The body feathers are generally blackish and dark brown overall with a coppery sheen that becomes more complex in adult males. Adult males, called toms or gobblers, have a large, featherless, reddish head, red throat, and red wattles on the throat and neck. Females, called hens, have feathers that are duller overall, in shades of brown and gray.
Habitat:
Mixed-forest near a certified trout stream.
Notes:
I was just walking around on my girlfriends fathers property (15 acres along a trout stream), when I saw a hen up ahead pecking at the ground. I then went into "stalking" mode and got as close as I can and found 11 birds in all. I was surprised that none of them noticed me enough to fly away. After 10 minutes of "stalking" they flew over the stream and up the steep slope.
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