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Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo osceola

Photo by Ric3
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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

Habitat:

Wild turkeys prefer hardwood and mixed conifer-hardwood forests with scattered openings such as pastures, fields, orchards and seasonal marshes. They seemingly can adapt to virtually any dense native plant community as long as coverage and openings are widely available. This one was spotted dashing through some scrub oak at a County nature Preserve.

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Go.. Go.. Native - Florida
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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