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Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo osceola

Photo by Ric3
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Field Notes

Description:

It is smaller and darker than the Eastern Wild Turkey. The wing feathers are very dark with smaller amounts of the white barring seen on other subspecies. Their overall body feathers are an iridescent green-purple color. They are often found in scrub patches of palmetto and occasionally near swamps, where amphibian prey is abundant.

Habitat:

This turkey was found in a County nature Preserve among the wooded pine land mixed scrub oaks along the entrance road. It was by itself.

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PublishedApril 6, 2013

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