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Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Photo by rabaker96
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Field Notes

Description:

Large dark bird with distinctive red wattle against a blueish face.

Notes:

At least a dozen or more were foraging in a field near a rural road in the mid-afternoon.

Reference Links:

Wild Turkey, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedApril 11, 2014

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