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Eastern Wild Turkey

Meleagris gallapavo silvestris

Photo by varcak
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Hardwood and mixed pine-hardwood forestlands.

Notes:

It's turkey mating season here in Alabama. The male turkey is strutting his stuff in this picture in the middle of a big group of hens.

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galewhale..Gale
It is interesting... we have a big group here in Maine and at least half are male turkeys.... one is the largest and the only one that displays but the others mix in with the hens. I read that often males from the same nest (perhaps) stay together through the winter months. Does that make sense from what you are seeing?

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