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Wild turkey

Meleagris gallopavo

Photo by michlt215
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Field Notes

Description:

Large, mostly ground-dwelling bird.

Habitat:

North American woods and fields.

Notes:

This flock was along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia, near the North Carolina border.

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Comments (4)

These are beautiful! What an impressive fellow in this first shot!
Nice photos - witnessed two males head to head on a back road near my house - no camera or phone - lesson not to be repeated
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PublishedJuly 25, 2011

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