Wild Turkey Photo Gallery

Male

Very large game bird. Displaying males look almost spherical, with naked, red-and-blue head and fanned tail.

Female

Very large game bird with long neck and legs. Females are dark brown overall with even darker barring.

Male

Very large game bird with small, unfeathered head covered with blue and red wattles. Displaying males give a throaty, jumbled call known as a "gobble."

Female

Often roosts in trees. These heavy birds fly short distances to take cover. Takes flight with a flurry of loud, labored wingbeats.

Male

Male has a relatively small, bare head with blue skin and red wattles.

Female

Very large game bird. Females have bare skin on the head and are dark brown overall, with a coppery sheen to the rump and tail. When open, the wings show white barring.

Female

Travels mainly by walking, but also runs, especially to escape predators.

Juvenile

Juveniles can leave the nest upon hatching, but mothers care for their young into the first fall.

Female

At sundown turkeys fly into the lower limbs of trees and then move upward to a high roost spot. They usually roost in flocks, but sometimes individually.

Habitat

Occurs in woods mixed with open country; often forages by scratching in leaf litter. Females and adult males typically form separate flocks; female flocks can be up to 30 in summer, larger in winter.