meleagris gallopavo

This tom was courting three hens on the front lawn.

Brookgreen Gardens. There is a substantial wild turkey population there.

The colors usually appear more muted, but the strong copper-colored sheen shows well in the sunlight. This species was introduced into this area in March 1969 using 14 "California hybrids" from San Luis Obispo County. These hybrid types originally came by crossbreeding one of the Arizona (M g...

This has been going on for ca. 30 minutes now: one male on one side of the fence, three on the other; and two are having at it THROUGH the fence.

What an incredible bird!

Although he was not displaying, his beard gave him away.

I have seen many wild turkeys but I have not been able to get any photos of them, so in a way this is a lifer of sorts. I was at work and received a call that he was just wandering around our shop.

I saw this hen turkey as I was driving up the road looking for deer. I slowed my car and stopped next to her and she hardly noticed I was there. I do a lot of my shooting out of my car and I find this is often the case if you approach slowly and make no sudden moves.

Driving along on this day and saw a bunch of wild turkey's.

Here is a side view of the same bird. This is it, no more posting of this bird for a while.

This is one of the females that was with the male I just posted. Not as good a shot. She was in the shadows and she does not have the iridescent markings that the male does. Eastern American Wild turkey, turkey

This is one of the best images I have ever captured of a turkey. He was a handsome dude. He and two females were in the backyard of a friend. They were eating the fall down grain from the bird feeder. I was there about 45 minutes and he never stopped displaying. The females appeared to not...

While walking the Gobbler Ridge trail in Lake Kissimmee State Park near Lake Wales, Fl we spotted this wild turkey out in a field taking a stretch. We have had many days of rain so the vegetation is really green adding to the contrast.