Gobble gobble!
In honor of Thanksgiving season, this month’s article will be going over the wild turkey and how they survive in the wild. Rustling around the forest watching for predators; the wild turkeys go on constant adventures. Wild turkeys live in groups and are strictly diurnal, so at night they stay around trees and enjoy their predator safe spot. Though they mostly travel on foot and do not migrate they can in fact fly; fly up to 20 mph! Turkeys live in every state (except Alaska), and are fond of exploring it. When exploring they often forage for food such as ticks, berries, seeds, acorns, and small reptiles. They also possess a mental tab of the trees they pass to look for tall ones with long thick branches. Because, as said before they roost in trees at night, so finding the proper one is critical, and though they stay in the trees at night their nest is still on the ground.
Turkeys also have a hierarchy; meaning one turkey will lead the group as others follow. Baby turkey (referred to as poults) stay with their mother’s flock; until winter comes, and then they separate into their own flocks. Once they’re full grown, turkeys can grow 3 ft long with toms (male turkey) being larger. What makes toms look even larger, is during mating season they’ll will let out a unique female attracting sound as they puff out their chest to to show off their feathers and size.
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