Wild Turkey
Phasianidae Meleagris gallopavo

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Too Tame Turkey
Scipio, Millard County, Utah
not wild

Wild Turkey - South Willow Creek, Tooele County, Utah
Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey - South Willow Creek


Wild Turkey - South Willow Creek


Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah


Squaw Peak, Utah County, Utah





Photo Details ŠNicky Davis
1.  This tame turkey followed me to the car and seemed to want to go for a ride.  I had trouble leaving without it. Along road in Scipio, Utah 21 May 2015
2. 3. Feathers, 4.racing to the watering hole, South Willow Canyon, Tooele County, Utah - 
5.male breeding plumage, Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, June 9, 2003 -
6. Camoflage,  December 5, 2004, Squaw Peak, Utah County, Utah - These birds are evidently some planted by the  Fish and Game Department.


Description
Male - L 46" WS 64", Female - L 37" WS 50". Dark heavy body withthin neck and small head - long legs orange-brown - Female brown feathers tipped with white - Male black  with iridescent green on body - brown tail tipped with white - red neck - bluish bill

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