The eastern wild turkey is North America's most abundant and widely distributed turkey subspecies. It inhabits 38 states and a handful of Canadian provinces. Most eastern turkeys are found east of ...

The Merriam's wild turkey is a true mountain bird. Named for the prolific taxonomist and zoologist C. Hart Merriam, these birds range from higher-elevation ponderosa pine forests in winter time to ...

Missing Turkey Tail Feathers “We noticed two of the wild turkeys in our yard had tail feathers missing that are now growing back. Is that normal?” asks reader Andre Floen of Pine Haven, Wyoming.

If you see a ruffed grouse or wild turkey ... They have a black band extending across and near the end of their tails, and they have grayish-brown central tail feathers.

The last known wild turkey in Massachusetts was killed in 1851, ... its tail feathers spread wide. A turkey seemed, then, an imaginary, mythical animal—a dragon, a unicorn.

Also, it’s exciting to watch their tail feathers fan out when two males are ready to battle it out, he said. Some North Park hikers may have seen the tracks of the turkey’s big feet and areas ...

Wild turkey ruffles feathers in South Bend's River Park area. by WSBT 22. Thu, January 16th 2025 at 5:11 PM. Updated Fri, January 17th 2025 at 7:27 PM. 3. VIEW ALL PHOTOS.

Unregulated hunting and habitat destruction decimated wild turkey populations in the 1800s. Numbers remained low into the mid-1900s, with only an estimated 100,000 birds in 1959.