Snoods of mature male turkeys, called toms, are longer and more prominent than female turkeys, called hens, or young male turkeys, called jakes. A 1997 study in the Journal of Avian Biology found ...

Male and female wild turkeys spend much of the year together in a flock. “Pecking orders introduce structure into the flocks we observe,” said Chamberlain.

A female wild turkey, dubbed Lucy by the neighbors in this Bartlett subdivsion, has been a good neighbor since early last year, Nov. 15, 2010 in Bartlett.

Wild turkey hens in Florida typically begin nesting in late March or early April. The female builds a shallow nest on the ground where she lays an average of 9 to 12 eggs.

During the summer, female turkeys and their young are most active. The public is asked to report wild turkeys of all kinds, including gobblers, hens, and young turkeys (poults), as well as adult ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — There has been some chatter online about a wild turkey that has been gobbling around the streets of South Bend’s River Park neighborhood. People have spotted this ...

Most wild turkeys in Indiana had disappeared by 1900. Domestic turkeys, originally bred by the Aztecs before the arrival of the Spanish in Mexico, were brought to Indiana before 1900 by way of Europe.

Adult male Merriam’s wild turkey in Upper Sonoran life zone habitat, Meleagris gallopavo merriami, Photographed at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Photographed under ...