Wild Turkey


Near Ithaca, NY - 2 April 2007

There was a flock of 30+ birds displaying and feeding that morning. In addition
to the photos below, I captured a short video which contains a behavior
that I would love to have explained to me! Let me know what you think.



In these next two photos, two males do this shaking behavior that I've not quite figured out.
My best guess is that they're a little too excited by all the hens... if you know what I mean.
Here's video of these two birds in action. Feel free let me know if you can explain this odd behavior!




Female (hen) next to some males.



















All Photos (C) 2007 Paul Hurtado
(Just let me know if you use them!)