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.
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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!
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Female (hen) next to some males.
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All Photos (C) 2007 Paul Hurtado
(Just let me know if you use them!)