Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo

f13 @ 1/160s, ISO:1600, Nikon D3S w 500mm and 1.7X tele-extender

\"Wild Turkey,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.The Wild Turkey is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the diverse Galliformes.Adult wild turkeys have long reddish-yellow to grayish-green legs. The body feathers are generally blackish and dark brown overall with a coppery sheen that becomes more complex in adult males. Adult males, called toms or gobblers, have a large, featherless, reddish head, red throat, and red wattles on the throat and neck. The head has fleshy growths called caruncles.

Falmouth, Massachusetts

03/11/2014