Wild turkey range

Found mostly in deciduous riparian, oak and conifer-oak woodlands, the wild turkey prefers large trees with low to intermediate canopy, near water, in areas interspersed with numerous grasses and plants.

Eats: Seeds, leaves, fruits, buds, acorns, pine nuts, other nuts, and arthropods. Scratches and gleans from ground, plucks, and picks and strips seeds from low plants

Reproduction: Polygynous; male calls and struts to gather a harem of 5 or more females. Breeding season peaks in May and June. Clutches of 10 to 12 eggs incubated around 28 days by the female