Habitat:

• Open forests with big trees to roost in and open feeding areas with nearby water.
• Diet consists of seeds, fruit, green plants, frogs, lizards, insects and snails.

Notes:

• Males are larger and blacker than females. Males raise their tail feathers in a fan display when strutting during spring mating season.
• Turkeys have a naked head. In females, the head is light bluish, while the head of the male may appear red, white or blue.
• Males have sharp, bony spurs that grow on the back side of each leg; these are rarely seen on hens.
• Males have long “beards” (actually modified feathers) that hang down from the center of the chest. Hens occasionally have beards.
• Nests are ground depressions lined with leaves and grass and concealed by tall grass or brush.