They measure 117 cm (46 in) from beak tip to tail tip females measure 94 cm (37 in). The largest wild turkey on record weighed 37 pounds. On average, male turkeys weigh about 18 pounds.The wild turkey is the largest North America game birds.They are more tolerant of humans and are accustomed to handouts from feeders. Surprisingly, wild turkeys are powerful flier, reaching speeds of up to 55 mph over short distances.ĭomestic turkeys have grown in size and have lost the ability to fly. Although they are considered wild animals, they can be unbelievably fearless. They are smaller and faster and can fly very well. Wild turkeys are quite different from their domestic cousins. Wild turkeys live in open fields and woods and nest on the ground. An adult male can grow up to 4 feet long from his beak to his tail. The wild turkey is one of the largest birds in North America. Wild Turkeys are large game birds with a rather awkward appearance. Please follow this link for more information.Wild Turkey Information. I’m always fascinated to learn who banded a bird, where and when it was banded, and the age of the bird at the time of banding. They always report back so I’ll let you know if they’re successful. I know from past experience that folks with proper skills and access to records from the original bird bander can often work miracles in these situations. So I’ll be reporting this bird to the USGS Bird Banding Lab and I’ll include this photo and one other to see if their technicians can accurately decipher the entire band number or enough of it to point them in the right direction. In an effort to make them easier to read I played with exposure, sharpening and contrast during processing and that helped to make them more readable.
#Turkey snood erect iso#
In most of my shots this part of the band is the only part I could see and I could never read any numbers on it.ġ/2000, f/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM 400mm, not baited, set up or called inīut I kept looking at my other photos of him and eventually found this one where I had better luck.Īn absolutely huge crop of the previous photo (2.5% of the original image) allowed me to read some of the numbers and make a pretty good guess at most or all of the others. I didn’t look carefully at any of my turkey shots taken with either camera until late yesterday afternoon so I hadn’t noticed the band on his left leg until then. That’s an angle I seldom get with turkeys. I also like the shot because my low shooting angle provides a more intimate feel, as if I had been right next to him at eye level.
When the light angle is just right those colors really pop. While photographing these turkeys I switched lenses several times because I was usually just a little too close for my 500mm.ġ/2500, f/9, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called inĭespite his less than erect pose I quite like this shot of the same Tom because for just a moment I caught him at the perfect angle to get the best color on much (though not all) of his plumage. I’d seen two much larger flocks of turkeys earlier that morning but they had been in the shade so I was pleased to get nice colors on this fellow in good light. We’d had snow two days before but much of it had already melted. On a cold morning in the mountains ten days ago he was the only Tom in a small flock of turkeys. I can read some of the band numbers and make a pretty good guess at the others.ġ/2500, f/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM 400mm, not baited, set up or called in I believe this is the only banded Wild Turkey I’ve ever photographed.
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