{"id":4383,"date":"2014-11-24T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4383"},"modified":"2014-11-24T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:10:00","slug":"take-5-terrific-turkeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-terrific-turkeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Terrific Turkeys"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Thanksgiving approaching, it’s time to give thanks for the wild turkey. Once completely wiped out of the state due to over-harvesting, this bird is now a regular fixture of forests and even suburban and urban areas. Our past Photo Contest<\/a> participants have captured the many facets\u00a0of this fascinating species.<\/p>\n

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A male turkey, or tom, struts his stuff. 2012 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Barye Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Yes,<\/a>

Yes, turkeys can fly! 2013 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Andy Trushaw<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012<\/a>

The fleshy bump above the beak is called a snood. 2012 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Richard Alvarnaz<\/p><\/div>\n

\"1472RonaldGrant7368<\/a>

The turkey chick, or poult, has a fuzzy head. 2013 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Ronald Grant<\/p><\/div>\n

\"A<\/a>

Turkeys are social birds. 2012 Photo Contest entry, \u00a9 Alison Colby Campbell.<\/p><\/div>\n

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With Thanksgiving approaching, it’s time to give thanks for the wild turkey. Once completely wiped out of the state due to over-harvesting, this bird is now a regular fixture of forests and even suburban and urban areas. Our past Photo Contest participants have captured the many facets\u00a0of this fascinating species.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-18H","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":4383,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Caption This!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's play \"Caption That Photo\"! 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