wild turkey

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But we also saved species that were headed for oblivion, including the wild turkey, the wood duck, the bald eagle and—that bane of airports and golf courses everywhere—the Canada goose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Other birds in the area include pygmy owls, belted kingfishers and wild turkey.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

The findings shed new light on how climate change may affect wild turkey populations.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

So what made the wild turkey one of the most successful wildlife reintroduction programs in American history?

From National Geographic • Nov. 20, 2023

“Well, Turner Ernest Buckminster, right now I’m trying to figure out how to ask you why a wild turkey could have played that organ better than you today.”

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt