Wild Turkey (Meleaagris gallopavo)
- HABITAT - During breeding season, wild turkeys prefer open pastures, agriculture fields, areas near streams and rivers, open forest areas and meadows. These areas provide the insects and seeds that form the majority of their diet. During non-breeding season, wild turkeys can be found in open, mature forests of mixed hardwood and softwood where they often like to roost.
- DIET - Wild turkeys are opportunistic foragers and eat a variety of items such as nuts, fruits, seeds from grasses and sedges, insects, snails, frogs, salamanders and snakes. They generally forage in early morning and late afternoon.
- FACTS - When European settlers arrived in North America, they hunted wild turkeys in large numbers and much of the species’ natural habitat was cleared for farmland. As a result, by 1909, the Eastern wild turkey was extirpated from Canada. In 1984, Wild Turkeys are reintroduced in Ontario, Canada.
Wild Turkey GALLERY
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