It's Turkey Time
by Eva Lechner
Title
It's Turkey Time
Artist
Eva Lechner
Medium
Photograph - Photographs-artistic Photography-mixed Media
Description
The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, which is native to the Americas. One species, Meleagris gallopavo (commonly known as the domestic turkey or wild turkey), is native to the forests of North America, from Mexico (where they were first domesticated by the Mayans) throughout the midwest and eastern United States, and into southeastern Canada. The other living species is Meleagris ocellata or the ocellated turkey, native to the forests of the Yucatán Peninsula. Males of both turkey species have a distinctive fleshy wattle or protuberance that hangs from the top of the beak (called a snood). They are among the largest birds in their ranges. As in many galliformes, the male is larger and much more colorful than the female.
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A close-up portrait taken in Indian Valley Mine,Alaska(Canon 5D Mark III,Canon L Telelens at 320 mm,F4)
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November 11th, 2017
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