Wild Turkey By: Cyanna
TABLE OF CONTENTS MEET THE WILD TURKEY.….3 HOME SWEET HOME ….. 4 DINNER TIME……………..5 ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS…6 LABELS…………………….7 READ MOE/FUN FACTS…8 GLOSSARY………………...9
Meet the Wild Turkey The Ohio wild turkey can stand to 3 to 4 feet tall .It has a slim body and a long neck. Its head has no feathers. The turkey looks brown, but it is bronze with red green copper feathers. Male turkeys have a beard. Females have a bluish head and no beard.
Home Sweet Home Found in hardwood forest with scattered opening swamps, mesquite grasslands, ponderosa pine and chaparral. A depressing in dead leaves or vegetation on the ground makes up Their nest.
Dinnertime Wild turkeys eat different plants, flowers and berries. They will also eat nuts and insects.
Adaptation During the fall and winter they feed more on acorns and fruits of trees. They seek out corn, wheat, oats and other grains in farms. They eat a lot in late winter to prepare for breeding season which is in spring.
Read More/Fun Facts The wild turkey originated in the New World and is one of only two native North American birds to be domesticated.
Labels www.exploringnature.org
Glossary Chaparral: a shrubland Domesticated: the process of taming an animal to live with people Originated: the first place for something
Resources www.dnr.state.wi.us www.dnr.state.oh.us www.allaboutbirds.org www.exploringnature.org www.gettyimages.com www.protrails.com www.panoramio.com www.flikr.com www.animals.nationalgeographic.com www.upload.wikimedia.org www.bytheriver.com
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