Friday, March 15, 2013

Wild Turkey

South Carolina's wild turkey season begins today.  As we have posted previously, the wild turkeys in and around the Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest were caught in the Francis Marion Forest in 1987 and released here.

Wild Turkey - Mark Musselman
Wild Turkey - Mark Musselman
Wild Turkey - Mark Musselman
Wild Turkey - Mark Musselman
Wild Turkey - Mark Musselman
In the images above taken on 3/11/2013, the males can be seen trying to impress the females and intimidate the other males.  The urge to compete may lead males to right to a hunter posing as a rival.  We have enjoyed our morning and evening sightings of wild turkeys, but suspect that they will be keeping their heads down for the near future.

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