Birds of Kentucky: Wild Turkey
2022-06-30 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Pen
One of a flock foraging in front of the Corps office at Green River Lake State Park earlier in the week.
According to the All About Birds entry for Meleagris gallopavo, "In the early 1500s, European explorers brought home Wild Turkeys from Mexico, where native people had domesticated the birds centuries earlier. Turkeys quickly became popular on European menus thanks to their large size and rich taste from their diet of wild nuts. Later, when English colonists settled on the Atlantic Coast, they brought domesticated turkeys with them." Comments | Permalink
2022-06-30 - Taylor Co., KY - Photo by Pen
One of a flock foraging in front of the Corps office at Green River Lake State Park earlier in the week.
According to the All About Birds entry for Meleagris gallopavo, "In the early 1500s, European explorers brought home Wild Turkeys from Mexico, where native people had domesticated the birds centuries earlier. Turkeys quickly became popular on European menus thanks to their large size and rich taste from their diet of wild nuts. Later, when English colonists settled on the Atlantic Coast, they brought domesticated turkeys with them." Comments | Permalink