How is it that a bird with a brain the size of a walnut still manages to defeat us more often than not?
When it comes to urban living, it seems like wild turkeys are as common a neighbor as any these days.
The 15-year project wasn't a flight of fancy. Biologists used a plane to successfully teach many young, captive-bred whooping cranes to migrate cross-country. But the birds aren't reproducing well.
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Spatchcocking, or butterflying, a whole turkey, chicken or any other bird is a great way to make moist, delicious birds that are browned all over and evenly cooked in less time. It's a simple matter of cutting out the bird's backbone, a deboning process that is easy and painless with good kitchen or poultry shears.
Researchers taught a population of wild sparrows to sing different songs, and learned a lot about how songbirds learn to sing in the process.
Jonathon Davis was on his way to work when he came upon the bizarre scene. A flock of more than 15 turkeys were filmed circling around a dead cat in the midd...
How many wild turkey facts do you know? This amazing turkey trivia will have you gobbling for more!
Do you know how to get inside a wild turkey's comfort zone? (© Tes Randle Jolly photo)
We all know parrots are smart, but can they solve puzzles? I wanted to test the intelligence of my local Sulphur-crested cockatoos so I designed this puzzle ...
M3 Client Experience Story: When a turkey flew into a large window of this home, it left a wake of destruction. So now what?
It is no secret that urbanization is progressing rapidly across the nation—often at the expense of wildlife habitat. While development can be bad news for many species that depend on undisrupted habitat, some animals flourish in urban settings, especially wild turkeys. Calling on the edge of town...
There are approximately 10,000 bird species in the world – so how can you know which birds you see? Identifying birds is not as difficult as it may seem, and with some careful steps and thoughtful observation, it's easy to identify birds, whether they'r
We’ve all rushed our spring gobbler setups and paid little attention to how our decoys were set beyond making sure they were upright and would remain that way.
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Turkeys are odd-looking creatures. With their bumpy red heads, hanging flaps of skin around their faces and large tails, wild turkeys are quite a sight. The odd parts of their bodies also have interesting names and purposes. Let's look at some of the body parts that make a turkey unique. What's a snood? The snood is the fleshy flap of skin that hangs off a turkey's beak. Scientists haven't found any specific function for the snood, but it does fill up with blood…
Winter time can present a battle for survival for wild birds. Their endless quest for food begins at dawn and continues until dusk. They spend their days searching for enough sustenance to store enough energy to endure cold winter nights. Because of the s