The turkey population, including five subspecies, crashed primarily because of excessive hunting and habitat loss. Due to reintroductions, turkeys are reoccurring in many of their historic haunts. Turkeys inhabit a variety of habitats from open grassland and fields to open woodlands and mature deciduous or coniferous forests. They will roost in large flocks in trees. Feeding Turkeys forage on the ground, scratching for seeds, nuts, acorns, grains, grass seeds, insects and even small vertebrates such as frogs, salamanders, lizards, snakes or crabs.
Diets are regional and associated with the habitat type in which the turkey occurs.
They ingest small stones or grit to assist in the grinding process of food. Calls Besides the standard gobble call of the male turkey, other calls can be heard in the flock. A cluck or cut call may assemble a group. Courtship flocking lasts about three weeks. Sexes often separate in winter, with flock size ranging from 40 to 500 birds, depending upon location.