The wild turkey is a shy, permanent resident of Pennsylvania's woods and mountains. Infiltrating a flock of these big birds is no easy feat, and when the hunter or naturalist is finally discovered, he's treated to a spectacle the flock breaks up.
Turkeys flap upward on loud wings.
Some run full tilt, heads extended on serpentine necks. Others sneak along through the understory. Eventually, quiet returns to the woods. Turkeys have long been important to man in North America. Indians hunted them for food, and some natives even domesticated the big birds.