Most birds either eat meat or plants. But, not the turkey, they eat both. Their food is dried fruit, acorns, nuts, berries, clover, seeds and leaves. They also eat invertebrates, small snakes and lizards. But there is more to a turkey than food.
Turkeys live in hilly woodlands in areas of ponderosa pines.
Trees help turkeys because they are shy birds. The turkeys roost in trees at night. The wild turkey is black or brown with splashes of tan and white, and has a red neck with a light blue forehead. The gobbler or tom usually has darker feathers for mating. The poult has muddy soft fetahers with a tad of white.