Wild Turkey

The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a ground bird native to North America, one of the two species of turkey 
Behavior
Flight
Wild Turkeys, are fast fliers. In ideal habitat of open woodland or wooded grasslands, they may fly beneath the canopy top and find perches. They usually fly close to the ground 
Vocalizations
Turkeys have many calls: gobble, yelp, cluck, purr, cackle, kee-kee, and putt. In early spring, males older than a year old gobble to announce their presence to females and competing males. The gobble of a wild turkey can be heard up to a mile away. Males also emit a low-pitched drumming sound produced by the movement of air in the air sac in the chest, similar to the booming of a prairie chicken.
Diet
Wild turkeys are omnivorous, foraging on the ground or climbing shrubs and small trees to feed. They eat acorns, nuts and other hard mast of various trees, including hazel, chestnut, hickory, and pinyon pine as well as various seeds, berries such as juniper and bearberry, buds, leaves, fern fronds, roots and insects. Turkeys also occasionally consume amphibians and small reptiles such as salamanders, lizards and small snakes.
Predators
Predators of eggs and nestlings include Raccoons, Virginia Opossums, Striped Skunks, Spotted Skunks, Red Foxes, Gray Foxes, Groundhogs, and other rodents. Predators of poults in addition to nestlings and eggs also include several species of snakes.
Avian predators of poults include raptors such as Bald Eagles, Barred Owl, Red-Tailed and Harris's Hawks.
In addition to poults, hens and adult-sized fledglings are vulnerable to predation by Great Horned Owls, Northern Goshawk, Domestic Dogs, Domestic Cats, and Red Foxes. Predators of both adults and poults include Coyotes, Grey Wolves, Bobcats, Cougars, Canada Lynx, Golden Eagles, and American Black Bears. which also will eat the eggs if they find them. The American Alligator, is a predator to all turkeys of all ages in the Southeast and will eat them if they get too close to water.
Occasionally, If cornered, adult turkeys may try to fight off predators and large male toms can be especially aggressive in self-defense. When fighting off predators, turkeys may kick with their legs, using the spurs on their back of the legs as a weapon, bite with their beak and ram with their large bodies and may be able to deter predators up to the size of mid-sized mammals.
File:Wild Turkey In Flight.jpg|Wild Turkey In Flight
File:800px-Wild turkey with chicks.jpg|Hen with Chicks
File:490px-Wild turkey and juveniles.jpg|Hen with Juveniles