### animal | vertebrate | bird | fowl | turkey:

Wild turkey
* All wild turkeys are born with small buttons on their lower legs.
* Most wild turkeys adapt to environments.
* Most wild turkeys eat insects
  - rhizomes
* Most wild turkeys have better eyesights
  - vision
  - live in areas
* Some wild turkeys have enemies
  - natural enemies
  - select nest sites
* appear to be surviving the winter well.
* are as wary and high-strung as whitetail deer
  - big birds requiring a feeder that holds plenty of feed
  - capable of flying
  - common, with one of the highest densities in the state
  - extremely wary and possess keen color vision and very good hearing ability
  - great hikers and strong fliers
  - ground-nesting birds, like ruffed grouse and bobwhite quail
  - large birds with long legs, long necks and large fan-shaped tails
* are native to the southeastern United States
  - wooded areas of North America
  - non-migratory birds, andhave adapted to live in a great variety of conditions
  - now in every county in the state and spreading rapidly
  - numerous and ruffed grouse and woodcock are occasionally seen
  - omnivorous , foraging on the ground or climbing shrubs and small trees to feed
  - one of the most popular game bird species in the United States
* are plentiful and are widespread
  - in Illinois and Missouri, and are hunted regularly
  - plentiful, and are hunted in open season
  - polygynous, which means the males mate with different females every year
  - remarkably adaptable and can survive in a wide range of environments
  - shiny black with streaks of gold and orange
  - subject to many infectious and non-infectious diseases and parasitical infections
  - the largest and also the most alert of the game birds in North America
  - very adaptable to both habitat and range requirements, due in part to their diets
* breed in early spring
  - once per year
* can and do fly
  - fly, but they prefer to run
* differ from domestic ones in color and body form, being slimmer and more streamlined
  - turkeys in color and body form
* eat fruits, seeds, tubers, bulbs, and greens of locally common plants
  - seeds, acorns, and insects
* forage in fields.
* have a large vocabulary as compared to other birds
  - very complex language
* have better eyesight and hearing than domestic turkeys
  - excellent vision and very acute hearing
  - longer necks and legs as well as smaller breasts than turkeys bred for the table
* live in a variety of habitats throughout North America
  - forests in North America and Central America
  - hardwood forests near farm fields
  - heavily wooded areas near water
* make their rounds a couple of times a year.
* mate for life, like swans.
* prefer forested land and swamps, but behave like racoons and live near civilization.
* reproduce by mating with one another, which usually happens during early spring.
* run and fly so they have much less fat and have a tendency to be very dry when roasted
  - circles around their domestic counterparts, when it comes to brain power
* seek mates during the latter part of the month.
* segregate into flocks on the basis of sex and, to some extent, age.
* share their nests.
* spend the night in trees.
* stalk through the remote woodlands.
* stay in flocks and favor mature deciduous and mixed woodlands.
* tend to be slimmer and more streamlined in appearance.
+ Turkey (bird): Turkeys :: Poultry
  * They are something like a chicken but much bigger. Wild turkeys live in forests in North America and Central America. In the United States, people traditionally eat turkey on the holiday of Thanksgiving.

Water fowl
* are usually migratory birds and powerful flyers.
* can sleep while swimming.
* consume the vegetation and contract a disease similar to food poisoning.
* is abundant as ducks and geese are in the midst of migration.