Wild Turkeys Almost Went ExtinctIn the early 1900s, the situation for wild turkeys was dire. “Turkeys were eradicated from 18 of the 36 states that they had previously been found in,” Taylor Finger, ...
How fast can a wild turkey run? You may think of turkeys as somewhat dopey birds that lazily walk around. Well, think again. A wild turkey can reach up to 18 miles per hour on foot, and up to 50 ...
During the same year, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation began relocating birds to areas of the state that were capable of sustaining wild turkey populations. The return of ...
You can see the birds in many urban and rural places in Linn and Benton counties. Albany City Councilor Marilyn Smith knows of a few wild turkey flocks among the city’s non-voting constituents.