Attention Hunters! Forget about going to the woods for a spring turkey hunt. Instead why not stop in Gloucester City? Future advertisement; if the turkeys keep multiply who knows it just may become a reality.
Chip Alkins, of Maple Avenue, Gloucester City) found the Cypress Garden Flock roosting on his roof the other day. And the day before a flock of turkeys (might be the same birds) were seen on Nicholson Road near Rutgers Avenue. There is also a flock of turkeys living in Brooklawn along Lake Drive. Earlier this month Chip found the birds feeding in front of his property following the snow storm.
According to The Cornell Blog of Ornithology the Wild Turkey was a very important food animal to Native Americans, but it was eliminated from much of its range by the early 1900s. Introduction programs have successfully established it in most of its original range, and even into areas where it never occurred before.
Description
- Large, dark ground-dwelling bird.
- Long, powerful legs.
- Large, fan-shaped tail.
- Bare head and neck.
- Short, slightly downcurved bill.
- Tip of tail chestnut-brown (in East) or white (in Southwest).
- Size: 110-115 cm (43-45 in)
- Wingspan: 125-144 cm (49-57 in)
- Weight: 2500-10800 g (88.25-381.24 ounces)
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