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Wild Turkey, Ottawa, Canada, 15 Apr 2023 Wild Turkey photographed on Mud Lake Trail in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 15 Apr 2023. This shot clearly shows the snood (the little "horn" above its beak), the waddle (the backlit flap of skin on its neck), and the caruncles (the red blobs at the bottom of its neck). Canada,Geotagged,Meleagris gallopavo,Spring,Wild turkey Click/tap to enlarge

Wild Turkey, Ottawa, Canada, 15 Apr 2023

Wild Turkey photographed on Mud Lake Trail in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 15 Apr 2023. This shot clearly shows the snood (the little "horn" above its beak), the waddle (the backlit flap of skin on its neck), and the caruncles (the red blobs at the bottom of its neck).

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The Wild turkey

The wild turkey is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey , which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey .

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Uploaded Nov 6, 2023. Captured Apr 15, 2023 16:37 in 145 Britannia Rd, Ottawa, ON K2B 5X1, Canada.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/500s
  • ISO1000
  • 200mm