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GetMyBestSide1 I could find only the domestic turkey under the species identification tag. This is a wild turkey -- another species that is increasingly showing up in Wisconsin. Again, this was taken in Rice Lake, behind the garages of our apartments. Hmmm. Seems like I don't need to travel, as I see so much wildlife right here. Domesticated turkey,Geotagged,Meleagris gallopavo,United States Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

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I could find only the domestic turkey under the species identification tag. This is a wild turkey -- another species that is increasingly showing up in Wisconsin. Again, this was taken in Rice Lake, behind the garages of our apartments. Hmmm. Seems like I don't need to travel, as I see so much wildlife right here.

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    WildFlower
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    It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of Wild Turkey.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Turkey     Posted 11 years ago
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    Shaireo
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    Thank you, Wildflower, for straitening the identification out. Posted 11 years ago

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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 Apr 26, 2014. Captured in 132 West Evans Street, Rice Lake, WI 54868, USA.
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