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Wild Turkey
By: Cyanna
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MEET THE WILD TURKEY.….3
HOME SWEET HOME ….. 4
DINNER TIME……………..5
ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS…6
LABELS…………………….7
READ MOE/FUN FACTS…8
GLOSSARY………………...9
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Meet the Wild Turkey
The Ohio wild turkey can stand to 3 to 4 feet tall .It has a slim body and a
long neck. Its head has no feathers. The turkey looks brown, but it is
bronze with red green copper feathers. Male turkeys have a beard.
Females have a bluish head and no beard.
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Home Sweet Home
Found in hardwood forest with scattered opening swamps,
mesquite grasslands, ponderosa pine and chaparral. A
depressing in dead leaves or vegetation on the ground makes up
Their nest.
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Dinnertime
Wild turkeys eat different plants, flowers and berries. They will also eat
nuts and insects.
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Adaptation
During the fall and winter they feed more on acorns and fruits of trees.
They seek out corn, wheat, oats and other grains in farms. They eat
a lot in late winter to prepare for breeding season which is in spring.
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Read More/Fun Facts
The wild turkey originated in the New World and is one of only two
native North American birds to be domesticated.
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Labels
www.exploringnature.org
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Glossary
• Chaparral: a shrubland
• Domesticated: the process of taming an animal to live with
people
• Originated: the first place for something
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Resources
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www.dnr.state.wi.us
www.dnr.state.oh.us
www.allaboutbirds.org
www.exploringnature.org
www.gettyimages.com
www.protrails.com
www.panoramio.com
www.flikr.com
www.animals.nationalgeographic.com
www.upload.wikimedia.org
www.bytheriver.com
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Meet the Author/Illustrator
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