Eastern Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="041a11c3.png"> <div> Wild turkeys are notoriously wary birds, but this tom was regularly seen by Pigeon residents during the summer of 2017. This photo was taken from our pier in early September as the bird woke from its roost in a tall cypress tree.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id497.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)"><U>Next</U></A> <A HREF="id495.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)"><U>Previous</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id420.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lower Grand River Wildlife"><U>Back to thumbs</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Arial" ><B>Clay Coleman</B></FONT>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" >|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clay Coleman"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <IMG SRC="040f4010.png" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Eastern Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2017bc300.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="560" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>