This work might be special interest to turkey hunters.
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This work might be special interest to turkey hunters.
Some mule deer in the background. Southern Colorado foothills life, at some friends' house.
Two smoke-phase wild turkeys were part of a small flock. |
"The partially white or smoke-phase turkeys occur naturally," said Tom Glines, Minnesota's senior regional director for the National Wild Turkey Federation. "The white or gray feathers are black-tipped and the birds are beautiful."No, they do not turn color in the winter. They were a new sight for me though.
There has been some concern that landowners have released pen-raised turkeys into the wild -- a practice that is illegal without a permit -- and that some of those captive turkeys have bred with the wild turkeys, resulting in the smoke-phase turkeys.
There is no hard science to back up those concerns.
Yesterday: A wild tom turkey struts his stuff near Beulah, Colorado. |
Snow, snow, glorious snow. |
Red fox family in the early dawn. |
Wild turkey hen |
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This dog missed meeting up with the rattlesnake. |