Sentences with phrase «wild turkey»

I used natural elements here - pheasant and wild turkey feathers.

Emergency funds help protect you in case of any event, big or small: car repairs, your basement flooding or even a wild turkey in your living room.

Missouri's conservation and habitat focus have led the resurgence of species that were once on the verge of extinction, such as the wild turkey, the wood duck and the whitetail deer.

The Sioux City area is known for its opportunities for hunting pheasant, wild turkey, deer, quail, duck and geese.

As we sit down, in Canada, to honour the Great Turkey in the sky, and we recall Columbo's place in the litany, let us not forget the distinction between the butterball turkey, the wild turkey and Wild Turkey, and let us intone, in unison, the immortal words of WKRP's Athur Carlson:

The wild turkey is one of the most enduring symbols of Thanksgiving — but you may not know how close we've all come to losing these birds.

That doesn't mean that the wild turkey is out of the woods.

At that time, the decline in the wild turkey population was so significant that the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) was founded.

Over the last four decades, NWTF staff, volunteers, and partners have helped the wild turkey population grow to a high of nearly seven million.

Preferred habitat: wetlands, low woods + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous, red leaves in fall + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 30 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Flowers are a source of bee food; foliage browsed by White - Tailed Deer; fruit attracts the following birds: Eastern Bluebird, Gray Catbird, Eastern Kingbird, Mockingbird, American Robin, Brown Thrasher, Summer Tanager, Cedar Waxwing, Red - bellied and Red - headed Woodpecker, Gray Cheeked Thrush, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, Rose - breasted Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Wood Duck, wild turkey, flicker

Preferred habitat: moist forests + + + + Foliage / winter appearance: deciduous + + + + Soil conditions: loam, clay, tolerates poor drainage + + + + Light conditions: partial shade to full sun + + + + Plant spacing: 50 to 60 feet + + + + Wildlife value: Acorns are eaten by wild turkey, Bobwhite, quail, dove jay, Gray and Fox Squirrels; they are also eaten by the following birds: Evening Grosbeaks, Brown Thrasher, Mourning Dove, Red - bellied and Red - headed Woodpeckers, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, White - breasted Nuthatch, Rose - breasted Grosbeak, and Rufous - sided Towhee

SFI is working with The Nature Conservancy North Carolina Chapter to address the quality of wild turkey habitat in that state by connecting private forests through corridors, allowing the greater room needed for wild turkeys and other important species to roam, mate and feed.

However, the wild turkey population may not always be able to keep up.

On these days you're as likely to encounter a wild turkey as you are an artist.

Enjoy matching wits with America's most elusive game bird the wild turkey.

There are birds like the Mountain Caracara, hummingbirds, torrent duck, parrot, wild turkey, and many other colorful smaller birds.

Helped a corporate customer locate a male wild turkey as a mate for the female one living on his company's campus.

A cozy cabin, with all the ammenities, in a peaceful country setting, nestled by a brook where deer and wild turkey gather...

Penguins, wallabies, possums and wild turkey are frequent visitors.

This unique home borders on the edge of a Monterey pine forest natural reserve (ecological study area), where deer, hawks, squirrels, quail and wild turkey call home.

Malakei Golf Club wanders through a colorful landscape of indigenous flora and fauna, providing a home to a variety of wildlife including peacocks, pheasants, and wild turkey.

Had Benjamin Franklin prevailed, America's emblem might have been the wild turkey not the bald eagle.

As I left Woodman's near dusk one day, I saw a wild turkey scuttle across the road between the White Elephant's antiques «outlet» (very good deals, lots of junk) and its main location (still some good deals, plus better junk).

Posted in birds, Carnivorans, West Virginia, tagged bobcat, domestic duck, Eastern wild turkey, fall foliage, Pekin duck, quaking aspen, Rouen duck, wild turkey on October 26, 2015 4 Comments»

Wild turkey and deer are plentiful along with many local lakes for fishing and water recreation.

Neighbors came out to watch the spectacle... one person told me he is a wild turkey, not domesticated.

As I was slowly driving up a hill, admiring the homes, a wild turkey sauntered off of the sidewalk and positioned himself in front of my car.

On any given day Neville sees deer, wild turkey, chipmunks, squirrels, and a large variety of birds.

I hear wild turkey is another old pioneer constipation cure.

Several missed attempts show off the coyote's predator skills and her prey's survival skills — until coyote spies an unsuspecting wild turkey.

All About Turkeys, by writer, illustrator and naturalist Jim Arnosky, is about the feeding, hunting and mating habits of the wild turkey.

Be prepared to see wild turkey, bald eagles, deer, raccoons, waterfowl and more while you enjoy your stay at the park.

I don't have this road to myself, though, so I'm accelerating hard and then braking quickly, for obstacles as varied as a police car that's running a speed trap; bicyclists; and, believe it or not, a wild turkey that crosses the road in front of me.

I'll report back on whether all the wild turkey (bird and whiskey) made the trip worth it.

If you can get it, the best are game animals like buffalo, deer, rabbit, and elk, as well as meat from game birds such as wild turkey and pheasant.

or other home - cooked, home - sourced wild turkey, which we have ton of turkeys here.

Today the wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, is native to much of the eastern and south - western US and Mexico, and falls into six distinct subspecies (see map).

Estimates put the wild turkey population before Columbus arrived at some 10 million, though no one was counting.

By 1960, most wild turkey breeding had been ditched.

The wild turkey was to get a share.

Better yet, while many other species are feeling the heat of climate change, the wild turkey is going from strength to strength.

All this unfettered felling and trapping meant that by the end of the 19th century — around the time that passenger pigeon populations began to plummet — the wild turkey was in trouble.

Yet it is the domesticated cousin of the wily wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, which without its guile might well have gone the way of the passenger pigeon.

In the drawer was part of a delicate and exquisite skeleton, a previously unknown species of dinosaur that Makovicky says was about the size of a wild turkey.

«An unchecked wild turkey population, while a novelty when it started, does negatively affect the quality of life for residents of these affected areas.

The wild turkey known to most locals as Tom — beloved by some and disdained by others - was trapped by an animal control officer after police received an increased number of complaints about him.

A wild turkey known as «Tom» is a local celebrity of sorts, has no fear of people or traffic and likes to wander in the street in Amherst, blocking lanes and pecking at tires.

Amherst's notorious traffic - blocking wild turkey is in custody.

Have a run - in with a wild turkey?

Benjamin Franklin was so enamored with the wild turkey that he thought it would be a far better choice as America's national bird rather than the bald eagle.