Wild Turkey Bird – fowl like birds 9/26/2010

The Wild Turkey is seen more often and frequently comes to neighborhoods

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I have been trying to get a photo of a Wild Turkey for some time, but have found them to be elusive, or the lighting wasn’t good. I’ve even had them in my back yard. I had frequently seen them at the spot where I finally got the photo. However, as soon as they noticed me they started to take off for the woods. I had to take off in a run while preparing the camera to get close enough to get a picture. As the photos show, the Turkeys just stroll away. Seeing them from the road and getting the pictures and back in the car was no more than 5 minutes. It’s good that they are a large bird.

 

Mourning Dove Bird – nonpasserine land birds – 11/17/2009

The Mourning Dove can be heard every morning in Muskego, WI

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The common wild dove with a soft voice repeating woo-oo woo-oo. Heard frequently in the early morning. Its range covers the U. S., Alaska, Canada, and down to Panama. Its habitat are farms, towns, open woods, roadsides , and roadsides.