#  Wild Turkeys Roosting at the MCZ 

 





March 16, 2018

 

 

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 Visitors to the Ernst Mayr Library are greeted by John James Audubon’s 1826 painting of Wild Turkey Cock, Hen and Nine Chicks.

 ![Wild Turkey Cock, Hen and Nine Chicks](/sites/g/files/omnuum6411/files/library/files/audubon1826wildturkey.jpg)

 

 Library staff often observe wild turkeys (*Meleagris gallopavo*) strolling around the Harvard campus. They are typically ground birds, as depicted in the painting, but can fly for short distances.

 On a recent early spring morning, a dog startled a flock of turkeys up to trees and rooftops behind the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

 ![Turkey in tree facing camera, MCZ in background](/sites/g/files/omnuum6411/files/library/files/img_5483.jpg)

 

 ![Two turkeys in tree, showing plumage](/sites/g/files/omnuum6411/files/library/files/img_5477cpd.jpg)

 

 ![Turkey in tree](/sites/g/files/omnuum6411/files/library/files/img_5474cp2.jpg)

 

 ![3 turkeys in trees, MCZ in background](/sites/g/files/omnuum6411/files/library/files/img_5476.jpg)

 

 ![Turkey standing on rooftop of Peabody Museum, Harvard University](/sites/g/files/omnuum6411/files/library/files/img_5475cpd.jpg)

 



 

 

 



 

 

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