Those odd birds at your Thanksgiving table are even wilder than you thought. Amuse your guests with some offbeat turkey facts. Learn more about national wildlife refuge where you may you spy wild turkeys strutting and displaying. Who knows? You might emerge looking less like a butterball yourself. Just joking. Turkeys also cluck and purr. Male droppings are j-shaped; female droppings are spiral-shaped.
The larger the diameter, the older the bird. Some hens strut, too. Turkeys can clock 18 miles per hour on foot and up to 50 miles per hour in flight. Through conservation efforts over the past century, with funds derived from the Pittman-Robertson Act, and thanks to sportsmen and women, there are approximately 6.
Turkeys like the open terrain of the longleaf pine sandhill ecosystem along the Florida National Scenic Trail, almost 50 miles of which go through the refuge. You might also see turkeys off Round Oak Juliette Road, a scenic paved byway.
No entrance fee. For more of a challenge, take the connecting 2. You might also spy some along Wildlife Drive. Follow it around the floodplain wetland, keeping your eyes out for wild turkeys. Look for them along 7. The road is open to cars now through February, and to hikers and cyclists year-round.
Three other hiking trails are also available. Or walk any of five hiking trails along the drive. An observation tower in the Oxpen Unit offers exceptional birding and scenic views.
