Now won’t you wattle, wattle?
This wild turkey is showing off its wattle and caruncles at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Massachusetts. The wattle is a skin flap reaching from the beak to the neck and the caruncles are bumps of flesh that cover the birds’ necks and heads. In the early 1900s, wild turkeys were nearly extinct. Thanks to conservation efforts, their population count today is approximately 6.5 million, with ranges expanding in many areas. #turkeytrivia
