Turkey Poults, Emmon’s Preserve, Kennebunkport Maine

I have seen quite a few Wild Turkey’s this year, including several clutches of poults. There is still a heavy acorn mast on the ground, and the and the clutches are large. These are just a few of the more than two dozen poults in a combined nursery under the care of at least 3 hens at Emmon’s Preserve in Kennebunkport the other day.  Later, deeper in the woods, I got to see the poults in flight as they fled up and into the high branches of pines when I came suddenly up on them. Who knew they could fly like a grouse! 

Sony Rx10iii at 600mm equivalent. Program mode. Processed in Polarr. This is a shot out the car window with the car still running, as the nursery made its way off into the forest.