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Wordless Wednesday: Happy Thanksgiving

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Originally posted at Urban Science Adventures! ©

I took these photos at Litszinger Road Ecology Center (an Urban Nature Reserve) spring 2006.

Two Tom Turkeys (males) facing off.


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Two Tom Turkeys trying to impress a Hen Turkey (female).

Can you see her? She's much smaller and to the right of the males.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

DNLee is a biologist and she studies animal behavior, mammalogy, and ecology . She uses social media, informal experiential science experiences, and draws from hip hop culture to share science with general audiences, particularly under-served groups.

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