Wild Turkey Plumage
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We tend to think of turkeys as plain brown birds, but - as some of my pictures earlier this year showed - they actually have quite complex plumage. The body feathers are subtly iridescent and patterned. You can see here that they are showing hints of color from gold near the neck to copper on the breast to even pinkish under the wings; the color depends on the angle of the light. And the feathers do in fact have black bands across the ends, sometimes with a tip of a lighter color.
The brown and white flight feathers were commonly used to make quill pens; they're a good size to hold and retain significant ink when dipped - and were very common in the 18th and early 19th century, before the turkeys were hunted to near extinction in most populated areas.
The brown and white flight feathers were commonly used to make quill pens; they're a good size to hold and retain significant ink when dipped - and were very common in the 18th and early 19th century, before the turkeys were hunted to near extinction in most populated areas.
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