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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.
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dondi

Hmmm - I didn't know they raised this color domestically. I seldom see domestic turkeys, but thought I remembered white.

Surreal_Heidi

I've always loved the irridescence of turkey feathers. You can see almost any color from different angles and in different types of light. I really like the green and purple sheens that show up.

You can tell the Bronze domestic turkey from the wild turkey by the tail feathers. The domestic birds have a near-white band on the tail tips.

jyl

Just plain beautiful!

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