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Let's Talk Turkey! Show Us Your Photos of These Wonderfully Wild Birds, North Andover

Wild turkeys can be found in 49 states

Gobble, gobble.

Thanksgiving is the holiday when roughly 46 million turkeys are consumed in the United States.

According to Wikipedia, the “gobbling” sound is most often made by the males. It is more common for the hens to cluck.

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Wild turkeys can be found in 49 states,according to the Connecticut DEEC. Turkeys are omnivores with an average life span of three to four years. Click here to hear the classic turkey gobbling and clucking sounds.

In Livermore, CA., one local (and sometimes overzealous) turkey named “Oscar” provides residents with tons of entertainment (and photo opportunities) with his daily antics. VIDEO: Springtown Turkey Conducts His Own Neighborhood Checkpoint

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On Thanksgivings past, residents have shared fun photos of the big birds strutting their stuff all around town. Patch wants to continue that tradition for 2014.

Where do you most often see wild turkeys in your area? Tell us and post your turkey photos for free in the bulletin board section on the site or in the comment section of this article.

Photo credit: Samantha Leon

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