Wild Turkeys – Male & Female | Peloncillo Mts. NM | June, 2009

Posted in Birds, New Mexico, Upland Game Birds, Wild Turkey

The largest of all wild turkey’s, this adult gobbler and hen of the Gould’s subspecies are quite rare in New Mexico, where they are found only in the Peloncillo Mts. This range of mountains is located along the New Mexico, Arizona border just north of the border with Mexico. The Sierra Madre Occidental Mts. in northern and central Mexico are home to most of the Gould’s turkeys. |MC10-0113