Riding The Coat Tails by Randy McGovern

Riding The Coat Tails

Riding The Coat Tails
by Randy McGovern
21 ½" by 15 ¼"
Framed Size 31½" by 25¼"
$85.00
Signed &  Numbered Limited Edition of 1500

Riding The Coat Tails
by Randy McGovern
Framed Size 31½" by 25¼"
Signed &  Numbered Limited Edition of 1500

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each individual print and is not always the color shown here.

Each print is framed using Conservation Acid Free & Lignin Free, Alkaline pH buffered matboard & backing.
In conservation framing, We use only Museum Quality materials and procedures that will have no adverse
effects on a piece of artwork and will protect the artwork from external damage.

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), native to northern Mexico and the eastern United States, has brownish plumage with buff-colored feathers on the wing tips and tail. The turkey's head is essentially naked, with hair like bristles. The male turkey has a long wattle at the base of the bill and additional wattles on the neck. The turkey has a prominent tuft of bristles resembles a beard projecting downward from its chest. Some common breeds of turkey in the United States are the Bronze, Narragansett, White Holland, and Bourbon Red.

Wild turkeys were almost extinct from Massachusetts in the mid 1800's. due to hunting and loss of habitat. But, through the effort of state fisheries and wildlife service both managing wild flocks and introducing captive reared flocks they have made a reasonable recovery. 150 years ago much of the Massachusetts landscape was agricultural, limiting natural food sources. Now, turkeys are often seen in fields and woodlands scratching for seeds, acorns and invertebrates.

Often the Toms (males) are solitary. The Hens (Females) staying in flocks. One tom may mate with several hens. The hens then nest on the ground in a nest that is barely recognizable - often looking like a depressed area in the grass. A single hen may lay as many as 15 eggs in a nest but sometimes a single nest will be shared by 2 or more hens.

The young hatch after about 30 days. Turkeys are precocial, meaning they can feed themselves when they are born. They still need their moms for protection and warmth when they are young. Chicks often stay with the hens for 16 weeks or more. The young will learn to fly within 3-4 weeks.

Toms can sometimes be heard calling at night often answering to the most unlikely of sounds, such as car doors slamming or Barred Owls calling.

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