Conservation
Framed Prints
Each double mat may vary
from print to print according to which frame you choose. If you
would like to
have a particular color of mat just call 1-302-875-2258 to place
your order. The best matching color is used for
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 theToms (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.
