The last known wild turkey in Massachusetts was killed in 1851, even as Americans killed passenger pigeons, by the hundreds of thousands, from flocks that numbered in the hundreds of millions.

Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff A turkey nested in a tree overnight under a full moon. “It's an anatomical, structural thing for them,” said Tia Pinney, senior naturalist for Mass Audubon.

The eastern wild turkey is North America's most abundant and widely distributed turkey subspecies. It inhabits 38 states and a handful of Canadian provinces. Most eastern turkeys are found east of ...

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Wild turkey and ruffed grouse sightings can be recorded online through the ODNR’s Wildlife Reporting System, or through the HuntFish OH mobile app, throughout July and August.