another scrub turkey (bird photography weekly)

by Wren on December 20, 2009 · 16 comments

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Tagged as: Alectura lathami, Australian Brush-turkey, Bush Turkey, Scrub Turkey

{ 16 comments }

1 Fishing Guy December 28, 2009 at 6:49 pm

Wren: That looks so fake, you couldn’t put one of those together if you tried.

2 Wren January 1, 2010 at 10:05 pm

Even if it’s technically possibly, it’s beyond my skill set. :)

3 Nicole December 28, 2009 at 2:03 am

That’s one amazing bird.
Weird that the colours in general are so muted and the neck has such bright colours :)

4 Wren January 1, 2010 at 10:10 pm

I’m guessing late August is breeding season, given the serious nest-building I saw going on. That yellow is nice and cheery, isn’t it?

5 Jill December 24, 2009 at 3:01 am

oohh! he’s pretty fancy! i like him!

6 bob k December 21, 2009 at 12:32 pm

Those are some really colorful wattles! Nice photo!

7 Corey December 21, 2009 at 10:59 am

Sweet shot!

8 Lynne at Hasty Brook December 20, 2009 at 9:23 pm

OOOH! It looks kind of like a cross between a turkey and a TURKEY VULTURE!!
Cool bird!

9 Wren December 23, 2009 at 9:39 pm

Lynne, I hadn’t made that connection, but I’m not surprised you did. And yes, I can see the resemblance now that you’ve pointed it out.

10 Larry Jordan December 20, 2009 at 6:04 pm

Another interesting bird from your wanderings Wren! Very bright in front and is that tail vertical like a rudder? The eyes look like thy could see all the way around that bird for predator control too. Cool.

11 Eileen December 20, 2009 at 5:17 pm

Cool shot of the Turkey, It is colorful. It is wonderful seeing all these birds from around the world.

12 Kelly December 20, 2009 at 4:13 pm

…what a colorful turkey. It looks like he has an old yellow balloon strung around his neck!! Very cool…

13 Mick December 20, 2009 at 2:57 pm

Great photo. You certainly saw lots when you were out here. btw the more usual name is a Brush-turkey.

14 Wren December 23, 2009 at 9:37 pm

I think they’re also called Bush-turkeys, aren’t they? A bit smaller than the wild turkeys we have in the US, but much more colorful.

15 Tom @ Ohio Nature December 20, 2009 at 12:23 pm

I can’t say that I’ve been following along your blog recently, but I’m a big Australia fan. When did you go? I saw plenty of brush turkeys at Lamington National Park back in 1999, but obviously, none were males, or had anything close to this yellow and red neck pouch. Amazing. And on your Echidna shot- great photo. I had the fortune to also see an Echinda in the wild back in 1999 in Carnarvon gorge national park. I was lucky, lucky lucky! It might be my all time coolest wild animal observation actually, they are just really cool creatures.

16 Wren December 23, 2009 at 9:36 pm

End of August, beginning of September. Not nearly enough time to explore even the city of Brisbane and its surrounds, but a wonderful opportunity to at least be there. I think it must have been breeding season, because I first noticed the turkeys when I observed a male building a nest. He was too active for me to get a good photo, but I was intrigued enough to read up a little on them and then was watching for others as I wandered around. Pretty tame and acclimated to people, at least the ones I saw.

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