"In many parts of the country, turkeys are on the decline in the wild — but scientists aren’t sure why".

"It isn’t hard to find turkey on Thanksgiving, with Americans cooking tens of millions of farm-raised birds every year.

But in the wild? Turkeys aren’t doing so hot.

Wild turkeys are on the decline in many parts of the country, baffling biologists who study the gobblers that Benjamin Franklin once lauded as a “Bird of Courage.”

For those living in areas where there are so many turkeys they cause traffic jams and raid grain silos, the idea that turkey numbers are actually dropping may seem far-fetched."

Dino Grandoni reports for the Washington Post November 23, 2023. [2]