[TN-Bird] Roane County wild turkey nest

While birding the western portion of the North Boundary Trail in Oak Ridge 
(Roane County), TN today I discovered what I believe to be the nest of a Wild 
Turkey.  Unfortunately for the turkeys the nest had been predated and an adult 
turkey killed.  I base this on the large amount of feathers strewn on the 
ground and the broken eggs in the nest.  I went on the internet to ID the 
feathers and the eggs, found a photograph of wild turkey eggs that look 
identical to those I found (tan with brown speckling). At least one of the 
feathers had a pale terminal band, which closely matched the feather of a tom 
turkey  on the Feather Atlas site.  From the place where I found the nest I 
could hear a Prairie Warbler singing in the distance.  Other birds of interest 
that I mostly IDed from sound as they're darned hard to get a look at were 2 
Northern Parulas, a Prothonotary Warbler, several Red-Eyed Vireos (I did see 
one of those), 2 White-Eyed Vireos, an Acadian Flycatcher, a couple Scarlet 
Tanagers, Common Yellowthroats, Yellow-Breasted Chats and Indigo Buntings.  Oh, 
and Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers (saw one, heard several).

 

Carole Gobert, Knoxville, Knox County, TN

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