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| Eastern wild turkey. Photo by Dimus. |
The wild turkey, the largest and heaviest of all gamefowls, is native to North America and ithe official state bird of
Alabama and Massachusetts.
The
Eastern wild turkey is found in woodlands and savannas throughout the
eastern U.S. and up into Canada, where they scrounge on forest floors
and through grasslands for nuts, seeds, fruits, insects and salamanders.
They were a favored food of Native Americans, and the first turkey
encountered by the Puritans.
Turkeys, with their
distinctive red wattles (males only), fanned tails and gobbling, have
become so much a part of our national heritage and our traditional
celebrations that's it hard to imagine an America without them. Yet, by
the early part of the 20th century, hunting and the loss of woodland
forests threatened to wipe them out. Fortunately, with intensive wild
turkey reintroduction programs to relocate the birds to their native
habitats, wild turkeys are here to stay.
Fun Fact:
Benjamin Franklin preferred the wild turkey as the national bird:
"For
my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the
Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral character. He
does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some
dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he
watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has
at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support
of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it
from him...
With all this Injustice, he is never
in good Case but like those among Men who live by Sharping &
Robbing he is generally poor and often very lousy. Besides he is a rank
Coward...
I am on this account not
displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more
like a Turkey. For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more
respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He is
besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and
would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who
should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."
Print and fold a Turkey origami.
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Directions:
1a.
Print Turkey Origami.
2a. Cut out Turkey Origami.
2b. Cut along
bold red lines, as shown by
red arrows.
2c. Fold turkey tail feather
back, as shown by
blue arrow.
3. Accordion fold tail feathers, back and forth, as shown.
4. Repeat accordion folds on other side.
5. Fold body up as shown.
6a. Fold turkey body forward to center, as shown.
6b. Repeat on other side.
7. Fold turkey's head
down, as shown.
8a. Fold corners of turkey body back, as shown.
8b. Fold top of tail back, as shown.
9a. Grasping tip of tail, pull down to open accordion pleats, as shown.
9b. Repeat on other side.
10. Fold bottom of body back, as shown, then glue onto Happy Thanksgiving Day card.
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3. Fold down along Line A as shown.
4. Fold up along Line B as shown.
5. Fold down along Line C as shown, to reveal bat's head.
6. Fold wing back along diagonal line as shown, to reveal bat's ear, as shown.
7. Fold wing forward along diagonal line. You should be able to see both the bat's ear and its arm.
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