November 30, 2020

Monday Nature Mystery
 

We are pleased to announce the winner of last week's Monday Nature Mystery, Mark Zapp, who correctly identified the call of the Wild Turkey!

Wow, we had another tie! Through our highly scientific method (see photo), Mark is our winner:

The tie-breaker!

There are 5 subspecies of Wild Turkeys in the United States: Eastern, Osceola, Rio Grande, Merriam, and Gould. If Benjamin Franklin had his way the Wild Turkey would be our national bird instead of the Bald Eagle. To learn more about them, visit our good friends at The Cornell Lab.

Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag. Here is this week’s mystery:

Be sure to post your answers on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess!

Photo: Paul Kusmin

Do you know who this is? Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under Monday Nature Mystery. 

Good luck!


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