Specialists in rare and exotic tropical fruit, Robert is Here is a family-owned fruit stand in Florida City, FL. These are pictures of their barnyard behind the fruit stand.
![Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) [far left and middle; not sure what the goose to the far right is]
One of the species of geese that has been domesticated is the Swan Goose, native to eastern Eurasia and sometimes called a Chinese goose. A domestic swan goose usually has a large knob at the base of the bill (the wild form lacks this). It also can show a white patch behind the bill. It varies from wild type coloring (mostly gray with a dark line down the back of the otherwise white neck) to pure white.](http://newenglander.smugmug.com/Travel/Florida-2005/Robert-is-Here-November-12/i-VSHB9sh/0/Ti/101%20Geese%20-%20November%2012%2C%202005-Ti.jpg "Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) [far left and middle; not sure what the goose to the far right is]
One of the species of geese that has been domesticated is the Swan Goose, native to eastern Eurasia and sometimes called a Chinese goose. A domestic swan goose usually has a large knob at the base of the bill (the wild form lacks this). It also can show a white patch behind the bill. It varies from wild type coloring (mostly gray with a dark line down the back of the otherwise white neck) to pure white.")
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Hmmmmmmm . . . it's November 12th - Run, Tom, run!!!
The Wild Turkey was a very important food animal to Native Americans, but it was eliminated from much of its range by the early 1900s. Introduction programs have successfully established it in most of its original range and even into areas where it never occurred before.
A native of North America, the turkey is one of only two domesticated birds originating in the New World. The Muscovy Duck is the other.
European explorers took Wild Turkeys to Europe from Mexico in the early 1500s. They were so successfully domesticated in Europe that English colonists brought them back with them when they settled on the Atlantic Coast. The domestic form has retained the white tail tip of the original Mexican subspecies, and that character can be used to distinguish wandering barnyard birds from wild turkeys which have chestnut-brown tail tips.
Hmmmmmmm . . . it's November 12th - Run, Tom, run!!!
The Wild Turkey was a very important food animal to Native Americans, but it was eliminated from much of its range by the early 1900s. Introduction programs have successfully established it in most of its original range and even into areas where it never occurred before.
A native of North America, the turkey is one of only two domesticated birds originating in the New World. The Muscovy Duck is the other.
European explorers took Wild Turkeys to Europe from Mexico in the early 1500s. They were so successfully domesticated in Europe that English colonists brought them back with them when they settled on the Atlantic Coast. The domestic form has retained the white tail tip of the original Mexican subspecies, and that character can be used to distinguish wandering barnyard birds from wild turkeys which have chestnut-brown tail tips.
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Hmmmmmmm . . . it's November 12th - Run, Tom, run!!!
The Wild Turkey was a very important food animal to Native Americans, but it was eliminated from much of its range by the early 1900s. Introduction programs have successfully established it in most of its original range and even into areas where it never occurred before.
A native of North America, the turkey is one of only two domesticated birds originating in the New World. The Muscovy Duck is the other.
European explorers took Wild Turkeys to Europe from Mexico in the early 1500s. They were so successfully domesticated in Europe that English colonists brought them back with them when they settled on the Atlantic Coast. The domestic form has retained the white tail tip of the original Mexican subspecies, and that character can be used to distinguish wandering barnyard birds from wild turkeys which have chestnut-brown tail tips.
Hmmmmmmm . . . it's November 12th - Run, Tom, run!!!
The Wild Turkey was a very important food animal to Native Americans, but it was eliminated from much of its range by the early 1900s. Introduction programs have successfully established it in most of its original range and even into areas where it never occurred before.
A native of North America, the turkey is one of only two domesticated birds originating in the New World. The Muscovy Duck is the other.
European explorers took Wild Turkeys to Europe from Mexico in the early 1500s. They were so successfully domesticated in Europe that English colonists brought them back with them when they settled on the Atlantic Coast. The domestic form has retained the white tail tip of the original Mexican subspecies, and that character can be used to distinguish wandering barnyard birds from wild turkeys which have chestnut-brown tail tips.