This fall, the University of Georgia is doubling down on its commitment to researching Georgia’s wild turkeys.
It’s a pretty niche field of study, according to Mike Chamberlain, an ecologist who has worked at UGA for over a decade, teaching about wild turkeys while researching their populations in the wild. These aren’t the ones in the grocery store served for Thanksgiving — these types of turkeys are smaller, deep brown, black-feathered and native to Georgia.
“The number of people out there that do what I do — I can count on one hand,” Chamberlain said.
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