Turkey dust bathing

[Anthea Fleming <>]

Hi Laurie,
   I have seen a domestic Turkey hen dust bathing - don't recall if she 
dug a hole or not.
  Bush turkey -  do you mean the Brush Turkey, the megapode with yellow 
or purple wattle round its neck,  or what my grandfather called a Bush 
Turkey or Plains Turkey, i.e. Bustard?
I have no idea if either dust-bathes.  If i remember I might look up HANZAB.
  As a member of the WA Geological Survey, 1910 to 1935, Grandpa ate a 
lot of Bustards.  They were a very welcome change from a diet of tinned 
bully beef.
Anthea fleming


n 25/02/2019 8:09 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
> G’day
>
> I’ve been coming across some odd holes in the bush tracks in my neighbourhood.  
> They are about 30 cm across and 15 cm deep [not your average bandicoot or pig 
> excavation].
>
> I came across a female looking bush turkey sitting in a fresh hole, dug about 
> 100 metres from the nearest active mound.  It looked rather dusty, and I 
> suspect it was dusting.  Is this a common turkey behaviour?
>
> Regards, Laurie.
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