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f By Jim Bywaters Rappahannock News Writer The Eastern Wild Turkey is the oldest domesticated bird in North America, originally, found nowhere else in the world. The wild turkey is a shy, permanent resident of Virginia’s woods and mountains. Of course, Massachusetts is where it all began, the Pilgrims dining with Native Americans on turkey that first Thanksgiving is a cornerstone of American history and folklore. But the Native Americans did not exactly give us wild turkeys; they already roamed in America’s eastern forests and south into Mexico. Rather, Native Americans domesticated turkeys in what is now Mexico. Turkeys, on the other hand, can thank the Pilgrims for giving them a place in American folklore. Several theories explain how the bird got its name. Early naturalists may have confused it with a species of Old World guinea fowl found in Turkey. It is also thought the name “turkey” came from the sound made from one of the bird’s calls, which sounds a bit like “turk, turk, turk”. A third explanation is that
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