“Turkey production goes up in a cicada year because both poults and hens benefit from the availability of the abundant invertebrate food, spend less time feeding, and have less exposure to predation.

Since 1998, hundreds of the turkey-like ... confident that predators won't find them, that when the female's [on her eggs] she just sits tight." Great Bustard Group The ground nesting great ...

and that is good news for turkeys, as hens will soon begin nesting. Hens lay their eggs on the ground, and a cover is essential for hiding the nest from predators. When poults are born ...