In addition to the familiar gobble of the male, wild turkeys produce a wide vocabulary of sounds, each communicating something exact to other turkeys in the area. (Watch and listen to the accompanying ...

We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

Sometimes I cluck like a hen when I’m writing a column. Sometimes I purr — and putt and yelp and ki-ki and cackle. Sometimes, I’m sure, editors do this when they read my stories, too — yelp and cackle ...

KITTERY, Maine — Demonstrating that a wild turkey's audible repertoire far exceeds the simple gobble, a gaggle of turkey callers competed Sunday at the Kittery Trading Post's second annual amateur ...