KINGSTON, R.I., Nov. 9 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
KINGSTON, R.I. - Nov. 9, 2026 - After a year of studying New England's most iconic bird, a team of graduate students in the University of Rhode Island's McWilliams Research Group have some interesting insight to share in advance of Thanksgiving.
Dekka Ducote, Chelsea Maione, and Richard Mercer '21 have been studying wild turkey flocks in Rhode Island and Connecticut. While their study is ongoing, the group is seeing positive preliminary signs of turkey reproductive success compared to other turkey-host states.
URI's Department of Natural Resources Science launched a five-year study of the Eastern wild turkey last fall to track the bird's health an...