An uncommon Wild Turkey feather morphology is the smoke gray phase. An individual hen of this type forages regularly in my neighborhood in the oak woodlands of Central California, affording me the opportunity of close observation. She has a particular liking for black oil sunflower seeds which I toss on the ground for the wild birds that visit. This year, she brought a whole brood of twelve, newly hatched poults to my property to forage. This post is her story, illustrated with still and video photography.