The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking for the public’s help in spotting wild turkeys this summer through its Pennsylvania Wild Turkey Sighting Survey.

The count continues through Aug. 31, and asks participants to report sightings on the commission’s website.

With the data, the agency will be able to determine wild turkey productivity and compare long-term success within the commonwealth and across states.

“We have had public involvement in this annual survey since 2016,” said commission spokesman Travis Lau.

Staff, however, have been conducting summer turkey surveys since the 1950s, he said.

“The turkey survey enhances our agency’s internal survey, which serves as a long-term index of turkey reproduction and is used in our turkey population model,” said commission Turkey Biologist Mary Jo Casalena. “Participants should report all turkeys seen, whether gobblers, hens with broods, or hens without broods.”

Turkey sightings can be reported online at pgcdatacollection.pa.gov/TurkeyBroodSurvey.

On the site, participants record the number of wild turkeys they see, along with the location and date. They’re also asked to include contact information.

“Turkeys can be seen in a variety of habitats but during the summer they feed mostly on insects and therefore are more often found in fields or forest openings or along grassy trails in the woods or even in suburban parks,” Lau noted.

Viewers can also access results from previous years.

“Last year, we received nearly 3,000 usable turkey reports and in 2020, we received over 3,800,” Lau said.