Ä¢¹½Av readers, Let’s talk turkey.
A specific turkey, in fact: it’s gracing the front of the November-December 2013 issue. The cover is one of the two Ä¢¹½Av covers in the running for this year’s ASME Cover Contest Reader’s Choice award in the “Science, Technology, and Natureâ€� category. Shot in profile, the gobbler accompanies our recent feature on declining wild turkey populations in the Southeast U.S.
Turkey not your thing? Check out Ä¢¹½Av’s other entry, a roseate spoonbill mid-flight on the May-June 2013 issue. The loud pink of its feathers, the elegant, almost sculpted beauty of its wings—if this cover doesn’t grab your attention, what will?
Ä¢¹½Av nabbed the 2009 prize in the same category. And we’re poised to run away with it again this year; both covers are in the top three at this writing.
Voting runs through February 2, so head over to and “Like� your favorite cover (ahem: ours).