TURKEY IN MT. PROSPECT PARK

pete_c

Just back from walking the dog, and something new & different:

A small, female turkey, snoozing peacefully under a park bench. Off to the left-hand side, behind the steps.

Now, I've seen some unusual things in 12 years in NYC, but that was a first. I'm guessing that a local household was raising the creature for next week and she got out, but hey, wild turkeys in Brooklyn? Why not?

Let the naming debates begin.

oiseau

Let the hunting begin! That turkey ain't gone long!

kevin_on_putnam

There used to be a wild turkey in Battery Park City, maybe the rent got too high and she moved to brooklyn.

mc

Maybe it escaped from the zoo?

metulj

mc wrote: Maybe it escaped from the zoo?

As a country boy from Virginia, I can tell you that if the turkey is white, then it is domestic. Most likely got loose from someone's houseyard.

kevin_on_putnam

metulj wrote: [quote=mc]Maybe it escaped from the zoo?

As a country boy from Virginia, I can tell you that if the turkey is white, then it is domestic. Most likely got loose from someone's houseyard.

The one in battery park was actually wild, the Times did an article on him (her?) and traced her somehow from upstate somewhere

pheightsgirl

How could the paper trace her from upstate? DId they try to interview her? Hehehe.

That poor turkey is going to be dead by Thanksgiving, and on someone's table.

qtrain

PHeightsGirl wrote: That poor turkey is going to be dead by Thanksgiving, and on someone's table.

The first New England turkey shot by a 9mm, I'd wager.

kevin_on_putnam

PHeightsGirl wrote: How could the paper trace her from upstate? DId they try to interview her? Hehehe.

That poor turkey is going to be dead by Thanksgiving, and on someone's table.

She used EZ pass, they have records of her going over the Bronx Whitestone

pheightsgirl

Kevin and Q -- you guys both made me laugh out loud. Thanks.