TURKEY IN MT. PROSPECT PARK

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.

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

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

Maybe it escaped from the zoo?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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