slo’s MONDAY 9/11 poll - Wild Turkeys

[soccerdad72]

Just this one lately...

 

[luvnwdwgal]

We see them in our yard occasionally.

 

[SM1992]

Lots in my area -SE Massachusetts- along with fox, deer and this summer bears roaming the neighborhood. There's a "turkey crossing" on my way to work that I've had to stop at to let them cross.

 

[Mysterian]

I've heard that avian flu has affected turkey availability this year, so does this mean street turkeys will mysterious vanish come Thanksgiving?

Could Gobblegeddon in the streets mean more gobble for the eats?

 

[Micca]

We've lived in our current location for 11 years, I've seen one wild turkey a couple of miles from our house. It was crossing the street I was driving on.

 

[mjkacmom]

We have them but usually they roam in an area a mile or so from our house. We have parks but no woods (every piece of land is in use here). My friend got chased away from her house by turkeys, fortunately there was a ups truck on the street that saved her. Had a deer walk up my street on the sidewalk this summer, the nearest park is about 12 blocks away.

 

[Kitty 34]

We've lived in our current location for 11 years, I've seen one wild turkey a couple of miles from our house. It was crossing the street I was driving on.

.........and why does a wild turkey cross the road??

 

[Sacahara]

I voted other because I only ever see them on my hunting land. They like to nest back over near my favorite stand and I love counting and watching them early in the morning and right before night fall. I mainly see only the females and babies. Last year we were up to 14! Excited to see how many we'll have this year but also kind of worried because of the reports of a lot of coyotes spotted running around.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I see them sometimes in the yard. They were not around my little corner of South Jersey until a few years ago. The first one I saw was sitting on the fence that separates our backyard from our neighbor's backyard. I looked out the kitchen window and shouted "there's a peacock out there!" I mean to say 'turkey,' don't know why my brain told me to say 'peacock.' My aunt and cousins came running to see the peacock, and saw it was a turkey, of course. Now, whenever we get a wild turkey in the yard or we see one while we're out, I get to hear, "Look! A peacock!" from whoever I'm with. Har. Har.

 

[tvguy]

We see them at least once a week. We are about 3 miles from the river, and we have lots of creeks in the area that the turkeys live in. They are basically pests around here. Just like possums and skunks, you see them along some of the major roadways after they have been hit by a car. There is a home on about 3 acres of land on our way to Walmart and my wife has counted at least 20 just on that lot or on the properties around it.
We have them on our street from time to time, as does my daughter who lives 6 miles from here, and my mom did too and she lives 6 miles the other direction. The neighbor once took a photo of them on the roof of my house.

 

[leebee]

I see them all the time, although I've not seen them in my backyard. Fox, deer, groundhog/woodchuck, raccoons, squirrels, and the occasional bear have strolled through, but no turkeys... yet! I am sure they've been here, I just haven't seen them!

 

[happybaker]

We had about a dozen or so last week. I've seen them come around a few times.

 

[SandyinMonterey]

Where I lived in California, there were a lot. In the area there was a very large area filled with offices, mostly medical. There was a well known, very large turkey that would come around. Would go right up to doors, people must of been feeding it. There was an incident on the local news once of a bunch of turkeys slowing down traffic and when the cars would come to a stop, they'd peck at the cars. I planted marigolds once, woke up in the morning and found all the buds gone. A doctor I worked with told me turkeys loved marigolds. Never planted them again.

 

[LuvOrlando]

So many, and they are aggressive and go after people blocking them from their vehicles and chasing people down the street. Friends told us their wings are sharp and when their dog got close one swipe of the wings cut their dog requiring stitches.

Until recently I just thought they were flightless birds, not so. They seem way too big to be allowed to fly but they just sit there like sparrows, seeing them in trees at peoples houses just cracks me up, these are giant Thanksgiving table size animals so it is so odd, otherwise not a fan. Pooper Scooper duty at their chosen homes must be awful, they can carry salmonella because they lay eggs - yuck.

 

[jo-jo]

Just this one lately...

I don’t drink at all, but that was my first thought.