In the last few months I've had to rethink everything I thought 
I knew about the shy, elusive, hard-to-see Wild Turkey.  Last  
August we moved my younger son up to Worcester, MA (where 
he is now in graduate school).  Driving through his neighborhood, 
I was utterly astonished to see a hen turkey sitting next to a 
large street tree, on the little strip of grass between the street 
(with parked cars) and the sidewalk - calmly preening and then 
taking a bit of a nap.  A few weeks later my son called me on 
his cell phone to describe another turkey crossing the busy, 
six-lane city street that runs alongside the campus (it waited 
on the median strip until it could get all the way across).  More 
recently, my son reported that he came across a flock of about 
20 turkeys while taking a walk in the large park on the north side 
of town, which has some heavily wooded areas. 

It seems that these birds are much more adaptable (to an urban 
environment, even) than I ever suspected.  So, maybe they turn 
shy and elusive when the shotguns come out!

   
Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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