Hansen is a curvy road that cuts through Sulphur Creek and connects the northern ring of Fairview with the middle valley part of Fairview. Yesterday while driving down it near where the road crosses the creek I spotted this turkey hen in the bike lane. When I carefully took the bend I saw her two youngsters walking ahead of her.
Laura has a good and thorough column in Wednesday's Minneapolis paper on urban "wild" turkeys.
“I later read on Audubon.com that if turkeys confront you, the worst things you can do are turn your back on them and try to outrun them,” Hergert said. “They can run twelve miles an hour. I can’t.”
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By Laura Yuen
The Minnesota Star Tribune
March 11, 2026 at 6:00AM
https://www.startribune.com/yuen-the-turkey-that-broke-into-a-minneapolis-home-at-a-cost-of-27000/601594001?utm_source=gift
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