Happy Turkey Day! The first is one of the older (non-family) pictures in my archives, from 1987 and well before I was a birder. This *large* bird showed up in my backyard in New Jersey, so I grabbed my camera… The second is fairly recent, from the Berkshires, where flocks of wild turkeys are reasonably common. The third is from Battery Park in Manhattan, a place where turkeys are definitely *not* common (except, of course, for some of our politicians). She was nicknamed Astoria, because it's believed she flew into Manhattan from the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. Finally, for variety, there's a turkey vulture…
#Thanksgiving #turkeys #turkeysOfMastodon

It's #TurkeyTuesday again so here are a couple of #turkeys . #minneapolis parks are lousy with turkeys!
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Saturday morning in Franklin Park #turkeysofalameda #turkeysofmastodon #alameda

Genuine American wild bird for #TurkeysOfMastodon seen in my urban #Minneapolis #Minnesota yard.

It's #turkeyTuesday again, so get ready for everybody to post cute turkey pics. The one on the left is Tom. The one on the right is also Tom. They're stuck in a loop circling around and gobbling at each other.
#turkeysOfMastodon #turkstodon #minnesota #minneapolis

Am I a dork? I stopped to film this Turkey crossing the road, and I laugh so much when I rewatch because I feel like he’s “off to never-never land” and walking to the beat of the song I happened to be listening in my car at the time. #animals #turkeysofmastodon #silly #metallica