Fowl weather in Harvard Square

I watched one saunter across Mt. Auburn St near Harvard Sq like he owned the road. Of course everyone stopped and traffic got backed up all all around the square for blocks. We have enough turkeys in Cambridge already though most of them know enough to get out of street.

Coyotes, domestic dogs, eagles, owls, and foxes will all target adult turkeys (and many smaller animals will target eggs and baby turkeys -- called poults), but humans are high on the list of turkey predators. We drove them to near extinction through hunting and destruction of natural habitat. Their population rebound in recent years is a big success story for restoration programs -- although they can be a nuisance in urban areas.

Relatively recent article on the topic here:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-04...

Come one, come all! Few more of a natural predator than a hungry human on Thanksgiving dinner!

Alternative idea: Start breeding bigger cats?