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Brookline turkeys resume hostilities; open new front at Brookline Hills
By adamg on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 10:14am
Becky reports she was chased to the Brookline Hills T stop this morning by a brigade of turkeys, led by Commander Drumstick here. The flash from her phone camera proved ineffective at getting them to stop trying to knock the stuffing out of her.
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Isn't there a plastic surgeon in Brookline that
can get rid of that awful Turkey neck?
Once the turkey sees you as being lower in the pecking order
you're toast. That's why it's important to be aggressive with them from the start. The more people the turkey feels dominant to, the more other people will have to work to convince the turkey otherwise.
New slogan
Make Turkeys Meat Again
I may have missed something
I know turkeys have been trying to take back Brookline for ages, but is there something that happened recently that led to the apparent increase in turkey appearances in Boston? Have they always been here? Were they displaced somehow?
It is a seasonal thing.
It is a seasonal thing. Hunting season opens in a few weeks. Generally alongside hunting season they tend to be less active.
They've been regrouping and
They've been regrouping and waiting for the moment to strike.
Sure is
This is when big turkeys try making smaller turkeys.
As to seeing them more often now, they were reintroduced to New England, and figured out that human habitats are nicer to their livelihoods.
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/return-of-the-turkey/...
people should kill the turkeys
that attack them
You can't win.If you strike
You can't win.If you strike us down, we shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
Even in death our tryptophan will defeat you from inside.
You taste good.
You taste good.
Should we be suspicious ...
That Wicked Local Brookline hasn't posted a police-beat item since March 20? What have you done with the reporter who used to regularly file reports of turkey mayhem?
They may have run 'afowl' of
They may have run 'afowl' of the Brookline's colonialist regime's censors for breathlessly reporting our sorrowful plight and valiant struggle to liberate our ancestral lands.
Yes!
They should certainly kill the turkeys that molest them. I am mystified that turkeys are considered a protected species. Maybe it's okay for them to run around out in the country, but to bother humans in the cities, and to be protected while they do it? That's crazy.
Crunch all ya want
They'll make more!
Mass DFW doesn't say it's OK for them to bother people
From their website:
"Do not allow turkeys to become habituated to people
Wild turkeys which become conditioned to human foods, and habituated to people, are likely to cause damage or to attempt to dominate people. Once this behavior is established, it can be very difficult or impossible to change. Be sure to be bold around turkeys-especially when they first show up in an area-and encourage others in the neighborhood to do the same."
In other words
Don't feed them before or after midnight!
Brookline, I think I found you a sister city!
Teaneck, NJ:
http://nypost.com/2016/04/06/pity-poor-teaneck-plagued-by-protected-turk...
They too, "just. can't. EVEN." with the TLF.
As someone who has never seen
As someone who has never seen a turkey outside of Thanksgiving dinner, I really want to see one alive and walking around. Every time I read a report about them, they're only in Brookline (other than that one time a turkey was wandering around South End a few weeks ago).
Turkeys are on my street almost every day
In my little neighborhood in Norwood, there is a flock of turkeys that show up most days on the street.
if i knew how to upload
if i knew how to upload pictures id show you some more running around beacon hill last week. my girl came racing in the house screaming about them. big ol fat birds living off trash. theyll be the new daytime racoons eventually
Sorry about that
Easiest thing would be to e-mail one or two to me and I can post for you.
What! I work near the State
What! I work near the State House, but I'm never in Beacon Hill after hours or on the weekend. Where do these turkeys even live??
Oh, no, you don't
By the time you can see one of these vicious hellbirds, it's already too late. Three of his turkey buddies have flanked you, and they're already planning to feast on your organs. VICIOUS HELLBIRDS.
We prefer to be addressed as
We prefer to be addressed as liberators, patriots, and freedom fighters.
Guerrilla warfare, pincer movements through the underbrush, and surprise aerial assaults from the treetops are our specialties.
This is so funny to me. I
This is so funny to me. I want to see a turkey! Why can't I find any in JP?
They live up on Moss Hill.
They live up on Moss Hill. Several years ago I was prevented from leaving the parking lot of the Manning School by a line of 14 turkeys that were taking their sweet time to cross the parking lot and then fly over the fence on the other side.
There have been a few around recently
But they always surprise me! I don't know anywhere they just hang out though. Most of my turkey encounters have been in Brookline, mostly on Carlton St near the Longwood T stop.
The Wild Turkeys of Brookline Hills strike again!
I've recently seen them in the vicinity of where my family lives. Boy, are they tough-looking!
I saw them all the time there
I saw them all the time there when I biked to my old job!
Not just Brookline...
Davis Square, Somerville
Central Square, Cambridge
Filippello Park, Watertown
Those are the places I frequently see turkeys. Basically anywhere that the coyotes aren't roaming*, you have either Canada Geese or wild turkeys.
* My neighborhood has coyotes and very speedy rabbits.
Spectacle Island
At least 2 on Spectacle Island last fall, I have photos of the one I encountered, who was quite peaceful and made no threats, despite my accidentally getting quite close. Lesson learned: mutual respect and mutual effort to maintain peaceful coexistence are the solutions to this conflict.
Except that if the turkey decides that you are subordinate
there will be no mutual respect, and they will be more likely to feel dominant towards others. That's why it's important to act dominant towards them.
consistent sightings
Central Sq, Cambridge
Harvard Sq, Cambridge
Inman Sq, Cambridge
Fields Corner, Dorchester
A turkey just walked down my
A turkey just walked down my street in Readville. I see them pretty often in the outlying neighborhoods.