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A little early for July Fourth

By adamg on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 6:22pm
Turkeys in Harvard Square

With few people left, the turkeys, including these red, white and blue-faced behemoths, have colonized Harvard Square, Ron Newman discovered today.

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Cambridge
Harvard Square
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Wildlife
Turkeys


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By BobGoblin on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 6:40pm.

Those guys are spectacular! I hope they find the ladies of their dreams and make more beautiful birds.

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By passing_thru on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 6:39am.

there were a couple of hens around this area too, so chances are they'll do alright. two years ago there was a hen and five chicks that I saw in the yard. They're pretty much a fixture around here at this point.

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By anon on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 7:27pm.

Face balls

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By Michael on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 8:20pm.

Naturally.

https://instagram.com/harvardsquareturkeypod

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By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 9:52pm.

They took their time crossing Mass Ave while holding up a honking #1 Nubian bound MBTA Bus.

If they had middle fingers they would have saluted the driver. They don't just act like they own the place ...

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By jmeltzer on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 9:25am.

Two males walking down the center of Mass Ave, near the Harvard Bookstore.

And one female, not impressed by any of that stupid macho display, staying on the sidewalk.

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By Daan on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 11:39am.

They are taking over JP as well.

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By Don't Panic on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 12:14pm.

Do will still buy them at supermarkets for Thanksgiving?
They're right here.

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By mplo on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 1:53pm.

From what I understand, they're way too tough to eat for Thanksgiving dinners, or to eat at any time, for that matter.

Inotherwords, these wild turkeys are not edible.

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By gremies on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 9:36am.

they're edible--why do you think people hunt them? It's a little gamier and has more dark meat--more flavor. Obviously, the wild ones are smaller but more muscular.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 05/05/2021 - 8:20pm.

But these guys probably have ingested a lot of lawn care chemicals and other lovely things that would tend to make eating them risky due to body burden of toxics.

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By mplo on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 1:32pm.

Every time I visit my family in Brookline, I see a whole slue of these wild turkeys! It's pretty unbelievable!

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By Ron Newman on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 1:39pm.

seemingly ignoring the many people who walked up to them to take photographs yesterday. The Brookline flock sounds terrifying to me.

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