>>Bears, Wild Turkeys, Deers, what's next?
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>>http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/23/turkeys_take_to_cities_towns/
>>http://ugv.abcnews.go.com/player.aspx?id=839360
>>http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1MTkmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcyMDA0ODgmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz
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>When I lived in Novato (SF North Bay) we rented a house on a creek. We frequently had more than a dozen wild turkeys in the back yard. They weren't a problem except that
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>1. They ate the bird seed my wife put out for the smaller birds
>2. They, ummmmmmm, fertilized the area quite liberally
>3. They frequently flew onto the roof. You would be amazed at how much noise a dozen turkeys walking on the roof and then jumping into the yard can make.
>4. It's illegal to harvest them for Thanksgiving (not that I would have anyway - I'm not a hunter)

Reminds me of the opening line in Thomas Pynchon's Vineland:

Later than usual one summer morning in 1984, Zoyd Wheeler drifted awake in sunlight through a creeping fig that hung in the window, with a squadron of blue jays stomping around on the roof.