Turkey sighting in Waltham
Well, this morning I pulled into work, and there was a big ol’ wild turkey gobbling around the parking lot.
The worst part is that I now have a hankering for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner.
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From the B0st0n community on LJ, turkeys have recently been seen in the following places:
-Mass Ave. Somerville/North Cambridge
-Behind the Arsenal Mall, Watertown
-Forest Hills
-Landmark Center
-Northeastern’s campus
Matt’s coworker saw one at their work parking lot. (Off Arsenal, by Target)
People in Watertown have been noticing them all over the place…
Brookline saw turkeys last month…
And we mustn’t forget the turkeys I saw crossing Washington Street here in Newton!
About a month ago WBZ reported:
The birds have been in the area for years, but are recently an out of control problem. They are protected wildlife, so animal control can do little to rid them. Experts do say, however, that turkeys are more likely be aggressive if they’ve been fed by humans.
They’re lucky it’s not Thanksgiving…I love a good turkey sandwich…
Also: Adam at UniversalHub presents us all with a chuckle-ensuing pun: Beaking news: Avian marauders roam the streets of Cambridge, Somerville, Forest Hills, oh my God, they’re EVERYWHERE!
Beaking news, indeed! Gobble gobble.
Filed under Greater Boston (General), turkeys | Comments (2)Brookline has a turkey problem!
I guess turkeys are all over the place right now! There’s even a video of some turkeys prancing around. This amuses me to no end.
I wish I had my camera when I saw those turkeys crossing Washington Street. Turkeys are really funny. And tasty, too! I could enjoy a turkey sandwich right now.
At least those turkeys didn’t really do much damage… Check out that article, about how a turkey smashed a window in Michigan!
And here’s some TURKEY TRIVIA, compiled from various places on the ‘net:
-Turkeys originated in North and Central America. Evidence shows that turkeys have been around for over 10 million years!
-Turkeys were considered a sacrificial bird in Mexico. Montezuma received 365000 turkeys a year from his subjects.
-Benjamin Franklin was unhappy with the choice of the bald eagle as the national symbo, because he wanted it to be the turkey! He said the turkey is a more respectable bird and a true original native of America.
-Wild turkeys can fly for short distances at up to 55 MPH. Domesticated turkeys cannot fly.
-The fleshy growth from the base of the beak, which is very long on male turkeys and hangs down over the beak, is called the snood.
Filed under Humor, Local News, turkeys | Comments (8)Happy Pi Day!
I was almost reluctant to post today because I’d hate to have my turkey post pushed down. That whole turkey story and the comments people left sharing other equally odd sightings amuses me to unfathomable degrees. (Turkeys in West Roxbury? Owls sleeping in storefronts in Newton Centre? MOOSE ON COMM. AVE????) But I suppose I can’t just stop blogging!
Sooooo, I have the luxury of having a geeky (but darling!) boyfriend around the house. And he reminded me that today is Pi Day! Yes, Pi Day. Because it’s 3/14…get it? 3.14159…etc. Yay! Pi Day! Time to celebrate.
So, what do you do on Pi Day, you ask? YOU EAT PIE!
We’re going to Cabot’s tonight to enjoy some pie a la mode. I suggest you do the same. It’s Pi Day, time to indulge!
Filed under turkeys | Comments (3)Why did the turkey cross the road?
Well, if today isn’t the strangest day I’ve had in a while, I don’t know what is.
While driving on Washington Street in Newton, I saw two large, wild turkeys crossing the street. It was definitely in the top 5 strangest things I’ve ever seen in my life. Washington Street is a major road, and nowhere near any areas where I would imagine wild turkeys naturally roam.
How did they get there? What were they doing? Where did they come from? Where were they going?
People had to slow down to let them cross and a man pulled over and jumped out of his car with a camera.
I recognized them as wild turkeys right off the bat, because coming from New Jersey we had ‘em roaming around. I find them to be nasty and ugly. More wild turkey pics.
I am so curious. It was just such a bizarre sight to see. And I wish I had my camera!!!
Filed under Greater Boston (General), turkeys | Comments (16)Jump-ropin’ turkey rag
I went to school at Expression College for Digital Art in Emeryville, CA. I got my degree in digital graphic design. One thing I didn’t excel at was ANIMATION. It was frustrating because I had lots of good ideas, but I just didn’t have the skills to execute them.
Anyway, I thought I had lost a lot of my work when Expression deleted all the old student websites, but I found my work cached on the Wayback Machine! Yay!
And so I present to you, my only attempt at Flash animation: THE JUMP-ROPIN’ TURKEY RAG! :-)
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