wildlife

Fowl scene along Storrow Drive

Turkey in the straw, it ain't

Teddy Kokoros spotted this walking platter next to Storrow Drive near the Harvard Bridge this morning.

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I, for one, would like to welcome our new turkey overlords

Turkey alert!

That's the Christian Science Church, people. With a turkey in front of it. And not on rye with mayo! Bendo1 recovered from the shock long enough a few days ago to take the photo.

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Oh, how quickly we get jaded

Giant turkeys roaming Southie? Yawn. Jason reports the 11 bus had to come to an unexpected stop on Dorchester Street on Tuesday:

[W]e were halted for about 15 seconds by a giant wild turkey making its way across the street. I seem to recall half-standing up from my seat, and pointing at the turkey for all who cared to be roused from their ipods, which was likely nobody.

Earlier:
Gobble, gobble, hey

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We've got crabs

Scuttling crab in Dorchester Bay, right off UMass-Boston:


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Egrets, he's had a few

Snowy egrets

Jorge photographs a pair of snowy egrets at Belle Isle Marsh.

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Turkeys in Roxbury

Third Decade reports spotting one on West Cottage Street between Dudley Street and Blue Hill Avenue today:

... I'm wondering, though, whether these birds are protected. Why can't residents go out and catch these birds? I mean, is it really all that different in theory from harvesting free-range chickens?

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Now the turkeys are interbreeding with other species

Possible turkey/peacock hybrid spotted in Littleton; what happens when they start breeding with coyotes?

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Jeepers, peepers

Where to hear spring peepers in Newton.

You can also hear them down by the George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park (although I'm betting they're really in Stony Brook Reservation, which is next to the golf course).

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If you see red, danger ahead

Looks like we're not alone with Turkey troubles.

We need a Turkey Alert level- there are even colors picked for us, according to the article: blue, white, and red. Suggestions for how to word the various alert levels?

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