Wild turkeys sit on a branch, eating toyon berries from the bush at Berkeley Marina in Berkeley in 2024. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) ...

As many wild populations decline, some city dwellers flourish—and may become a source for reintroductions to rural areas Anne Readel Over the last few decades, wild turkeys have moved into ...

Cambridge, the roughly 6-square-mile city across the river from Boston, is home to about 120,000 people and between 40 and 50 wild turkeys, according to city animal control officer Christina Correia.

While they may not always be dangerous, wild turkeys may become a nuisance. After all, no one wants turkeys destroying their gardens, scaring away birds, or even chasing their children.

Wild turkeys will chase pets and children, and they will view running away from them as a sign that they have won the battle. How to Protect Yourself Against a Turkey Attack.

"Wild turkeys were uncommon," he told the Cape Cod Times in 2021. "Every once in a while, I would hear a gobble in the distance." These days, wild turkey sightings are common on the Cape.

Wild turkeys in Michigan have every right to strut. Their native populations wiped out in Michigan by European settlers by 1900, decades of restoration efforts starting in the 1950s have restored ...

Although most of the turkeys taking center stage on Thanksgiving dinner tables this week probably come from farms, turkeys do roam wild in many U.S. states. Considered one of the country’s ...

European settlers wiped out Michigan's native wild turkey population by 1900. But now the birds are back and thriving in every Michigan county.

Although they do not migrate like some birds, wild turkeys can fly, which is why residents may sometimes spot them roosting high up in trees. If a turkey gets chased or provoked, it may fly toward ...