Comments on: A Turkey in Manhattan http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/ Ranting and Raving Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:51:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Liz http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-310591 Liz Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:48:36 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/#comment-310591 I have recently been seeing a turkey on the median of the Southern State Pkwy going eastbound right before exit 20. The turkey appears fine but I wonder if it should be removed. Anyone have any ideas? I have recently been seeing a turkey on the median of the Southern State Pkwy going eastbound right before exit 20. The turkey appears fine but I wonder if it should be removed. Anyone have any ideas?

]]> By: Farialima http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-121810 Farialima Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:19:18 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/#comment-121810 <i>...than the genetically engineered meat beasts harvested on most turkey farms today</i> It seems that your subconscious may have envisioned putting it in a pot for Thanksgiving ? :D …than the genetically engineered meat beasts harvested on most turkey farms today

It seems that your subconscious may have envisioned putting it in a pot for Thanksgiving ? :D

]]> By: rbs http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-121803 rbs Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:41:09 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/#comment-121803 There are probably two turkeys hanging about Manhattan, as "Zelda" in Battery Park and "Hedda" in Morningside Park are almost certainly different birds. I have heard that Zelda gets around a bit, as I have read reports of what is presumably her also frequenting a religious institution up toward the village. As for Hedda, she's been hanging around Morningside Park since at least April 2006. I encountered her frequently in early spring this year while waiting for the neighborhood hawk eyasses to hatch. (See e.g. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbs10025/474085327/ ) She was a bit hard to find during the summer, but I did bump into her once in late July. There are probably two turkeys hanging about Manhattan, as “Zelda” in Battery Park and “Hedda” in Morningside Park are almost certainly different birds.

I have heard that Zelda gets around a bit, as I have read reports of what is presumably her also frequenting a religious institution up toward the village.

As for Hedda, she’s been hanging around Morningside Park since at least April 2006. I encountered her frequently in early spring this year while waiting for the neighborhood hawk eyasses to hatch. (See e.g. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbs10025/474085327/ ) She was a bit hard to find during the summer, but I did bump into her once in late July.

]]> By: Tim http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-121549 Tim Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:00:49 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/#comment-121549 They were there back in May too. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjd1/501722033/in/set-72157601530917212/" title="Photo Sharing" rel="nofollow">Flickr Photo.</a> They were there back in May too.
Flickr Photo.

]]> By: BPC Turkey Freaking Owns Labor Day Weekend | New York City,Politics,Events,Attractions,News http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-121505 BPC Turkey Freaking Owns Labor Day Weekend | New York City,Politics,Events,Attractions,News Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:34:41 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/#comment-121505 [...] And with that, my week of guest editing at Curbed is done. Happy enlarged weekend. —QC · A Turkey in Manhattan [Mokka mit Schlag] · Back in BPC, Turkey Re-Owns the Freakin’ Place [...] [...] And with that, my week of guest editing at Curbed is done. Happy enlarged weekend. —QC · A Turkey in Manhattan [Mokka mit Schlag] · Back in BPC, Turkey Re-Owns the Freakin’ Place [...]

]]> By: Oisin McGuinness http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/comment-page-1/#comment-121414 Oisin McGuinness Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:42:13 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2007/08/31/a-turkey-in-manhattan/#comment-121414 This is likely to be Zelda, reported about in the NY Times at least 3 times in the last couple of years: An FYI story by Michael Pollak, November 20, 2005; a story about a turkey in Morningside park by Steven Kurutz from April 9, 2006; and the best one from November 24, 2006, "A Kinder, Gentler Way of stuffing a Turkey, by Cara Buckley, which appeared in the metro section, and had a nice picture. "Zelda a hulking feathered mass was perched some 40 feet up..." Also a story from November 2003 mentions turkeys in Riverside park. I must remember to look for Zelda sometime, but I don't get down to Battery park often. Oisin This is likely to be Zelda, reported about in the NY Times at least 3 times in the last couple of years:

An FYI story by Michael Pollak, November 20, 2005; a story about a turkey in Morningside park by Steven Kurutz from April 9, 2006; and the best one from November 24, 2006, “A Kinder, Gentler Way of stuffing a Turkey, by Cara Buckley, which appeared in the metro section, and had a nice picture. “Zelda a hulking feathered mass was perched some 40 feet up…”

Also a story from November 2003 mentions turkeys in Riverside park.

I must remember to look for Zelda sometime, but I don’t get down to Battery park often.

Oisin

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