Gothamist: Turkey Lurkey Time

cinquez

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:00:36 -0500

There is something going on. That Turkey is not going to and from the park without human assistance. Turkies are low flyers and if it is flying back and forth and as big as it is someone would have seen it in the air. It's not crossing CPW on foot either.

Crystal

Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:41:40 -0500

Wierd, because we saw a turkey that same day in Fords, NJ, and I've never seen a turkey there in my life.

surfer

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:14:27 -0500

I spotted a turkey at south ferry a few days ago. It was resting behind some parked cars. Funny how it tried to be stealth. I would hate to see what knuckleheads out there would do to it.

Liz

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 16:50:03 -0500

We saw a wild turkey downtown while waiting to take the Ellis Island ferry at the end of January (and have the photo to prove it). While I found it a little unusual, I'd hardly call it breaking news... clearly there are some around and about in the big city!

sammich

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:29:14 -0500

The best kind of turkey is the Boar's Head honey maple from the deli. Slice it thin, add a little mayo and swiss, place on a nice onion roll -- mmm mmm mmm.

Joe

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:40:52 -0500

I'm guessing that it is fairly easy for a turkey or coyote to get into Manhattan via the MetroNorth right-of-way along the Hudson. I wonder how many wild turkeys there are uptown. Are the Morningside, Riverside and AMNH turkeys one in the same, or three (or more) different birds?

Dirk

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:42:50 -0500

The turkey better watch out or he'll suffer the same fate as Hal the Coyote...

Doug

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:19:56 -0500

My wife and I saw a turkey last year in Battery Park before the renovations really got started. Here's a link to her blogpost (with pics) from the time: http://oniwaban.typepad.com/cloud_city/2005/05/turkey_shoot.html I wonder where that bird is, now that all the construction has been going on for so long?

Jess

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:10:44 -0500

Turkeys are the coolest - one summer we stayed in Vermont, and a turkey used to come and sunbathe on the patio each morning. And yes, coyotes love to eat them. They don't get hit by cars very often, as they are careful crossing the roads, can run really fast, and in an emergency they can fly a short distance up into a tree. They eat corn and seeds, but also eat bugs like ticks, which is nice.

Thomasson

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:29:58 -0500

I saw a turkey (probably the same) in W69 & Trump Place day before it was seen at outside the American Museum of Natural History so I guess it came from NJ. It was on the 3rd floor (above the parking garage door). By the way, do coyotes eat turkeys? I was just thinking about one hungry Hal..Wouldn't that have been funny to see Hal catching a turkey in central park!

Jen

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:20:34 -0500

I apologize for my mistake re: Turkey Lurkey time's lyricist - I was all confused because I remember it in Camp which was mainly about Sondheim. I do need to brush up on my American musical theater knowledge.

S.D.

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:15:07 -0500

Hmmmmm, Dinner.... j/k! How on earth did it get in Manhattan? Someone captured it and abandoned it?

chicken little

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:59:43 -0500

Sondheim didn't write the lyrics to "Turkey Lurkey Time"--Hal David did. Sondheim has never written anything even remotely similar to that song, not even as a joke.

sprinter

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:57:07 -0500

F! disney movies, let's eat this mother! it'll be turkey burger once it crosses the road again!