Wild Turkey Flocks to Washington Heights Fire Escape

Wild Turkey Flocks to Washington Heights Fire Escape Updated April 17, 2012 2:26pm

April 17, 2012 2:26pm | By Carla Zanoni, DNAinfo Social Media Editor

 

HUDSON HEIGHTS — Uptown has gone to the birds.  

A wild turkey has Washington Heights residents clucking after the plump and solitary bird began roosting on a fire escape landing late last week.

The bird isn't the only wild turkey to make Manhattan home in the past several years. Zelda, a female turkey, has been sighted in Battery Park since 2003. That year, another wild turkey was spotted Uptown, reportedly roosting for months along the Hudson River in Riverside Park.

The Washington Heights turkey first appeared on the fire escape in the Hudson View Gardens apartment complex at West 183rd Street and Pinehurst Avenue late Friday night, neighbors said. 

"It’s so random," said Washington Heights resident Colleen Furthstone. "One minute you’re running to the subway, the next minute it's 'Gobble, gobble gobble.'"

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