Submitted by bradshaw1992 t3_z2mfp7 in RhodeIsland
There are lots of wild turkeys in North Providence now, not far from the town hall. I've never seen them here before. I have seen them when I pass through the time warp into the Burrillville area, but that's expected. This isn't. Are others seeing turkeys, or am I being haunted by the ghosts of Thanksgiving past?
They’ve been making a come back for a while here in Warwick.
They are all over, I've never seen a many as I have this year
I had a rafter of turkeys in my back yard the other day in Warwick. They looked tasty.
Pervasive in Warwick!
See them often here in Cranston, near Pawtuxet river. The turkeys are harmless unless you have a dog that decides it's fun to charge at them.
Frequently see them in Providence on Smith St near Francis. Big building full of them.
Puts me in a fowl mood
Here's how Johnston reacted a few years ago. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/22/rhode-island-johnston-wild-turkey
You think they're wild now? Wait til you see how they hard they're going to party tonight
They work for Lombardi, don’t get in their way
They’re just going around handing out vegan flyers before the holiday.
They basically own the roads in Warwick Neck
The parties tomorrow night for the survivors should be better.
They like to hang out in the parking lot of Conimicut Liquors on West Shore Rd.
Maybe three years ago I was walking my dog on the East Side of Providence and saw a wild turkey go up someone's front steps and onto the lawn as if s/he lived there 😆
I was dumbstruck at that first sighting; there was a pair that stayed in the neighborhood for weeks. I watched a cat try to stalk them and the amused contempt with which this was greeted by the turkeys.
There is a flock on them in residence at Swan Point Cemetery.
I think any turkey alive right now is probably going to make it through tomorrow.
When I was a grad student at RIC, I had a few students late to class because they were trapped in their cars surrounded by turkeys 😂
Free turkey! Roast em up
That's a fun collective noun!
I think they live in the woods off tidewater. They alpha doesn’t give a fuck about cars
Or in the store…
Just like people, turkeys have been spreading out from the Boston area over the last few years.
He must have been the one that gobbled at me once as I was driving by. Never rolled my window up so fast.
We have to fight them daily just to get to class on time at RIC..
This still happens frequently! I was surrounded on all sides, cars backed up behind me. People got out of their cars to help shoo them away, but at like 20 people were late that day.
I had a close encounter with them at the beginning of September over at the cemetery on church Ave. they’re mostly all talk as long as you don’t get too close.
If you see something, say something: https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/fish-wildlife/wildlife-hunting/report-wildlife-observations
Every time I see them I roll down my window and yell “I love you!” at them.
There’s some here in Newport too
We get them even on the South Side of Providence!
There is a whole flock that lives on RIC’s campus.
ill be driving down stoney lane and have to stop dead in my tracks to let a hurd of wild turkeys maybe about 50-60 deep cross the road
and they be saunterin, flappin their wings at the stopped cars like they hott shit
well u ask me they iz hott hott shit, thm wild ass turkeys
I live in Lynn, mass and those MFkrs are SCARY!!! EVERYONE LAUGHS AT ME BCUZ IM TERRIFIED OF THOSE SKETCHY, EVIL THINGS!!! IVE HAD A FEW EXTREMELY CLOSE CALLS W THEM TRYING TO KILL ME!!! I DONT EVEN EAT TURKEY ON TG!!! DEATH TO THE DEMON BIRDS FROM HELL!!!
Cranston, Pontiac Ave., near Maria’s Pizza, heavily traveled area, wild turkeys abound!
Wait until you see the coyotes.
coolstoryglenn t1_ixh263t wrote
I’ve seen around RIC, Triggs for several years. Periodically a few will show up in Elmhurst.