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By adamg on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 6:15pm
Turkey on a car in Brookline

Renee Graham went out to her Coolidge Corner driveway this afternoon, only to be confronted with this situation:

Guess I'll take the T tonight...

Not long after, though, the bird flew the, um, coupe:

But wait, could there be something worse than a menacing turkey?

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Comments

By Wiffleball on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 6:19pm.

A. Because otherwise it would be a chicken sedan.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 9:28pm.

Chicken Sedan?

IMAGE(http://www.apinchofhealthy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chicken-divan-closeup.jpg)

By Will LaTulippe on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 6:32pm.

I thought turkeys could fly.

So how did this one get onto the roof of a car?

By Lisfnord on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 6:53pm.

Ha!

Actually, turkeys can fly a bit. I used to have a yard with lots of trees, and the turkeys would fly into the lower branches and hang out. It was always disconcerting; they really don't look like they belong in trees at all.

By Ralph Boston on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 8:38pm.

I've seen them in the high branches. Don't recall seeing them actually in flight, however..hmmm.

By Stevil on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 7:30am.

Have definitely seen them fly. Very noisy, not graceful, but competent fliers. I think mostly in short bursts.

By dmcboston on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 10:48am.

I've had them roosting in my trees, maybe thirty feet up.

They are not graceful when they land.

By anon on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 1:58pm.

Some college students saw some turkeys flying over a dorm, although the fact that one turkey couldn't quite pull it off and crashed into the dorm was the more noteworthy part.

By Lanny Budd on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 8:48pm.

I watched a coyote come around the corner of the house across the street and surprise a turkey early one morning. The turkey flew straight up into a big oak tree and landed about 60 feet off the ground.

By Karl on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 6:33pm.

I guess that gives a new meaning of the term "Turkey Train"...

By mg on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 6:47pm.

was for the birds.

By Elmer on Mon, 08/01/2016 - 6:52pm.

By mikex617x on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 8:41am.

less adorable in person. turkeys are jerks and they will try to attack you.

By Somebody Else. on Tue, 08/02/2016 - 1:15pm.

"Tasty." "Hollow bones."