Why did the turkey cross the road? In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, they apparently just want to disrupt traffic. According to Lancaster Online, a half dozen wild turkeys are regularly sighted at the busy Columbia Avenue and Donerville Road intersection, where they strut into the street, causing traffic backups. When they're not in the street, the turkeys roost on the roofs of local businesses and patrol nearby parking lots.Wild turkeys can be aggressive and they will visit backyard feeders, even approaching homes and pecking on doors in search of food. Local police receive several calls a day about the birds in traffic and disrupting businesses, but there is little that can be done except to shoo the birds away. A turkey-stocking program by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the National Wild Turkey Federation has increased the local wild turkey population, but many of these semi-tame birds may be escapees from pen-raised flocks.
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