Turkey Ties Up Triborough Bridge Traffic
16th Nov 2006, 08:43 GMT
Clearly it's Thanksgiving when a wild turkey tries to hightail it out of the city by way of the Triborough Bridge. A 10 pound female bird was loose around the toll plaza on the Manhattan side, and six MTA workers chased her! After fifteen minutes, a construction worker helped catch the bird. The Triborough's General Operations Manager Ray Bush said, "Watching it unfold on our cameras, it seemed the only thing missing was someone playing (the American folk song) 'Turkey in the Straw.'" The MTA released it to Wards Island, which, according to the AP, is inhabited by pheasants, rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks. That would make an awesome documentary - the animals of Wards Island. Other places wild turkeys have been spotted: Battery Park, Riverside Park, outside the Museum of Natural History and Morningside Park.