Wild turkey sightings are becoming more and more common in Alameda.
“I see them out on my kitchen window, walking on my grass or my next door neighbors,” said Colette of Alameda.
Residents seem to have adjusted to life with their feathery friends - but admit, they can be a distraction. “I walk our dog around and suddenly there’s a pack of three or four wild turkeys running around,” said Victor Gonzalez of Alameda. “Cars have to wait for them at the intersection to cross through.”Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
Ernesto Castillo lives in the area and shared a picture of a turkey walking in front of a Thanksgiving display.Daniel Wilson with Alameda County’s Vector Control said the turkeys aren’t native to California and were introduced decades ago by the state’s Fish and Game Commission to encourage recreational hunting.
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