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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blutarski" data-source="post: 1529981" data-attributes="member: 76742">Wife said she saw a turkey in the abandoned parking lot turned scrubland (which 'they' mowed- it was a bit upsetting to me, there were big plants in there- much animal habitat disrupted.)  Anyway, the turkey seems a bit out of its element in such an urban/suburban setting.  Perhaps it escaped from someone's yard.It was cowbird date night today- two couples stopped by for dinner before some hanky-panky and nest parasitizing (i'm assuming.)Watched either a sparrow or finch feeding a fledgling in the high branches of my backyard tree.  Watched some starling fledglings chase after their parents, only to be rebuffed by a swift peck to the noggin.  I wonder if they feel sad and abandonned by this?  I wonder if the parents feel sad too, but realize it's necessary?  Yeah, probably not.</blockquote>