Let's Talk Turkey! Show Us Your Photos of These Wonderfully Wild Birds, Pleasanton

By AUTUMN JOHNSON

Thanksgiving may be the day when roughly 46 million turkeys are consumed in the United States but that does not seem to scare away the local wild turkeys found around the East Bay.

According to Wikipedia, the “gobbling” sound is most often made by the males. It is more common for the hens to cluck. Wild turkeys can be found in 49 states, according to the Connecticut DEEC. Turkeys are omnivores with an average life span of three to four years. Click here to hear the classic turkey gobbling and clucking sounds.

In Livermore, one local (and sometimes overzealous) turkey named “Oscar” provides residents with tons of entertainment (and photo opportunities) with his daily antics. VIDEO: Springtown Turkey Conducts His Own Neighborhood Checkpoint

On Thanksgivings past, residents have shared fun photos of the big birds strutting their stuff all around town. Patch wants to continue that tradition for 2014!

Where do you most often see wild turkeys in your area? Tell us and post your turkey photos for free in the bulletin board section on the site or in the comment section of this article.

Photo: Turkeys at the Park Wood Apartments in Dublin in 2013. Photo credit: Samantha Leon