Move over, pigeons! Wild turkeys are strutting their stuff as another symbolic Big Apple bird.

Even as thousands of New Yorkers gobble up turkey on their Thanksgiving dinner plates, wild turkeys are thriving in the city's urban wildlife landscape. Native to North America, turkeys live throughout the city, scouting out habitats that have tall trees and delicious treats, such as, well, bugs.

Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are flockin’ around NYC. Much of that avian action takes place on Staten Island, mostly to the delight, but sometimes to the dismay, of local residents who talked turkey with amNewYork.

“I like seeing them around. It gives Staten Island a country feel,” Mary, a Staten Islander, said. “I see them mostly around Dongan Hills.”

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