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BirdNoir: The Wild Tom Turkey

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Why won’t this turkey leave the car alone?

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0:00.0

This is Bird Noir.

0:08.0

I'm Michael Stein, Private Eye.

0:10.0

Wild turkeys are real city slickers nowadays strutting around parks and lawns, but sometimes they act a little strange.

0:24.0

Hi Michael, I'm a problem.

0:28.0

John Benjamin here.

0:30.0

It's Turkey he won't leave my car alone.

0:32.0

Your car?

0:33.0

Yeah, I just chased them off.

0:35.0

A big male Tom turkey showing off his tail feathers.

0:37.0

He was tapping his beak on the car for hours.

0:40.0

Ouch!

0:41.0

Oh my God, hold on, he's back back he's circling the house and staring at all the windows is this turkey hunting me michael

0:48.1

Probably not what do you think the tom sees in your windows?

0:52.4

Uh my terrified face?

0:54.0

He sees his own reflection.

0:57.0

While turkeys are breeding, and the Tom's are looking out for rival males.

1:02.0

His mirror images on the shiny car in the windows look like another

1:05.8

turkey. You're kidding. Is there anything I can do? Sure, just cover up your car and

1:12.4

coat your home's windows with some soapy water to make them less reflective.

1:17.0

That way your car stays safe and the turkey stays focused on courting.

1:28.0

My favorite cases are the ones that end well for both the people and the birds. I'm Michael Stein, private eye.

1:33.0

Michael, he got in the car, he's driving my car away.

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