According to the University of Illinois Extension, there are over 150,000 turkeys in Illinois, with populations in every one of Illinois' 102 counties. And, those populations are growing.
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Rockford Seems To Be Crawling With Wild Turkeys
According to the University of Illinois Extension, there are over 150,000 turkeys in Illinois, with populations in every one of Illinois 102 counties.
So why does it seem like almost all of them are living in and around the Rockford area? Maybe it s just me, but I ve been seeing Eastern Wild Turkeys (the subspecies native to Illinois) every day for the past month. Like these guys in the radio station s backyard:
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It s not just radio stations that these birds like to hang around, either. In the last week, I ve had to wait along with some other motorists as entire broods of turkeys (mom and dad along with 6 to 12 poults) crossed the road in front of us as slowly as they possibly could.
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