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Wild Turkeys Causing Car Accidents

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In Connecticut, a woman’s vehicle was totaled after she hit a turkey , flipped a few times and slid 100 feet into the woods. I think the main reason turkey/vehicle collisions are more noticeable this time of year are breeding hormones. There’s also another issue–the spring turkey hunting season.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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The Great Egret was in breeding plumage and courtship posture–bright lime green lores, head bending down and then snapping up, long, impossibly delicate plumes waving over its body as if possessed by independent spirits. A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.