Wild turkeys sticking their necks out in more places and greater numbers

<a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/outdoors/20011122turkeys1122p2.asp">Wild turkeys sticking their necks out in more places and greater numbers </a>: &ldquo;Wild turkeys &mdash; known scientifically as <em>Meleagris gallopavo</em> &mdash; are now regularly seen in flocks of a dozen or more along Bigelow Boulevard, on Brucewood Drive in Mt. Lebanon and in the Allegheny Cemetery, from where they sometimes stray onto nearby Stanton Avenue, blocking traffic as they strut into Morningside&hellip;



Wild turkey populations have soared in Pennsylvania to an estimated 320,000 birds, up from 60,000 in 1968 and just a few thousand in 1900. During the fall turkey season that ended earlier this month, hunters around the state bagged somewhere between 45,000 and 50,000 birds, according the state Game Commission.&rdquo;