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Birders

Donkees

(32,348 posts) Fri May 10, 2024, 02:09 PM May 2024

Wild Turkey, nicknamed Astoria, vocalizing at the Waldorf Astoria

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Wild Turkey, nicknamed Astoria, vocalizing at the Waldorf Astoria (Original Post) Donkees May 2024 OP

😃 I saw the turkey in Long Island City (Queens) last Saturday! Drum May 2024 #1

Now she changed her name, has a voice coach, and signed a recording contract Donkees May 2024 #2

Hahaha! Drum May 2024 #4

cool. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #3

Love the name! ShazzieB May 2024 #5

New York Times: 'She Is Such an Athlete': Astoria the Wild Turkey Is a Manhattan Celebrity Donkees May 2024 #6

Drum

(9,686 posts)

1. 😃 I saw the turkey in Long Island City (Queens) last Saturday!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2024, 02:12 PM

May 2024

36th Ave & 21st Street.

Donkees

(32,348 posts)

2. Now she changed her name, has a voice coach, and signed a recording contract

Reply to Drum (Reply #1)

Fri May 10, 2024, 02:40 PM

May 2024

Drum

(9,686 posts)

4. Hahaha!

Reply to Donkees (Reply #2)

Fri May 10, 2024, 03:23 PM

May 2024

AllaN01Bear

(22,913 posts)

3. cool.

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2024, 02:42 PM

May 2024

ShazzieB

(18,444 posts)

5. Love the name!

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2024, 05:12 PM

May 2024

She's become quite the internet celebrity, so a name was definitely needed!

Donkees

(32,348 posts)

6. New York Times: 'She Is Such an Athlete': Astoria the Wild Turkey Is a Manhattan Celebrity

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #5)

Fri May 10, 2024, 06:04 PM

May 2024

https://archive.is/X6zbX#selection-471.0-471.74

Astoria at 49th Street and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Birders and experts believe that Astoria made her way to Manhattan from Long Island City in Queens.Credit...David Lei

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