{"id":8059,"date":"2010-11-15T17:15:56","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T22:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=8059"},"modified":"2010-11-15T17:34:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T22:34:18","slug":"wild-turkey-gangs-invade-marion-village-for-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=8059","title":{"rendered":"Wild Turkey Gangs Invade Marion Village for Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8065\" title=\"marion turkeys 002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-002.jpg\" alt=\"marion turkeys 002\" width=\"480\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-002.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-002-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Halloween Pumpkins Stand\u00c2\u00a0Guard\u00c2\u00a0Against Wild Marauders<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Halloween&#8217;s over and now garish pumpkins stand sentinel over Marion&#8217;s precious garbage.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet nothing,\u00c2\u00a0not even these ghoulish masks,\u00c2\u00a0seems to dissuade roving gangs of wild turkeys from invading our gentle town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-001-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8066\" title=\"marion turkeys 001 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"marion turkeys 001 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-001-480-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Wild Turkey Gang Rumbles through Marion Suburbs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toms and Hens; Jets and Sharks; they stormed through quiet side streets of Marion&#8217;s upscale &#8220;Village.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Where else in America are trash cans decorated with pagan totems for Monday pickup?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-003-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8063\" title=\"marion turkeys 003 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"marion turkeys 003 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-003-480-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Rival Turkey Gangs Clash<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Feathers ruffled as rival rafters crossed paths in the middle of the road.\u00c2\u00a0 You can almost hear the driving rhythm of Bernstein&#8217;s West Side Story echoing in the\u00c2\u00a0autumn leaves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-004-840.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"marion turkeys 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"marion turkeys 004 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/marion-turkeys-004-480-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\u00c2\u00a0<strong><em>Turkeys Distracted<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">Then, as quickly as it flared, the clash\u00c2\u00a0subsided\u00c2\u00a0when turkeys caught the whiff of oily pumpkin seeds.\u00c2\u00a0 Toms and Hens clucked and cackled in\u00c2\u00a0ululating unison, building bird-brained courage to assault another totem guarded treasure can.\u00c2\u00a0 Turtle Journal asks, &#8220;Can Thanksgiving come too soon to rescue our gentrified towns from the horror of rampaging gangs of wild turkeys?\u00c2\u00a0 Bring in your garbage, suburbia; the turkeys are coming!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n google_ad_client = \"pub-6174531794045772\"; \/* TJ adds, 336x280, created 11\/14\/10 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"5313686105\"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween Pumpkins Stand\u00c2\u00a0Guard\u00c2\u00a0Against Wild Marauders Halloween&#8217;s over and now garish pumpkins stand sentinel over Marion&#8217;s precious garbage.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet nothing,\u00c2\u00a0not even these ghoulish masks,\u00c2\u00a0seems to dissuade roving gangs of wild turkeys from invading our gentle town. 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