Wild turkeys interrupted train services on New York’s Staten Island twice within the space of under two hours. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
March 18 (UPI) — Wild turkeys interrupted train services on New York’s Staten Island twice within the space of under two hours.
The first incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. Monday when turkeys were spotted on the tracks west of the Staten Island Railway’s Old Town station.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Joana Flores told the New York Daily News that the birds eventually scattered after multiple blasts of a train horn.
Turkeys were again spotted on the tracks, this time year St. George, about 4 p.m. Those turkeys also eventually scattered at the sound of a train horn.
A wild turkey was previously photographed blocking the path of an MTA bus in Staten Island in February.
The borough’s wild turkeys are believed to be descended from several pets that were released into the wild in 1999.