Turkey tracker: Astoria the wild turkey spotted on Upper East Side
UPPER EAST SIDE (WABC) -- Astoria, the wild turkey, has been spotted again on Wednesday but this time on the Upper East Side.
"I was like whoooo there is a wild turkey in the tree and Rebecca freaked out..I have been freaking out since I saw her," a passerby said.
Astoria has been living on Roosevelt Island and first showed up in Manhattan last April. She returned over the weekend and has been spotted throughout the city since.
Experts say she may be looking for a mate.
Officers temporarily shut down a street to capture her, but were not successful.
A birder who has been following Astoria for a while says she has good instincts and can navigate through the city and to just let her be.
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