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Tollbooth turkey packed off to zoo
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A wild turkey that took up residence at a New Jersey Turnpike tollbooth and spent its days scooting around 18-wheelers won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic.
State wildlife officials netted the bird yesterday after failed attempts during the weekend. The turkey had trotted around the tollbooth at the 14B interchange since spring.
"This turkey decided to make Jersey City her home, alongside one of the top-five busiest toll roads in America," turnpike spokesman Joe Orlando said. "To be honest with you, she probably had better attendance than a lot of the employees."
Wildlife officials said the 11-pound turkey may have taken a wrong turn out of Staten Island and become disoriented. She spent her days causing truck drivers to slam on their brakes and prompting spectators to run through traffic to pose for pictures with her.
Toll collector Robin Bonner and her colleagues nicknamed the scraggly bird Tammy the Turnpike Turkey.
"I'm going to miss her when she's gone," said Bonner, who fed the turkey Cracker Jack and sunflower seeds. "Tammy has become the hit of the turnpike. She's a good bird."
Turnpike officials decided to remove Tammy after complaints from drivers intensified. She kept wildlife officials at bay for nearly an hour yesterday, as they crept behind her with a net gun. After a few more trips across several lanes, she was scooped up, placed in a box, and driven to a zoo in Ocean County.
