I had a discussion with a friend during the brevet this weekend. He said he'd been doing roving SAG for the Grizzly Peak century this year and came across a rider who'd hit a turkey while descending and had hideous road rash (the turkey was much worse off). We discussed the fact that 10+ years ago, we didn't notice turkeys in "civilized" parts, but now they're more commonplace, theorizing that killing off coyotes, bobcats, etc., has removed the natural predators.

We got turkeys on our deck and roof a year or so ago: