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Why Does Rockford Seems To Be Overrun With Wild Turkeys?

With over 150,000 wild turkeys in the state and populations in every one of Illinois' 102 counties, there's no shortage of these wandering, noisy birds around here.

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Why Does Rockford Seems To Be Overrun With Wild Turkeys?

With over 150,000 wild turkeys in the state and populations in every one of Illinois' 102 counties, there's no shortage of these wandering, noisy birds around here.

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Why Does Rockford Seems To Be Overrun With Wild Turkeys?

With over 150,000 wild turkeys in the state and populations in every one of Illinois' 102 counties, there's no shortage of these wandering, noisy birds around here.

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Beefaroo restaurant chain plans expansion into five states

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Beefaroo announced three new locations coming to Southern Wisconsin on Wednesday, and the company plans for even more across the U.S. The new restaurants are to be opened in Beloit, Janesville, and Monroe through its “new innovative modular container location concept,” according to QSR. The “modular container location concept” was used […]

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Bike path coming to Rockford's Highcrest Road

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A 10-foot-wide bike path will be constructed along Highcrest Road between Spring Creek and Alpine, thanks to a new grant from the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program. The 1.7 mile path will be built along the south side of Highcrest. Additional bike lanes on residential streets will connect the Highcrest Road bike […]

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Nicole Bennett, Jude Makulec are candidates for Rockford School Board

Political newcomer Nicole Bennett is challenging longtime incumbent and Rockford School Board president Jude Makulec.

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Willmette Police warn of series of car burglaries, at least one strong-armed robbery

Police say early Friday morning a man was dragged out of his car, beaten and robbed of his wallet and car keys on Riverside Drive.

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Proposed Highcrest path could connect 37 miles of Rockford bike routes

Residents say a multi-use path along Highcrest Road that promises to connect miles of bike routes across Rockford could be dangerous.

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Why Does Rockford Seems To Be Crawling With Wild Turkeys?

According to the University of Illinois Extension, there are over 150,000 turkeys in Illinois, with populations in every one of Illinois' 102 counties. And, those populations are growing.

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Rockford Seems To Be Crawling With Wild Turkeys

Rockford Seems To Be Crawling With Wild Turkeys
According to the University of Illinois Extension, there are over 150,000 turkeys in Illinois, with populations in every one of Illinois' 102 counties.
So why does it seem like almost all of them are living in and around the Rockford area? Maybe it's just me, but I've been seeing Eastern Wild Turkeys (the subspecies native to Illinois) every day for the past month. Like these guys in the radio station's backyard:
Riley O'Neil, Townsquare Media
It's not just radio stations that these birds like to hang around, either. In the last week, I've had to wait along with some other motorists as entire broods of turkeys (mom and dad along with 6 to 12 poults) crossed the road in front of us as slowly as they possibly could.

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