PARSIPPANY — It’s not too often Parsippany Police get a call from a resident that there is a Turkey roaming around.
This morning, at approximately 9:30 a.m. Parsippany-Troy Hills Communication Center received a call from a female resident that stated “there is a turkey roaming Vail Gardens, around Building M, and the turkey was pecking at me.”
Upon arrival, we found the turkey, and the female. The turkey was more than agreeable to be photographed. Actually the turkey posed for the camera. Well the female, on the other hand didn’t want to be photographed and wanted to remain anonymous.
The resident stated the Turkey has been around Vail Gardens for over five years. She stated “There use to be two of them, but one died.”
It also appeared the Turkey wasn’t happy with the Police Officers because it took off heading towards Building C.
Editors Note: I couldn’t resist on publishing this funny story. It’s not too often you hear on the police radio “10-4 Turkey Attack.”
It wasn’t a Turkey, although everyone was referring to it as a Turkey. It was really a guinea fowl. Guineafowl are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic to the continent of Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous birds. They are phylogenetically intermediate between peafowl and the Odontophoridae.
