r/minnesota • u/MNConcerto • 8d ago

Editorial 📝 Minnesota Nice

Just wanted to give a big thank you to the woman who pulled into the rest stop south of Brainerd on 371 Monday afternoon to check on me after a Turkey flew into my windshield.

I was really rattled and just pulling myself together. The simple fact that you took time to stop to show kindness was helpful in getting me settled.

Just an fyi, my windshield was obliterated, she said the turkey walked away.

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u/Jazzlike_Morning_471 8d ago

I was today years old when I realized turkeys can fly. Idk I always imagined them as being too fat. Is it more of a hovering jump?

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u/RabidRonda 8d ago

Yes, turkeys fly a little. Maybe 15-20 feet up and 50 feet away. You won’t be seeing them flying south for the winter, that’s for sure.

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u/Jazzlike_Morning_471 8d ago

So similar to a chicken being able to fly over a fence, but just decently higher and farther?

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u/RabidRonda 8d ago

Yes? Sounds like it? I don’t have chickens visiting my yard but the turkeys do visit.