Zelda (turkey)

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Zelda is a female wild turkey that has lived in New York's Battery Park since mid-2003. It is presumed that she entered Manhattan's north end from the Bronx and then journeyed south (downtown), as during spring 2003 there were several turkey sightings in Manhattan at points progressively further south, all prior to Zelda's taking up residence in the park. In 2004 she ventured out of the park to Tribeca before being captured and returned to the park.

Zelda is named after Zelda Fitzgerald (the wife of F. Scott Fitgerald), because (according to legend) during one of Zelda Fitzgerald's nervous breakdowns, she went missing and was found in Battery Park, apparentlyhaving walked several miles downtown.

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