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Wellesley RDF turkeys get their beauty sleep

February 3, 2026 by admin

If you ever wondered where the turkeys that frequent the Wellesley Recycling & Disposal Facility go when they’re not interacting with patrons dropping off their stuff, the answer is: Up in the surrounding trees.

Wellesley’s Chelsea Sebastian captured these photos, and added annotation.

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  1. Jim Foley says

    February 3, 2026 at 8:56 am

    As God is my witness, I thought turkeys couldn’t fly!

    • Bob Brown says

      February 3, 2026 at 9:25 am

      I guess that’s the next picture we need… to prove they didn’t climb up there or get a lift from some DPW truck

     

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