Zelda (turkey)

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 Battery Park. In 2007 a turkey, presumably Zelda, was spotted in Greenwich Village and Tribeca. She has returned to Battery Park, where she was spotted as recently as October 4, 2008.Fact|date=April 2008

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

See also

* Giuliani (turkey)

External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/23/nyregion/23TURK.html Zelda's journey south]
* [http://www.jimmylegs.com/archives/030518.html#Friday,%20May%2023,%202003%20at%2008:47:03%20(EDT) Photo of Zelda on the 28th floor fire escape of an apartment building]
*" [http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/04/12/downtown_is_turkey_town.php Downtown is Turkey Town] " (Gothamist, April 12, 2004)
* [http://jschumacher.typepad.com/joe/2004/11/happy_thanksgiv.html Photos] of Zelda
*http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1524496
*" [http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_24/downtownlocal.html Turkey in the Battery] " (Downtown Express) (scroll down to see article)
*" [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/04/12/2004-04-12_turkey_trots_to_tribeca__fli.html Turkey trots to Tribeca] " (NY Daily News)
*" [http://www.thevillager.com/villager_214/ashotofwildturkey.html A Shot of Wild Turkey] " (Greenwich Villager)
*" [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/24/nyregion/24turkey.html A Kinder, Gentler way to Stuff a Turkey] " (New York Times)