# @startribune on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C4LqGqssIUn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29112258-startribune-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-03-06T18:03:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Star Tribune (@StarTribune) — https://gondola.cc/StarTribune

## Caption

It's not uncommon to see a cluster of balloons and flowers commemorating a lost life. But a memorial that recently cropped up in south Minneapolis is something new. There are turkey figurines, a turkey painting and turkey photographs, along with an original four-stanza poem paying homage to the neighborhood mascot, recently found dead in the street.

Neighbors who delighted in turkey sightings over the past year or so had named him: "Gregory Peck," "Tom," "James," (presumably for the avenue where he roamed), "the Bachelor Turkey" (he was always alone). They called him a "community fixture" a "neighbor," even "part of our family." Following online announcements of the bird's death, tributes poured in, including turkey video footage set to Sarah McLachlan's "Angel."

But Gregory — and his demise — is a sort of proverbial canary in the coal mine: a warning of increasing conflict between wild turkeys and their human neighbors.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story by Rachel Hutton. #Minneapolis

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Star Tribune | @StarTribune | https://gondola.cc/StarTribune | Newspaper |
| Ashley Miller | @ashleyamiller | https://gondola.cc/ashleyamiller | Social Manager |

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