A turkey, inspecting Adams Morgan real estate.

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An extremely regal-looking wild turkey was spotted examining real estate in Adams Morgan over the weekend, delighting residents and passersby alike. Here she is, earning fans:

The turkey garnered enough attention that residents started sending Popville various videos and photos they snapped as the creature ambled and pecked about the neighborhood. Here is one such video, in which the turkey can be seen hopping a fence and running away from a delighted gaggle of humans following it in a car:

Honestly, can a celebrity turkey live?

On Monday morning, the turkey was spotted on 18th and T Streets NW, apparently having decided to move on from Adams Morgan, where she has become too well known.

Because she appears to be perfectly healthy and not aggressive toward people, the city tweeted that it will allow her to continue on her jaunt about the city.

This is apparently not the first time that Adams Morgan has been floored by the presence of a turkey. Here is a 2013 turkey, looking like it is also very tired of being relentlessly pursued by human admirers:

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And it’s not just Adams Morgan. Apparently, D.C. is home to many a wild turkey. Occasionally, they leave the wooded areas they prefer—Rock Creek Park, for example—and wander into the urban landscape looking for food or a mate or a nesting place, says Jim Monsma, the executive director of City Wildlife. Sometimes a young male will get driven off of a territory and end up wandering about, looking for a place to go. Just last Friday, another wild turkey was run over by a car on 15th and D Streets SE.

“People freak out when they see [the turkeys], and they can be quite aggressive at certain times of year. It’s not every day you see them, but they’re here, they’re around,” Monsma says. “People probably pass by them all the time and don’t notice.”

If you do happen to notice, rejoice: wild turkeys were nearly extinct in the middle of the last century, and repopulation efforts have expanded their numbers drastically, to seven million turkeys around North America. Now, they live all over the United States (except Alaska).

Sometimes, turkeys travel in packs—and they can be aggressive. If you see a turkey that’s sick, injured, or behaving oddly, call Animal Control.

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