I was born in San Francisco and lived in the Bay Area for 40 years before moving here to the Seattle area. In the time I never saw a wild turkey.

This weekend we were down there for a wedding. First, at my sister's home in Walnut Creek we saw probably a dozen of them in the front yard. Then, at a friend's home in Castro Valley, near where we used to live, we saw another 6-8 of them on the sloped part of the back yard. On the way to a winery in Sunol, there were a few more at the side of the road. Where did all these come from? We asked our friends and they had no idea, said they had started to show up 5-6 years ago.