A flock of 18-22 wild turkeys is being relocated to an ecological reserve after causing problems for people at the NASA Ames research center in Mountain View.
Wild turkeys at the NASA Ames center in Mountain View in December 2017.
And while the scientists and staff at the NASA center are used to keeping their eyes skyward, as they contribute to space missions of all kinds, the earthbound problem has proven to be difficult to solve. Wild turkeys have been pecking at cars and windows, blocking traffic, leaving droppings around buildings and HVAC equipment and posing a threat to aircraft operations.Their presence is forcing the U.S.
Even before the pandemic, several birds would annually get into the NASA Ames campus. But their numbers have increased and and this year, nearly two dozen gobblers have made the NASA Ames center their home. In order to trap the birds, sites are being prepared with a corn bait for several weeks, in order to get the turkeys to flock to certain areas. A walk-in corral trap with a detachable funnel entrance is set up once the animals have come to the pre-bait trap for a few days in a row. After the turkeys make their way into the traps, the funnel will be put on so the birds can’t escape. The turkeys then undergo a blood draw, oral and cloacal swabs, are banded and their age and sex recorded.
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