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SALT LAKE CITY — The Rose Park and Fairpark neighborhood's unofficial mascot has made its annual appearance this year as the temperature has dropped.
A wild turkey was named Rosie by the local residents. Rosie and her flock have returned to the area year after year.
A Rose Park resident said he has seen Rosie and other wild turkeys wander around his yard and loves to take pictures of them.
"It's amazing having those wild turkeys in our area," the resident said. "Where they came from, I have no idea, but they showed up a few months ago."
Faith Heaton Jolley, a spokeswoman for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, said Utahns typically see turkeys in suburban areas when winter comes around.
"We do see a lot of those seasonal migrations when it starts to snow up in the mountains," she said. "It's harder for them to get food when there's a lot of snow."
Jolley said it's OK to admire them from afar but warned that Utahns can harm the wild turkeys with food.
"We do recommend that people don't feed them. It causes disruptions to the turkey's travel patterns and seasonal migration," she said.
Residents said the flock doesn't cause too much trouble. The turkeys mostly just wander around the neighborhood.
