Turkeys

A collection of past and present images of turkeys in Spokane selected from our archive in celebration of Thanksgiving.

Section:Gallery

Tue., Nov. 3, 2009

Turkeys walk into Mountain View Middle School in Spokane Valley on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. The wild turkeys make a visit to the school almost every day.

Photo Archive The Spokesman-Review
Bloomsday Road Runners Club volunteer, Mary Jane Sullivan, waits for registrants early Thanksgiving morning prior to the start of the annual Turkey Trot at Manito Park.

Brian Plonka The Spokesman-Review
Candy Weaver heads to the starting line at the annual Turkey Trot at Manito Park on Thanksgiving morning.

Jed Conklin The Spokesman-Review
The Steele Turkey Farm on Moran Prairie.
Tommie Stobie, 6, play-acts with his axe in the Stobie turkey range.
Some of the 1400 turkeys at the W. W. Stobie farm, Route 3.

Photo Archive The Spokesman-Review
Martin the turkey strolls past the Heritage Funeral Home main entrance on Government Way in Spokane.

Liz Kishimoto The Spokesman-Review
John Lee Strachan, grandson of a local turkey farm owner, poses with two large turkeys shortly before they were taken to market a few days before Thanksgiving in 1945.

Photo Archive The Spokesman-Review
Wild turkey tracks on a farm in northern Spokane County.

Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
Wild turkeys become a nuisance to some rural landowners during winter - especially around livestock feeding operations such as the one pictured here in the foothills of Mount Spokane.

Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review
A turkey destined to become a centerpiece at the Ronald McDonald house waits for its feathers to be added by the second grade Moran Prairie class. School teacher, Alice Peterson, has established a tradition of remembering a former student by dedicating a holiday project to a local charity.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
Annika Lucke writes a holiday card to go with her centerpiece turkey that will be given to the Ronald McDonald house in Spokane.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
SpokAnimal officer, Shane Presley, tries to herd some wild turkeys from an residential area.

Christopher Anderson The Spokesman-Review
A wild turkey walks through the snow in Mica Flats.

Kathy Plonka The Spokesman-Review
Wild turkeys search for food in the deep winter snow along the foothills of Mount Spokane.

Rich Landers The Spokesman-Review