As Brown students flocked back to campus last weekend, they may have noticed a large brown bird wandering the streets. He is known as the College Hill turkey — a moniker the Providence community has lovingly bestowed upon the bird.
The turkey is male and most likely “anywhere between one and four years old,” according to Sheida Soleimani, the founder of Providence-based wild bird clinic Congress of the Birds.
The tom, a term for wild male turkeys, likely settled down in College Hill during his quest for a partner during mating season, Soleimani said. But he does not seem to have found one…