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Not a turkey - but possibly being eaten on Thanksgiving anyway.
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And by the way, this turkey guinea fowl really has been running around Rainey Street for the past couple months or so. I hope whoever is keeping it doesn’t plan to eat it. 
About amber guginoAmber Gugino is a downtown stakeholder who has an avid interest in all things fun, funky, and food-related. She currently enjoys and embraces an urban, density focused lifestyle.
She is an active board member of the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association, a member of the Cap-Metro Customer Satisfaction Advisory Committee, and she occasionally scores a small acting gig around town.
Actually, that looks more like a guinea fowl than a turkey. If you listen to it and it says “pot-rack” rather than “gobble”, it is not a turkey. Just saying.
definitely NOT a turkey. paul’s right. it’s a guinea.
Of course! Leave it to the long-time vegetarian to get her poultry mixed up!
Nonetheless, I haven’t seen him around since Thanksgiving day – maybe his owners used a guinea substitute for their meal.
I ALWAYS see this bird. For a long time my boyfriend didn’t believe that there was a rather enormous bird by the roundabout in the mornings–now I have proof!