"The apple tree across the way was host to fifteen or so wild turkeys in the middle of the afternoon, and about the same number of deer"

I have this interesting mental picture of deer up in the branches with the turkeys *g*...

(An indication of turkeys being imported to the UK -- if there are any wild ones (I've never seen any), they escaped from farms here. Wild deer, on the other hand, we have, and in some cases are regarded as pests because of the damage they cause; in some others the residents just get fed up with eating venison. I would like to have the opportunity to get bored with eating venison...)