Sentences with phrase «rare as turkey»

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When turkeys first appeared in England they would have been a rare sight and the first ones are more likely to have been kept as pets for display of wealth rather than served as food.

In addition to this ancient metropolis being one of the most interesting, and certainly largest Maya archaeological sites anywhere, the Mountain Pine Ridge and areas surrounding Caracol provide some of the best birding around, filled with neotropical forest species such as Keel - billed Motmots, Violaceous Trogons, Ocellated Turkeys, Crested Guans, Great Curassows, and, for the lucky, the rare and humongous Harpy Eagle.