Why, to get to the reservoir! They left the synagogue grounds, probably praying that no one would hit them as they crossed the road to get to the lovely reservoir/open space on the other side. Seriously, we have an overpopulation of wild turkeys here. You can't harm them but to some people whose yards they overrun the turkeys are looking more and more like dinner. Maybe Ben Franklin was right and we should have made the turkey the national bird. They adapted quite well to suburbia and we can't, um, prepare the wild ones here for Thanksgiving.