We have wild turkeys all over the place around here.
They can fly. They normally hang out on the ground but if they feel threatened they can fly to get away.
Regardless of the facts of turkeys and their ability to become airborne, the reference (if you are too young or weren't a fan) was regarding a WKRP episode, to which I posted an extremely cumbersome URL to.
A more abbreviated link is here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZByndN_ffyw
...and shame on you for threatening turkeys enough to make them fly away.
/sarcasm :-)