Turkey Week #3: Ben Franklin vs. the National Bird

Will you roast the Founding Father's preferred national symbol next week? WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY PETER MOORE

WHEN OUR KIDS WERE LITTLE we took a nature cruise out of Port Clyde Harbor in Maine. Out on Casco Bay we heard a seagull commotion on Shag Ledges, so the captain swung by for a closer look. He soon regretted it. A gull mom and dad were dive-bombing their nest, and it became evident why: A bald eagle was sitting in the middle of a pile of squalling seagu…