The Minnesota duo was the latest in a long line of lucky birds to be pardoned by the commander-in-chief in an annual Thanksgiving tradition.

In Minnesota, they rank as one of the Department of Natural Resources’ best comeback stories. Turkeys from Missouri were brought to southeastern Minnesota in the 1970s, and they’ve been expanding west toward the Dakotas and north beyond Grand Rapids since then, said Nate Huck, a resident game bird specialist for the DNR.

U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned Peach and Blossom, two white-plumed turkeys, on Monday, sparing them from Thanksgiving dinner tables, an annual tradition that also marked the start of the Democrat's last holiday season at the White House.