Lena Rosenblum and her family woke up yesterday morning to a loud crash at their Livingston home.

"I thought it was a tree that went through the roof," said Rosenblum, who lives with her husband, David, and their four children, ages 8 through 17. "We ran out of our rooms and downstairs, and my husband said, "'There is a turkey in the living room.'"

A wild female turkey flew through the large picture window of their Westmount Drive home and shattered the glass around 7 a.m. The turkey remained in the house for 15 to 20 minutes while the family waited for police to arrive, she said.

The turkey, standing roughly 2 feet tall, was likely being chased by a predator, Livingston police Lt. Ed Zielke said yesterday.

Rosenblum said the turkey remained still while in the house, with a cracked egg lying near it. Her two older children went back to bed after seeing what happened, and her two younger children stayed with her and husband -- and watched the turkey.