When I glanced out the window yesterday evening, I was surprised to see someone strolling in the garden…a turkey! The big bird seemed to be on its own, and appeared to be enjoying the floral display. It casually paced up and down the yard before disappearing into undergrowth at the side of the lawn. Although we do occasionally have a small flock of turkeys drop by to check out the bird feeder, I don’t put out seed in the summer, and haven’t had any turkey visitors in quite a while.
Today it was hot, hot, hot. Like much of the continent, we have been caught up in a major heat wave. Over a dozen daytime heat records were broken across southern Ontario and southern Quebec, and in Ottawa, the temperature climbed to 36, with the accompanying high humidity resulting in a Humidex reading of 45 degrees C (113 F). No gardening today!
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Poor turkey looks hot, the way its wings are held open. They were the same way around here. I hate this kind of weather. It makes me want to crawl into bed and stay there until the weather gets more civilized again.
Where there is 1 turkey there is usually more … wonder where the others were?
Sheri — maybe the turkey was looking for a cool drink. It has to be as difficult on the wildlife as it is us. — barbara
Louise, you’re right, I didn’t really notice his wings open. But it would be hard NOT to be hot…
I don’t know what happened to the rest of the flock, there was no sign of them, Crafty. It may be something to do with the post-breeding season dispersal.
Barbara, I do have a couple of bird baths in the yard, a taller and a shorter one, but there is also a large pond in the field that wildlife have access to, plus the river running by, so we’re lucky that way.