Wild wonderful day.

Came home tonight to a wild turkey standing in the front yard. Yes, a wild turkey. I've only seen one before in Washington, but here he was strutting his stuff. With the car comfy in the garage I grabbed my camera and made tracks down the outside stairs to get photos. Just like that he was off and flying high away from me. So no, photo this time... just a wonderful memory of a huge, wild turkey. Who knew they could fly like that, too?

I was almost disappointed until I heard the familiar buzz of a hummingbird behind me! They are back and I couldn't be any happier. We've been scratching our heads as to why they aren't back for a couple weeks. I've had two feeders up and ready for them... and I would check them daily to see if they might be back and feeding while I was at work. It's been wonderfully warm (broke records on Wednesday of 69 degrees)- and salmonberry and currant are blooming for their nectar-ing pleasure. Anyway, today I saw two- heard the familiar trumpets and even saw one working our feeder over. Today was a wonderful, wild day. I love spring so much and my heart just feels so joyful to see the tiny birds back. The cherry on the day-cake was that turkey. What a sight!