Ungainly looking black blob in tree...

... Is a grazing wild turkey!

So there I am, minding my own business, driving along the back roads of Pontiac, where I live in the Outaouais. Suddenly, I spy it: a large ungainly black “blob” up in the wild apple tree.

Wild turkey!

There it was, gorging on last season’s now-frozen apples on the tree.

Stopped the car, tried to get a shot -- but as many of you will understand, these wily wild birds are shy and so I missed getting any photographs. It’s one of those special memories I will treasure.