Visitors to the Peace Garden

Last week I was so surprised to see this visitor to my garden.

Walking around upright he is about 5 feet tall and as you can see he

is a very large bird. I am guessing that he is a Wild Turkey.

I ran to get my camera and he jumped into the tree. He just seemed cautious, definitely did not appear to be afraid. I left after awhile so I have no idea how long he was in the tree or where he came from.

I live in central downtown Buffalo so this was a very unusual, but welcome,

visitor to the Peace Garden.

And then...........two days later I look outside and observe this very large

Rabbit hopping around in my garden.

As you can see, he was looking at me but did not scamper away.

Now I know that my friends who live in the country probably see such visitors

frequently, but as I mentioned before, I live downtown, in a very

busy area, so forgive me for my excitement.

Could it be that they were just lost - or do you think they are hungry?

Is there a food shortage going on in the wildlife world that I am not

aware of?

Anyway, they both brought me joy :-)

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