I like to get some gardening in every morning before work. I’m increasingly impressed by what these wild turkeys do. I guess I didn’t realize how urban we were in the East Bay because where we lived these birds were not to be found, even when I was growing up in Hayward.

Now living in Vallejo, living adjacent to a significantly-sized state park (Benicia) these birds encroach on our neighborhood with no fear, and the quiet streets are probably an open invitation. Until recently, I did not know they could leap onto roofs, but this morning it was on a different level, and certainly nothing I’ve seen in over three years of living here. I find it endearing that they were speaking to each other from one neighbor’s rooftop to another. While I didn’t capture it on camera, two of them flew inches above my head when flying back to the cul-de-sac behind our house from my next-door neighbor’s house right after I took this footage. En garde!