Almost forgot to include this little chap. Here he is in all his glory. Their call sounds like someone shouting goback, goback go backbackbakcbackback. :-D He was sitting on a fence just at the side of the road. By the way that isn't snow behind him it's frost!!!
Bethie our last frost date varies widely. There was a year we had severe frosts at the end of May and deep snow on 1st June.
Well, isn't he a fine, fancy fowl? I like your description of his call ". . . sounds like someone shouting goback, goback go backbackbakcbackback" I wonder if I could station one at the end of my driveway