Alert Wild Turkey hen on a hay bale – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm, natural light
I’ve been enjoying seeing flocks of Wild Turkeys when I have been able to get out into the field lately. Some of the flocks have been on the smaller size but some have also been large. It is easy to see that the toms know it is breeding season because they have been displaying for the hens but for various reasons I have not been able to get decent images of the males strutting their stuff.
I have been able to get nice photos of a few hens though. These two photos were taken in northern Utah nine days ago, the turkey hens were feeding on something in stacked hay bales when a pickup truck coming down the road disturbed the peace and quiet.
Curious Wild Turkey Hen on a bale of hay – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/800, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light
The Wild Turkey hens flew off the bales of hay not long after I took these photos because of the pickup truck that rumbled by. They didn’t fly far, just to the nearby sagebrush dotted hillside but often times there was a fence in between the turkeys and I and I didn’t much care for the fence in my photos so those images will go into my delete bin.
I’m hoping to get back up into some mountains soon where I know more Wild Turkeys are because as much as I like the bales of hay in these photos I’d love to get photos of turkeys in more natural settings again. The snow up there should be melting soon and then the roads will open.
Life is good.
Mia
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Beautiful.
I too hope you can get into the mountains soon.
Thank you for your photos. My husband saw 2 wild turkeys stroll across our cul-de-sac on Thursday of this week, near old Wasatch Blvd. Wish I had been there with my camera.
Lovely ladies! Hope you’re able to get some shots that you like of the displaying toms. Unfortunately, my trip to a site where there are many wild turkeys has been cancelled, so no flock sightings for me this year. 🙁
It is just nice to be out. I like the soft cooing the turkeys make. I can almost hear it in the photos!
Love the shine in the light.
I love this photos. Beautiful.
This Robert Phillips. I would like a life-size pictures of Red-Shouldered hawk, a young Prairie falcon and the latest posting of a Harrier Hawk. Thank you for sending me the images of your photos and comments.
Wild turkeys, a glorious bird.