Wild Turkeys

[Canyon Hiker]

Saw a group of three this morning along my hike. It looked like one male and two female.











Darin

[Singletracklovr]

Wow nice.
Wild Turkeys are not easy to get close to. Looks like you got pretty close.

[paulnj]

not an easy animal to get close to. Great job!

[Loupey]

So colorful! The 3rd one looks almost like it could be a lawn ornament. Nice touch getting the motion blur of its foot.:thumbsup:

[Canyon Hiker]

Thanks for the replies.
I have been trying to get a decent shot of wild turkeys for a while. Its very rare too see them around here this time if year. Lucky I heard them before they saw. I tucked myself behind some bushed hoping they would stroll my way. After a 45 minute wait they wobbled on by me. I shot these at 270mm. Closest I have ever been able to get to them. I was able to get off about 50 shots before they figured out where I was. After the first click of the camera they were in defense mode..but they didn't know which direction to run.
I had my dog with me as well, a 1 year old chocolate lab..the challange was to keep him quite for that long 45 min wait while we watched them

Darin

[billy320]

I would usually have dozens of pictures of turkeys and deer by now, but I have not seen any this winter. They would come to eat what the birds drop around the feeders. I wonder whats going on ?

[Grandpaw]

Very nice series of shots. I like the color and the details in the third shot the best, Jeff

[apass]

Really great shots especially in the conditions you explained, having two young labs I know how difficult must have been to keep him to stay with all the bird scandal at short range.:thumbsup:

[scott-devon]

Beautiful shots, especially number 3. It must be something to be so close to these.