Smoke phase Wild Turkey hen with a soda can – Nikon D500, f9, 1/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light, not baited or called in
I was able to find and photograph the smoke phase Wild Turkey hen again and for the most part I am happy with the few images I took of her as she walked in the snow that fell overnight.
Why only for the most part?
Because there is a red soda can in most of the frames. Someone at sometime had tossed a soda can into the junipers and the Wild Turkey hen walked right in front of it during the few seconds she was out in the open. Who knows how long that soda can has been laying there. I didn’t even notice it while I was taking photos of the hen, I was that focused on taking photos of her.
So a thoughtlessly tossed soda can ruined most of the photos I took of this hen. If I had noticed the soda can as I took photos of this hen I would have sat and waited for the turkeys to leave and then walked over and retrieved it, but sadly I didn’t see it at the time.
People who throw trash in the woods aren’t the kind of people I want to know. They aren’t the kind of people I would want to be friends with. They are not the kind of people I would or could respect or admire.
They are the kind of people I would like to educate about how wrong it is to toss their garbage anywhere they please and how their trash can injure and even kill wildlife.
To those people I say: Pack it in, pack it out. Please take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
Smoke phase Wild Turkey hen in Junipers – Nikon D500, f9, 1/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light, not baited or called in
After the smoke phase Wild Turkey hen moved forward I was glad that there were a few photos in the series I took of her that didn’t have the soda can in them and that she looked towards me. She is a beautiful, unusual turkey.
I wanted better photos of the smoke phase wild turkey hen because when I found and photographed her the day before I had parts of the junipers in the photos I took of her. That really sucked.
I also took a long series of images of a displaying tom yesterday but I haven’t had the time to go through them so I will hold onto those for another post on another day.
Life is good. Be safe.
Mia
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I share your feelings about the thoughtless trash chuckers. And wonder whether they are as careless in their own homes. I suspect not – which makes it an even more selfish act.
Thank you for sharing this beauty.
Stay well, stay safe.
Those people may give you some resistance at being “taught.” Not who I want to be with, either. But glad you got more shots of the turkey, because I can see the detail here better.Very pretty.
I hadn’t noticed the can right off in the first shot because I was thinking how cold her little tootsies must be walking through the patch of snow. I do like the second shot a bit more because of that slight head turn toward you. She is a pretty lady, indeed.
She really is a beautiful bird. I love the 2nd photo. Very nice. Some people are just plain thoughtless.
She is beautiful, I am happy you found her again.
That second shot with the significant red just in the neck feathers is pretty darn nice!
Love the turkey photos.