{"id":137565,"date":"2024-11-28T02:27:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=137565"},"modified":"2025-05-20T18:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:39:12","slug":"wild-turkey-images-happy-thanksgiving-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/11\/28\/wild-turkey-images-happy-thanksgiving-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Turkey Images – Happy Thanksgiving 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I’m sharing Wild Turkey images of foraging hens I found in the Stansbury Mountains of northern Utah because it’s Thanksgiving Day.<\/p>\n

\"ForagingForaging Wild Turkey hen in the mountains of the West Desert \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a lovely day when I photographed these Wild Turkeys for well over an hour in beautiful light. That light even highlighted some of the iridescence in their feathers.<\/p>\n

The turkeys were so busy foraging that they paid me no attention, except to glance directly at me before resuming their search for food.<\/p>\n

\"LateLate September Wild Turkey hen close up \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

By September in the Stansbury Mountains of Utah, the temperatures can be cool in the early morning hours\u2014or at least they used to be. Climate change has made an impact there.<\/p>\n

In the mountains, these Wild Turkeys don’t seem to have any difficulty finding food, and somehow they make it through the harsh, cold winter, looking very healthy in the spring.<\/p>\n

\"FearlessFearless Wild Turkey hen \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t photographed any Wild Turkeys in Arkansas, but I did find a few at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma earlier this spring.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m grateful that I found and photographed a flock of Wild Turkeys in September 2020, so I can share these photos today.<\/p>\n

Wishing each of you a Happy Thanksgiving filled with warmth, joy, and moments to cherish!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Wild Turkey photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, I’m sharing Wild Turkey images of foraging hens I found in the Stansbury Mountains of northern Utah because it’s Thanksgiving Day. It was a lovely day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,358,26,1314,3793],"tags":[970,3940,4142,12327,4620,9223,4070,4136,4359,3795,4069,4046,10452,4210,3796,5501,3794],"class_list":["post-137565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","category-wild-turkeys","tag-autumn","tag-canyon","tag-close-up","tag-desert-mountains","tag-fall","tag-fearless","tag-female","tag-foraging","tag-hen","tag-meleagris-gallopavo","tag-mountains","tag-portrait","tag-sky-island-mountains","tag-stansbury-mountains","tag-turkey","tag-turkeys","tag-wild-turkey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t