{"id":145779,"date":"2025-05-21T02:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=145779"},"modified":"2025-05-20T18:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:55:58","slug":"wild-turkey-portraits-from-wichita-mountains-national-wildlife-refuge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/05\/21\/wild-turkey-portraits-from-wichita-mountains-national-wildlife-refuge\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Turkey Portraits From Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sharing a few Wild Turkey portraits taken last week near a creek at Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Comanche County, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"WildWild Turkey close up at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f11, 1\/400, ISO 500, -2.0 EV, Canon RF 800mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

A small flock of turkeys was foraging in the grasses near a creek surrounded by a forested area. With the 800mm lens I had on the Canon R7, I was able to take quite a few portraits of these large upland terrestrial birds.<\/p>\n

Through my viewfinder, I noticed that each turkey’s face, snood, wattle, and caruncles were different.<\/p>\n

\"WildWild Turkey portrait at Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f11, 1\/640, ISO 500, -2.0 EV, Canon RF 800mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

If I were able to hang around these Wild Turkeys on a daily basis, I think I\u2019d quickly be able to tell them apart.<\/p>\n

I wish I\u2019d had more time to photograph this small flock, but a pickup drove back and forth between the birds and me twice, and the turkeys were starting to get a little uneasy.<\/p>\n

\"PortraitPortrait of a Wild Turkey in Comanche County \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f11, 1\/640, ISO 500, -1.3 EV, Canon RF 800mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m very glad I had the Wild Turkeys in my viewfinder for as long as I did. Later, I’ll share some full-body photos of these big, handsome turkeys. They’re more boldly colored than the turkeys I find out in Utah.<\/p>\n

Until then, these portraits will have to do!<\/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":"

I’m sharing a few Wild Turkey portraits taken last week near a creek at Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Comanche County, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145770,"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":[16439,13973,16438,3793],"tags":[4004,4142,4062,3795,16467,4046,6432,165,5502,3796,5501,401,3794,8104],"class_list":["post-145779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comanche-county","category-oklahoma","category-wichita-mountains-wildlife-refuge","category-wild-turkeys","tag-adult","tag-close-up","tag-male","tag-meleagris-gallopavo","tag-oak-forest","tag-portrait","tag-rio-grande","tag-spring","tag-tom","tag-turkey","tag-turkeys","tag-upland-game-birds","tag-wild-turkey","tag-woodlands"],"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