{"id":54998,"date":"2018-11-14T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=54998"},"modified":"2025-10-18T14:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:10:42","slug":"photographing-wild-turkeys-in-the-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/11\/14\/photographing-wild-turkeys-in-the-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing Wild Turkeys In The Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WildWild Turkey standing at attention – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 800, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m always glad to see and photograph Wild Turkeys and most of the time I see them more than I can photograph them because they are often too far away but some days it does work out that I can have them in my viewfinder and click the shutter release.<\/p>\n

\"WaryWary Wild Turkey – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 800, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday was one of those days when I not only spotted them but had them in my viewfinder too up in the mountains as they quietly foraged in a clearing in the woods.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn over the shoulder look from a Wild Turkey – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 800, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

While most of the turkeys fed it seemed that for a bit at least one of the large birds was keeping a wary eye out for any dangers that might appear.<\/p>\n

\"WoodlandWoodland Wild Turkey – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 800, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

At times the turkey were almost too close for my normal bird photography set up which is my 500mm lens and the 1.4x TC attached so I clipped a few feet on some of my photos of these birds.<\/p>\n

\"WildWild Turkey in front of a gnarly juniper – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/3200, ISO 800, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I couldn’t tell what the turkeys were eating while they foraged but it might have been forbs or grasses because this photo showed grasses in the turkey’s bill.<\/p>\n

\"WildWild Turkey close up – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 800, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I only had a few minutes with these Wild Turkeys<\/span><\/a> but they actually made my day a bit brighter just by having them in my viewfinder.<\/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 always glad to see and photograph Wild Turkeys and most of the time I see them more than I can photograph them because they are often too far away but some days it does work out that I can have them in my viewfinder and click the shutter release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160812,"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":[27,1316,358,385,26,1314,3793],"tags":[6880,4142,3914,3795,6881,8301,8300,953,3796,5501,401,6344,3794,12898,5503],"class_list":["post-54998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-stansbury-mountains-utah","category-tooele-county","category-upland-game-birds","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","category-wild-turkeys","tag-attention","tag-close-up","tag-juniper","tag-meleagris-gallopavo","tag-over-the-shoulder-look","tag-photograph","tag-photographing","tag-standing","tag-turkey","tag-turkeys","tag-upland-game-birds","tag-wary","tag-wild-turkey","tag-woodland","tag-woods"],"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