{"id":57921,"date":"2019-05-18T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T12:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=57921"},"modified":"2025-10-18T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:22:43","slug":"west-desert-wild-turkey-hen-at-the-edge-of-a-meadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/05\/18\/west-desert-wild-turkey-hen-at-the-edge-of-a-meadow\/","title":{"rendered":"West Desert Wild Turkey Hen At The Edge Of A Meadow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WildWild Turkey hen at the edge of a meadow – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/400, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

In my post about Chipping Sparrows, Wild Turkeys and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds<\/span><\/a> earlier this week I mentioned that I had taken more photos of the turkey hen so this morning I thought I’d share one more photo of her.<\/p>\n

As the hen Wild Turkey moved the the grasses of the small meadow she was headed towards the edge where the trees and shrubs started and when she paused there briefly I liked how she had darkness behind her while she was framed by the bright spring leaves of some kind of currant shrubs. I wasn’t close enough to be able to tell what kind of currants they were but they certainly were tall.<\/p>\n

When I see turkeys out in the field I am not always able to photograph them because they can disappear so quickly for such large birds so I appreciate it when I can lock focus on them and fire away. I was surprised that the two hens I saw in the meadow that morning didn’t have young with them. Maybe they didn’t breed this spring or perhaps they lost their clutches, I can’t say for sure. I hope I’ll see some turkey chicks the next time I find some hens.<\/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

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In my post about Chipping Sparrows, Wild Turkeys and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds earlier this week I mentioned that I had taken more photos of the turkey hen so this morning I thought I’d share one more photo of her. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160825,"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":[27,1316,358,26,1314,3793],"tags":[3747,4359,7176,3795,4076,3796,5501,3794,5503],"class_list":["post-57921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-stansbury-mountains-utah","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","category-wild-turkeys","tag-grass","tag-hen","tag-meadow","tag-meleagris-gallopavo","tag-trees","tag-turkey","tag-turkeys","tag-wild-turkey","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