{"id":131935,"date":"2023-03-12T06:02:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T12:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=131935"},"modified":"2023-03-12T06:32:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T12:32:08","slug":"wild-turkey-vertical-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/12\/wild-turkey-vertical-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Turkey Vertical Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning I finally found some Wild Turkeys on the “good light” side of the road. One of the hens impressed me with her athletic prowess when she….<\/p>\n

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took off almost straight up. I have no idea how a huge 10+ lb. bird can perform such a feat but for her it appeared to be ridiculously easy. For the sake of comparison, a Red-tailed Hawk weighs less than 1\/4th as much (2.4 lbs.) as your average Wild Turkey.<\/p>\n

A candidate for the Turkey Olympics?<\/p>\n

Her takeoff angle wasn’t quite straight up (vertical) but it was close, as evidenced by the push-off angle of her lower legs and feet. I was pretty close to her so I didn’t get any more flight shots without cutting off body parts but if I had to get only one, I’m glad it was this one.<\/p>\n

So, inquiring minds want to know – Why did she take off at such a crazy-steep angle?<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

She wanted to join her friends at the top of a pile of straw bales that was right in front of her. In this group I don’t know which turkey is her but she’s one of them.<\/p>\n

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