{"id":77247,"date":"2019-10-19T05:50:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T11:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=77247"},"modified":"2019-10-19T05:50:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T11:50:45","slug":"wild-turkey-an-iridescent-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/wild-turkey-an-iridescent-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Turkey – An Iridescent Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the light hits Wild Turkeys just right their colors can be downright impressive.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/8, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning in the Stansbury Mountains this male was foraging with a group of other toms. I find turkeys in the area fairly often but usually all or most of them have been hens or younger birds so it was a treat to find this colorful gobbler and get a few photos of him isolated from the others in the small flock.<\/p>\n

In some small mountain towns in Utah turkeys are considered a pest by some so they’re trapped and relocated by DNR personnel but out here in the west desert mountains they’re much less common and far more elusive.<\/p>\n

I consider those birds to be a worthy quarry for my lens.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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When the light hits Wild Turkeys just right their colors can be downright impressive.<\/p>\n

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