Wild Turkeys in March - I.

 

I was photographing a flock of chaotic Wild Turkeys in our local park, and nothing much was happening until one adventurous Turkey left the flock and decided to take a short rest in the snow.  

Suddenly it seemed like an interesting idea to take portraits of Turkeys instead of trying and failing to take photos of the entire flock.

This Turkey ended up next to a pine tree with fresh snow that slightly obscured Turkey's beak, but its eyes turned out to be sharp and this is the main thing.

A Wild Turkey bathes in the sun and enjoys a sunny morning.

Life goes on.

Wild Turkeys

Every fall I visit our local Beau pond hoping to see Wild Turkeys that love to spend the early morning hours there.  This morning luck was on my side and I met a fairly large flock of Wild Turkeys.

My first photograph of Wild Turkey pleasantly surprised me with its pleasant blur background.

This Turkey decided to leave her flock and walk around, but very soon changed its mind and returned to the flock.  What a pity.  I was going to follow it.

The Wild Turkey is certainly very expressive and has a character.

It would be nice to take a promenade along the paved road and show off in all my glory.

Life goes on.

Female Wild Turkey with an Injured Leg

 

This early morning I came again to our local park hoping to see a flock of Wild Turkeys instead I found the lonely female Turkey there. She was limping and moving slowly.  One of her legs was probably injured and it was heartbreaking.  

The bird had a difficult time to step on her right leg but she managed to get to the swamp.

and then the Wild Turkey started to drink water...

What happened next?  The Turkey slowly crossed the road and headed into the woods and was gone.

Will this Wild Turkey survive having an injured leg?  Can an injured leg be eventually healed?  Will the Wild Turkey adapt being one-legged?  Questions, questions and no answers...

  

Generally, life is good!   Not today.

Wild Turkeys -2.

The same place, different day.
 Something special about this log, 
 Wild Turkeys come to rest on it, 
clean themselves and have a short nap.