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“On either side the wild roses, their pink dewy faces turned to the sun, tumbled over the fences, sprawled on the ground and filled the air with their pure summery smell.”
― Betty MacDonald, Nancy and Plum
Texture: Shadowhouse.
Grabbed my camera to shoot a big white anvil cloud, but by the time we walked around the block, this was what we saw.
Interesting Wild Turkey Facts
‧ The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and the Muscovy Duck are the only two domesticated birds native to the New World.
‧ In the early 1500s, European explorers brought home Wild Turkeys from Mexico, where native people had domesticated the birds centuries earlier. Turkeys quickly became popular on European menus thanks to their large size and rich taste from their diet of wild nuts. Later, when English colonists settled on the Atlantic Coast, they brought domesticated turkeys with them.
‧ The English name of the bird may be a holdover from early shipping routes that passed through the country of Turkey on their way to delivering the birds to European markets.
‧ Male Wild Turkeys provide no parental care. Newly hatched chicks follow the female, who feeds them for a few days until they learn to find food on their own. As the chicks grow, they band into groups composed of several hens and their broods. Winter groups sometimes exceed 200 turkeys.
‧ As Wild Turkey numbers dwindled through the early twentieth century, people began to look for ways to reintroduce this valuable game bird. Initially they tried releasing farm turkeys into the wild but those birds didn’t survive. In the 1940s, people began catching wild birds and transporting them to other areas. Such transplantations allowed Wild Turkeys to spread to all of the lower 48 states (plus Hawaii) and parts of southern Canada.
‧ Because of their large size, compact bones, and long-standing popularity as a dinner item, turkeys have a better known fossil record than most other birds. Turkey fossils have been unearthed across the southern United States and Mexico, some of them dating from thousands of years ago.
‧ When they need to, Turkeys can swim by tucking their wings in close, spreading their tails, and kicking.
-- Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff) --
‧ Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 800
‧ Aperture – f/7.1
‧ Exposure – 1/500 second
‧ Focal Length – 300mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Wild turkeys have subtly iridescent feathers, which look brown unless the light catches them just right. But this picture was taken from just the right angle, just about half an hour before sunset, when the sun was nearly level with my eyes.
Filoli Estate, San Mateo, Ca. Feb. 2023.
We came across this lovely meadow on a walk in Wharfedale, near Grassington. It’s Site of Special Scientific Interest as it has such a diverse range of plants.
Charlie, roaming the fields around our home. Mostly, however, he prefers the comforts of his dog bed near the fireplace.
(Texture courtesy Kerstin Frank)
Wild time
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Wild Iris at the Southern Oregon Coast.
I hate to focus stack but sometimes it's necessary. The flower was just a few inches away from the front element. I was hoping for a beautiful, colorful sunset, but blue's a color, right? And the blue color of the sky and the clouds actually complimented the bluish purple of the flowers I think.
This was taken during a Destination Earth Photography Workshop that my good friend Chris Byrne Photography and I conducted recently. Contact me for information about future photography adventures.
When I came across this tree, the fruit glinting in the darkness reminded me of one of those Old Master fruit paintings.
Taken on the bank of the river Yare in Norfolk.
Wild berries on the green
Spreading beauty, as they are seen
Hanging down, untamed and free
Underneath a Summer tree
Spreading beauty, to all eyes that look
At this page from natures book
Wild Coneflower on the back roads..It is so beautiful to see the wildflowers blooming on the side of the road . They are there naturally no planting them to come up in garden, no taking care of them to make them grow , they just grow in natures garden. Other name Echinacea