A turkey flock forages through the bottomlands along the Wappinger Creek and, at night, roosts in the trees at the far end of our driveway:
I’m a sucker for that moon:
It’s rising into the eastward-bound cloud cover bringing a light snowfall, so we missed the penumbral eclipse.
If you’re counting turkeys, it’s easier with a contrasty IR image:
Mary recently counted forty turkeys on the ground, so that’s just part of their flock. I think their air boss assigns one turkey per branch for safety; they weigh upwards of 10 pounds each!
Taken with the DSC-H5 and DSC-F717, both the the 1.7× teleadapter, hand-held in cold weather.
Searching the blog for turkey will turn up more pix, including my favorite IR turkey shot.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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2 responses to “Monthly Image: Turkeys in the Trees”
Nice find and nice shots Ed! Makes me think back to a WKRP frozen turkey reference. ;-)
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