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Turkey Tease
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Turkey Tease

by Mike Ramy

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted December 9, 20162,313 views4 comments
From this year's Florida Spring Break Tour on a side cove off the St Johns River. There a several, what I call Eagle Trees, in the area where I conduct my tour each year. These are excellent perching trees for the local Eagles to survey their territory and watch the Ospreys fish. Each tree has multiple Osprey nest with mating pairs within view and they are ready to swoop in and try and steal any and all fish caught by the Ospreys. This particular morning while we were making the rounds, to my surprise, there was a lone Turkey enjoying this eagle tree, something I've never seen before in my many years of coming to this area. We waited awhile to see what may happen to the Turkey if an Eagle did show up but were not so lucky this day. Cropped to 8 x 10 format all off the right side, hand held from boat.

Please see Large Version for better detail by clicking on image  - -  Largest Version HERE

File name    RAMY_3960_SD4
Camera Model    Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Shooting Date/Time    4/7/2016 11:28:57 AM
Author    Michael Ramy
Copyright Notice    CopyRight Rock Art, Ltd All Rights Reserved  
Shooting Mode    Shutter-Priority AE
Tv(Shutter Speed)    1/1600
Av(Aperture Value)    11
Metering Mode    Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation    -1/3
ISO Speed    400
Lens    EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Focal Length    400.0mm

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 10, 2016 at 9:17 AM
This is a beautiful habitat shot, Mike.  I like the way the turkey is perched up and its alert look.  Too bad neither of us was fast enough to catch that one that flew across in front of us one day.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 10, 2016 at 11:33 AM
Great color in this Turkey image.  Unique also.  For the size of the turkey in the image the detail is great.  Thanks for sharing.
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Comment posted by Jim Lockhart on December 10, 2016 at 8:40 PM
Didn't know there were turkeys in Florida!  Just seems incongruous seeing a turkey near a palm tree.  Detail in the larger photo is super Mike.  Maybe he's watched the eagles do their thing and thought he'd try it...sad
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 11, 2016 at 8:37 AM
A neat view of a turkey in unusual habitat, Mike.  It does seem strange to see one perched on a dead tree out in the open.  The scattered clouds make a fine background.
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