Strutting His Stuff

April 10, 2012  •  Leave a Comment

Day 101

I've seen wild turkeys out in fields before, but have never seen a big old tom turkey strutting around, never mind one close enough to photograph. Look at this guy, he thinks he is all that and a bag of chips, there were a few hens nearby so he was all puffed up showing off his stuff. It's spring after all and he's all decked out in his finery looking for love. I guess because I had never seen a wild turkey showing off before so I never realized the colors and patterns of the feathers, look at the iridescent shine on the breast feathers, almost like mirrors they are so shiny. Everyday I am amazed by nature and it's beauty, even in something as ordinary as a turkey.

 

"To the artis there is never anything ugly in nature." -Auguste Rodin

 

 

 

 


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