Camera Critters in Shadow

Big Birds, Little Birds

Some of you as regular readers know that wild turkeys cross my property at all times of the year. In the past few weeks a large rafter of them have paid many visits. There are about twenty-five in the group and on one occasion two gobblers accompanied them. I took this photo out of my dining room window yesterday morning as they wandered through my back yard. Here you see the long shadows of the trees in the woods behind them.The sun was quite bright as it shone through the wattle of this  turkey.A pair of woodpeckers visit the suet feeders on a daily basis.

The little nuthatches are always grabbing a bite and flying off and almost always I catch them with their heads pointing down. I like that this one decided to stop for a quick pose with his mouth full.
Linking to Camera Critters and Shadow Shot Sunday 2.

Gobble, Gobble

It was a cold rainy afternoon on Saturday. Hubby and I had been sitting watching TV when he went to get something out of the kitchen. On his return he looked out the sunroom window and saw a rafter of turkeys. Of course I headed for my camera. We usually see them during breeding time and up into fall but it had been a few months since any had crossed our wooded backyard.The one lone turkey above found its way outside my window where he snacked on the fallen birdseed from the feeder.Monday afternoon they returned. I was pretty excited because the day was sunny and it made for a better opportunity to try to capture them as I was again shooting through the window. In this photo you can count seventeen and another eight at least were to the right that I couldn't get in the photo. I have never seen this many at one time in the four and a half years we have lived here. Did you notice the one odd one to the left by the bush?Here is a better closeup. I've never seen one this color in the wild. She looks more like a domestic turkey. There were two colored as such and both were here Saturday and Monday. My afternoons will now be spent watching and waiting to see if they return.

(be sure to click to enlarge for best detail)

Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday.