In the wild: Animals edition

[SKT]

Wild turkey starting to bunch up for fall at the farm

[SKT]

Really tried to get a decent pic of this whitetail deer bachelor group but still ended up pretty grainy.

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT Dang. That’s cool. Turkey's can be so elusive around my neck of the woods.

[SKT]

@Mizmazzle as fall wears on they’ll group up in flocks of 20-30. We’re really lucky in Missouri to have a large and healthy Eastern Wild Turkey population.

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT do you ever turkey hunt? Could be cool to have one for Thanksgiving.

[SKT]

@Mizmazzle I do. Fall and spring and usually with a bow.

[goosehd]

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

[Matt]

I never see owls in the wild. I think they’re the coolest.

[goosehd]

This one was less than 20 feet from me. I stood still and watched it as it did to me. I love owls and have a few species here. Posted a while back a snowy owl that took my breath away. I was shaking with excitement and awe as I took pictures of it.

[SKT]

Beautiful pics. It’s always exciting to be that close to truly wild animals. Something primal about it

[DeeDee85]

@goosehd wow!! Amazing

[seawolf]

I saw this gorgeous osprey when I was out on a bike ride the other day.

[Oaktavia]

@goosehd magical Barred owl! I saw one with Amanda while walking on the C & O Canal earlier in the year. I think I posted a photo on here. They are such amazing creatures, I love them so much. Seeing one in person is a treat.

[Danimal506]

@goosehd Super cool!

[Nocturama]

Good few years back now, but I unexpectedly saw a barn owl when out taking some landscape photos one evening. The camera was not set up for a movement shot, and the lens was less than ideal in terms of focal length (so this is a significant crop), but I was so pumped for seeing the bird, let along getting any kind of shot of it…

[goosehd]

@Nocturama still f’n outstanding!! Thank you for sharing

[Matt]

Your “bad” picture is 100x better than my good ones.

[Oaktavia]

@Nocturama duuude that's awesome

[Nocturama]

Thanks guys. My brother lives in an area where they have re-introduced the Red Kite (not far from @ARNC) and they are regularly seen scanning the ground at low level looking for an easy meal…