Turkeys in our meadow

We seem to be getting a lot of wild turkeys this year. I was just waking up when I heard a loud ‘gobble gobble’ sound from downstairs. I grabbed a camera and went down to find these four (I’ve seen as many as 16 at one time) just outside our sun room. Of course they quickly noticed me and started to take off, but I was able to get a few shots (including this one) before they disappeared over the horizon.

Taken with a Sony Alpha 500 and Tamron A18 AF 188-250mm f3.5-6.3.

Nor’Easter 1: Deer in the Meadow

We’ve had a doozy of a storm today. It started with rain last night, continuing through the night and the turning to snow in the morning. We didn’t have a lot of snow, but there was a lot of strong wind – strong enough to bring a large branch down from one of our trees. We have a three tiered gazebo and the smallest tier, right at the top was decapitated by the branch. The roof part is intact, but the part holding up the roof is damaged. Hopefully it won’t be too hard to fix.

The storm continues, but the rain/snow has decreased somewhat and the winds have lessened a bit. It should all be over later tonight and tomorrow is supposed to be a much nicer day.

At the height of the storm these deer (there were about eight in all) appeared in the meadow outside our sun room. The storm didn’t seem to bother them much.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.