President's Day A great day for taking pictures

On President's Day ,being lucky enough to have the day of from work I decided to go meet up with a good friend for a day of photography. Meeting him at his house just around day break we loaded our equipment up and headed to our favorite spot to take wildlife pictures. Once we arrived and got our equipment set up it wasn't long before the wildlife started showing up.

First a few deer showed up and not far behind them some turkeys. I have never been able to get any good pictures of turkeys yet as i have just recently purchased a good digital SLR. Thanks to a couple of friends loaning me some more powerful lenses I was able to get some decent pictures today. Some may say these are not very high quality pictures but for now I am pretty satisfied.

This flock of turkeys showed up shortly after daylight and feed for several minutes in front of us allowing for some very good shots.

This is probably one of the best shots I have ever gotten of a strutting gobbler. Although not a great shot it is fairly good for the equipment I was using.

While photographing the turkeys a gray squirrell showed up very close to us and offered a good opportunity to photograph him.

This woodpecker also came in to the feeding station and at first I thought the picture was useless but after a few minutes of editing I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome.

And finally what better way to end a day of photography on Presidents Day than with a rare opportunity to photograph our National Symbol the Bald Eagle. This particular eagle had been feeding on a deer carcass that was lying along a stream. It allowed us to take several shots before finally flying off. It has been a long time since I have had a day with this much excitement. A much deserved thanks to Willard Hill for allowing me the use of some of his quality equipment to capture a shot of what some people in our area only dream of seeing.

Thanks for looking. Any and all coments are welcome.

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