Susan's Scribblings the Blog

Sometimes nature is right in front of us, and in the most unexpected places. I caught shots of this trio of wild turkeys grazing in an empty lot at the corner of a residential block just minutes from my home.

Tom, Tim and Tam, as we’ll call them, apparently lurk in the woods when not making personal appearances, and vacation out of the country when Thanksgiving approaches.

It seems that wildlife appears to us more frequently now that we are encroaching more upon every speck of land on which we can build. All my life I’ve seen plenty of squirrels and birds, but over the past ten years have had first-time glances at chipmunks, deer and vultures in the open and within reach of a camera lens.

It’s a good idea to leave these creatures be.  They’re just being themselves in a world which, for them, is shrinking rapidly. Fortunately my small pocket camera lens captured this action from a decent distance, and my being there had no visible effect on them. Now that I’ve posted the photo, everybody can enjoy it, and the birds can continue strutting their stuff in peace.

I like photography for just that reason. It captures life as we don’t often get to see it, and nobody gets hurt.