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The birds and deer were there long before it was a state park. The area used to belong to a railroad and was used as a water reservoir for steam engines at a rail yard a few miles away. Once steam engines started to die off it was converted to a hunting preserve for the railroad executives. Hunting was stopped in 1923 and the area became a nature preserve, but still owned by the railroad. They sold it to a developer in 1962 who wanted to put in a subdivision but was unable to get all of the necessary permits due to public pressure. It was purchased by the state in 1973 and became Tennessee's first official state natural area. Yes, I did have to Google all of thatThe reason there are always birds and deer around is because of the rules. Well, except for the instruments and weddings ones, those are just weird. But you're not allowed to pick flowers or mess with the resident critters in any state or national park. Many of the stricter ones with lots of traffic, like Yellowstone, you will most definitely earn a ranger lecture for going off the marked paths (unless you get a permit). You aren't supposed to take rocks or seashells either (although around here, the seashell thing is pretty much ignored). The rules have been standard for at least a couple of decades now.
I honestly never paid attention to the look of a turkey before. I always just see them at the dinner table haha. They are really interesting looking creatures. The feathers are what I'm most drawn to. Nice shots! Like others have mentioned the sharpness looks amazing.
I get flocks of them in my yard. Tried taking photos but they are super skittish. They do like to crap everywhere.
I think Turkeys are beautiful. I'm a nature freak, though. I love the first picture you took. The feathers almost look like they're made of metal.
Yup some ugly birds. Nice set of shots. We have wild turkeys all over the place around here. Not hard to get close to them at all. I also shoot with the Sigma 150-500mm lens. Very nice lens easy to hand hold and great for the price.