Jumping from January into March, I found myself back at Laguna Seca Photo Ranch.  These trips sandwiched many days of working on photo files and shooting magazine assignments.  Winter just slipped by while I was housebound.

Anyway, the following shots reflect a day of wonderful  photography, mostly from the regular blinds.  I kept only one photo from the raptor blind shoot in the morning.  About mid-afternoon, a batch of wild turkeys began coming and going from the pond at my afternoon blind.  The flock included several large gobblers who were strutting and gobbling for about two hours.

I really like the curled primary feathers on the landing bird.

It takes some skill to work a box call and then grab the camera to capture the gobbler’s reply.  In this case, I handed the call to another photographer and asked him to give it one squawk.  I was ready.

These turkeys were a total surprise for me.  It’s the first time I’ve seen gobblers at Laguna Seca Ranch, but hopefully not the last.

Larry