Hello lovers of feathered friends. We welcome Round 67 of this awesome challenge, the SMAP or Show Me A Picture Contest, hosted by the very charming @nelinoeva. With a little over 20 hours to the post payout I might as well say farewell to this Round as well and just hope I still make the deadline by the time I finish this post. The contest post with the rules can be found here.
The theme for this week is:
MALE BIRDS
I was actually going to feature again some male bird art I saw in an art exhibition held here in our city last month. However, yesterday I had the good fortune to meet and take pictures of a feathered friend which to my mind is as male as one can be. Really. Here he is.
The Bronze Turkey. It is also called the Standard Bronze. A domestic turkey breed said to have originated from Europe crossed with eastern wild turkeys. Fancy seeing one here, of all places.
I was in this place, which is a reclaimed area, to have my car tested for emission level which is a requirement for the annual registration renewal. While I was waiting for my turn, I happened to see something moving from afar that looked like a big dark blob with an open hand fan behind it. This is how I first saw it
Realizing what it is I immediately walked towards it and all the while thinking SMAP. SMAP. SMAP.
So I followed it around and took pictures of it which he did not seem to mind. In fact it even faced me and moved closer towards me. What a cooperative model.
And that's all for this post. You might be wondering what that boat is doing in the background. As I mentioned earlier this area is a reclaimed one which means the spot where I was standing on used to be the sea already. Cool huh? At the far end where the posts are is a coastal road which is being built and nearing completion.
Thanks to all our sponsors The Feathered Friends Community and @melinda010100, our artist extraordinaire support @barbara-orenya, to @ecency.com and our hard-working judge @oks2crypto. Keep safe everyone.
(All photos are mine.)
Strut and gobble.
Gobble gobble.
How cool to have this wonderful model for the contest. 😀
The turkey has a lot to show, awesome male.
Heaven sent. I was actually thinking about SMAP and what I was going to enter when he lumbered about from a distant. Good I was in SMAP mode 😊
The turkey was a great model. 🦃
Hi there @redheadpei. Great to hear from you. I hope you are doing all right. Thanks for the appreciation. Good thing that turkey moved ever so slowly. I was able to get decent shots of him. Keep safe. 🤗
Hi @gems.and.cookies. I am well and hope you and your family are too. Yes, the turkey was cooperative and you were able to capture lovely photos. He must have known you are a kind, gentle soul and didn’t intend to kill him for dinner. 😊
Have a wonderful rest of the week, my friend.
Ha ha ha. Thank you for your wonderful words. Keep safe too and see you around. 😊