Sunday was a great day for seeing birds... just not photographing them.

Let me explain.

After the eight inches of snow we received, I took the camera equipped with my 50mm lens 

to capture some hoar frost.

Afterwards, it was apparent the bird feeders needed filling, so I brought the camera back in and set it down on the dining room table. Grabbed the bird seed bucket and headed back out to the front yard. 

I was just about finished when, 10 or so wild turkeys flew into the yard, about 10 feet away from me.

And I kid you not, a red-shouldered hawk flew overhead at the same time.

Did I have my camera? Nope. Even if I did, it wouldn't have had the right lens on it.

Rats.

I did venture back out with the 70-300mm and sat under the pine trees for a bit,

hoping the turkeys or the hawk would return.

They didn't.

But I did get a good photo of a downy woodpecker.

Did you take any interesting photos this weekend? 

Or were you in Super Bowl mode?

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