{"id":1187,"date":"2011-02-28T21:41:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T03:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2011-02-28T21:45:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T03:45:37","slug":"spring-is-workshop-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/28\/spring-is-workshop-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring is Workshop Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring wasn’t slow\u00a0arriving in south Texas…one week we were in the 30s and\u00a0the next\u00a0week temperatures shot all the way up into the mid-90s.\u00a0\u00a0Green leaves are popping\u00a0out all over the place.\u00a0\u00a0All this warmth reminds me it is\u00a0Photo\u00a0Tour\/Workshop season again.\u00a0 Next week, the North American Nature Photography Association will hold their annual Summit in McAllen and several of us locals will be leading short photo trips.\u00a0 In April, I will be\u00a0doing workshops at FeatherFest in Galveston, then I’ll\u00a0scoot back to south\u00a0Texas for a Photo Tour\u00a0on South Padre Island\u00a0as migrating songbirds are arriving.\u00a0 Right after that, I will\u00a0drive out\u00a0west\u00a0for\u00a0the Hoak Ranch near Ozona, Texas.\u00a0\u00a0Then,\u00a0it’s on to\u00a0Caddo Lake in east Texas the first week of May.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just to remind you of what you are missing,\u00a0several photos from South Padre Island and Caddo Lake\u00a0follow this little discussion.\u00a0\u00a0There is still plenty of\u00a0room for South Padre Island and a spot or two\u00a0remain open for Caddo Lake.\u00a0 That one may fill before the weekend is over, so zip me a note if you have been meaning to register.\u00a0 The FeatherFest workshops are full as is the Hoak Ranch Workshop.\u00a0 Nevertheless, you should let me know if you want to be on the waiting list.\u00a0 Someone\u00a0could drop\u00a0out at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Remember to click on the upper right portion of a photo to open it in a larger, sharper format.\u00a0 From there,\u00a0just keep\u00a0clicking along\u00a0to see all the photos as a slide show.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Male Baltimore Orioles always draw a crowd of photographers at the woods on South Padre Island.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rose-breasted Grosbeaks always make an appearance on the island in mid-late April.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Black-bellied Plovers will be feeding along the beaches on South Padre Island in April.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Black-bellied Plovers and Ruddy Turnstones will be moulting into their breeding plumage as they prepare to head north from South Padre in April and early May.<\/p><\/div>\n

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It is not unusual to see several male indigo buntings feeding together in the brushy habitats on South Padre Island in April.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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During mid-April, various terns and gulls are breeding on beaches and mud-flats of South Padre Island.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We will spend at least one day of the South Padre Island Photo Tour photographing along the shoreline and from the World Birding Center boardwalk.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There is almost a half mile of boardwalk over salt and fresh-water marshes at the SPI World Birding Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Caddo Lake Photo Tour is by pontoon boat which can quitely cover hundreds of acres during each of our 5 outings.\u00a0 The first bird we photographed last year was the Cedar Waxwing.\u00a0 The trip is timed to coincide with the arrival of north-bound migrating songbirds and the early part of their breeding activity.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A nice Cedar Waxwing resting along the shoreline at Caddo Lake in early May.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\"Northern<\/a>
Northern Parulas are abundant in May at Caddo Lake. We always get several to pose on Spanish moss for photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Northern Parulas are constantly foraging for insects, even when posing for photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Elegant Great Egrets seem to be everywhere on Caddo Lake in the spring. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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\"Red-shouldered<\/a>
Red-shouldered Hawks feed and nest in the cypress woodlands on Caddo Lake. This young bird let us drift within photo range and held his perch for several minutes as we fired away. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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A spectacular male Yellow-throated Warbler always greets our photo group at the docks on Caddo Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The obsidian-colored eyes of a barred owl are fixed on 5 bird photographers who are thankful for this opportunity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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This Pileated Woodpecker was the last of the fabulous Caddo Lakes birds we photographed in 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sleeping raccoon in a Caddo Lake cypress tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Come on now; \u00a0don’t sleep through this opportunity.\u00a0 Register for one of these workshops today and enjoy some great spring nature\u00a0photography.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Best wishes to all,<\/div>\n
Larry<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spring wasn’t slow\u00a0arriving in south Texas…one week we were in the 30s and\u00a0the next\u00a0week temperatures shot all the way up into the mid-90s.\u00a0\u00a0Green leaves are popping\u00a0out all over the place.\u00a0\u00a0All this warmth reminds me it is\u00a0Photo\u00a0Tour\/Workshop season again.\u00a0 Next week, the North American Nature Photography Association will hold their annual Summit in McAllen and several … Continue reading Spring is Workshop Season<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}