{"id":2295,"date":"2013-05-04T18:08:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T23:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2013-05-04T18:13:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T23:13:24","slug":"splash-of-color-on-south-padre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/04\/splash-of-color-on-south-padre\/","title":{"rendered":"Splash of Color on South Padre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, (Dr.) Beto Gutierrez and I got up with the dawn and headed to South Padre Island for what we were sure would be a big day of photographing songbirds in migration.\u00a0 We weren’t disappointed even though a 30 mph wind was blowing out of the north.\u00a0 Many species went un-photographed but\u00a0following this paragraph are\u00a0a few samples\u00a0of what we captured.\u00a0 Some of these shots are on a log perch furnished by photographer Stephen Sinclair and some are on natural perches.\u00a0 As always, the color splash was fantastic as we got birds with red, yellow, blue, orange, black, white, green, etc.\u00a0 and that was just the warblers and tanagers.\u00a0 Very few grosbeaks and orioles were in the area after last week’s big fallout.<\/p>\n

View these photos by clicking in the upper right portion of the shot to make it larger and<\/span> sharper.\u00a0 You will see the advance button, just click it to bring up the next photo<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Male Indigo Bunting in the Convention Center habitat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Prothonotary Warbler male with meal worm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird chasing another male.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Juvenile Bay-breasted Warbler perched in Convention Center woods on South Padre Island.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Cape May Warbler male foraging in tepeguaje tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tennessee Warblers feeding on insects and insect eggs in a mesquite tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Black-and-White Warbler checking under tree bark for insects and other invertebrates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Chestnut-sided Warbler grabbing a mealworm and jumping into the air before another bird can snatch it away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A "still" Chestnut-sided Warbler on the hunt for food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Western Tanager male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Worm-eating Warbler resting in a small habitat before heading north.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Yellow Warbler male about to snatch a bug from the leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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All of these photos were captured with a Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 500 mm lens, 1.4 X tele-extender, extension tube (25 mm), Canon 580 flash, Feisol tripod and Wimberley head.\u00a0 I always have aching shoulders at the end of a photo day, but it takes all this equipment to get these kinds of photos.\u00a0 Most of these birds were photographed at 1\/800\u00a0to 1\/1250 second in the shade.\u00a0 You\u00a0will recognize\u00a0the daylight shots.<\/p>\n

Thanks to all the volunteers who feed the birds as they rest in the small habitat on the island and special thanks to Will and\u00a0Jill Carter who started planting these trees almost two decades ago.<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoyed the spring migration.<\/p>\n

Larry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, (Dr.) Beto Gutierrez and I got up with the dawn and headed to South Padre Island for what we were sure would be a big day of photographing songbirds in migration.\u00a0 We weren’t disappointed even though a 30 mph wind was blowing out of the north.\u00a0 Many species went un-photographed but\u00a0following this paragraph are\u00a0a … Continue reading Splash of Color on South Padre<\/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-2295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295","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=2295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2312,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions\/2312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}