{"id":2369,"date":"2013-06-14T09:16:57","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2013-06-14T09:30:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:30:04","slug":"june-birds-and-insects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/14\/june-birds-and-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"June Birds and Insects"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Most of the photographs I made in June were done near water where thirsty birds\u00a0gather in late afternoon.\u00a0 The exception was a pair of Altamira orioles nesting on Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in the longest oriole nest I’ve ever seen.\u00a0 Their young should be fledging today, so I guess it will be another year before\u00a0I get to watch\u00a0the golden birds building another incredible nest.<\/div>\n

Some of the following shots are files I lifted from past\u00a0folders.\u00a0 I think you\u00a0saw the mud dauber photographs\u00a0about\u00a0two years ago.\u00a0 You didn’t see some of the images that showed\u00a0other\u00a0wasps, hornets and such\u00a0buzzing around the mud daubers’ heads.<\/p>\n

Some of the following photos\u00a0were done\u00a0at the Laguna Seca Ranch\u00a0last week.\u00a0 It was extremely hot for photography, but\u00a0 most of the birds visited the pond in late afternoon.\u00a0 We got painted buntings, Bullock’s orioles, great kiskadees, groove-billed anis, and several other species.\u00a0\u00a0All of the south Texas photo ranches are productive when the weather turns warm\u00a0(above 90).<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to click in the upper right portion of a photo to make it larger and sharper for viewing.\u00a0 You can click through the photos by going to the upper right area of each and clicking on “next”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Altamira oriole bringing food to its young.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Approximately half of the oriole nest above is visible in this photo with a\u00a0landing adult.\u00a0 The nest is approximately 20 feet up in a hackberry tree.\u00a0 Altamira orioles always build their nest on the northwest side of a tree to avoid the strong, prevailing southeast winds\u00a0of northeast Mexico and south Texas.<\/p>\n

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Adult altamira oriole leaving the nest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Brown-crested flycatcher marching to water, south Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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These photos were made at Santa Clara Ranch west of Edinburg, Texas.<\/p>\n

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greater roadrunner after dust bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Greater roadrunner enjoys a cool drink at the Santa Clara Ranch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hornets attending a mud-gathering mud dauber at a ranch photography pond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Hornet wondering why that mud dauber is standing on its head.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0following photos\u00a0were made at Laguna Seca Ranch while I was guiding four other photographers.<\/p>\n

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Male summer tanager perched close to fruiting manzanita (Barbedos cherry).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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male Bullock's oriole perched above potted plant brought from home for color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Great kiskadee eating a manzanita fruit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had a bad angle on this kiskadee.\u00a0 You should see the image Ed Jacoby captured!<\/p>\n

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Female painted bunting drying feathers after a good bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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painted bunting, male, flying down to an afternoon bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Courtship ritual of male northern cardinal feeding female.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In spring and early summer, if a male and female cardinal come to\u00a0your feeder\/water hole, be ready to capture this shot.\u00a0 He will feed her; you just have to supply the nice perch and quick\u00a0focus. Grab your “Swet Towel” (athletic cooling towel available on Amazon and at larger sporting goods stores like Academy)\u00a0and\u00a0Gatorade and head for the blind before the summer molt begins.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Most of the photographs I made in June were done near water where thirsty birds\u00a0gather in late afternoon.\u00a0 The exception was a pair of Altamira orioles nesting on Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in the longest oriole nest I’ve ever seen.\u00a0 Their young should be fledging today, so I guess it will be another year … Continue reading June Birds and Insects<\/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-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","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=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}