{"id":3296,"date":"2015-08-07T13:49:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T18:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2015-08-07T13:49:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T18:49:03","slug":"bird-diversity-of-se-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/07\/bird-diversity-of-se-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Diversity of SE Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April, I guided a group of photographers on a three day instructional photo tour into southeast Arizona.\u00a0 I’d always heard about how great the birding and bird diversity are in that place, but seeing is believing.<\/p>\n

With the heavy rains throughout last summer, autumn and winter, the vegetation was lush and the birds were scattered.\u00a0 Water was abundant so the bird concentrations were not as good as usual.<\/p>\n

The weather was great.\u00a0 Our cabins were at about 5,000 feet so the temperatures were really nice.\u00a0 If I’d known how hot it was going to get in south Texas this year, I might have stayed on in Arizona.<\/p>\n

The group did a lot of photography at my high-speed flash setup for hummingbirds.\u00a0 Because the birds were scattered, we\u00a0only got three species of hummers…blue-throated, broad-billed and black-chinned.\u00a0 Everybody got tons of good images at the setup, however.<\/p>\n

Click on an image to enlarge and sharpen it.\u00a0 Click on the right edge of each photo to bring up the next image.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Acorn<\/a>
Acorn Woodpecker on agave.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Arizona<\/a>
Arizona Woodpecker, female on alligator juniper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Western<\/a>
Western Tanager male on agave.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Black-chinned<\/a>
Black-chinned Hummingbird male feeding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This male black-chinned hummingbird was photographed with natural light at 1\/400 second, f4 @ ISO 640 with the new Canon 7D II.<\/p>\n

\"Blue-throated<\/a>
Blue-throated Hummingbird in flight, Az.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Blue-throated<\/a>
Blue-throated Hummingbird in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Blue-throated<\/a>
Blue-throated Hummingbird in Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Broad-billed<\/a>
Broad-billed Hummingbird, male in flight, Az.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gambel's<\/a>
Gambel’s Quail male perched in dead willow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gambel's<\/a>
Gambel’s Quail stand in shaded brush with evening sunlight streaming through.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Young<\/a>
Young male Lazuli Bunting, Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hepatic<\/a>
Hepatic Tanager on century plant, Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My first hepatic tanager (above) was shy but posed for a few images.<\/p>\n

\"Band-tailed<\/a>
Band-tailed Pigeon in juniper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painted<\/a>
Painted Redstart with spiders, Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painted<\/a>
Painted Redstart with spider, Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painted<\/a>
Painted Redstart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These painted redstart photos were my first, too.\u00a0 This hyper little bird was feeding young, but allowed our entire group to stand on the walking trail and photograph.\u00a0 Talking about a difficult exposure…a black and white bird with a red breast.<\/p>\n

I left that magnificent hummingbird dream photo out in Arizona, but just seeing it was a big reward for the effort.<\/p>\n

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

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