{"id":3636,"date":"2016-03-28T18:05:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2016-03-28T20:02:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T01:02:21","slug":"spring-arrives-in-texas-hill-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/28\/spring-arrives-in-texas-hill-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Arrives in Texas Hill Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Block Creek Natural and Turkey Hollow Bed & Breakfast hosted my first March workshop last week.\u00a0 Some of the photographers wanted to try for “strutting” wild turkeys and March is usually the peak of turkey mating season.<\/p>\n

Five photographers worked from all of the 5 photo blinds, the B&B’s spacious\u00a0porch (for hummingbirds) and along Block Creek which flows through the property.\u00a0 Most of the trees were just getting new leaves and the red bud trees were in bloom; blue birds were feeding young, turkeys were strutting, and hummingbirds were arriving daily.\u00a0 Some of our images were captured at a nearby historic farm house; we even photographed the neighbor’s horse.<\/p>\n

Here are some of my photos from the week of March 21-24: click on an image to enlarge and sharpen it for better viewing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>
White stones along the bank of Block Creek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This shot was made from ground level with a Canon 5D mark II, 24-104 mm lens with polarizing lens, Feisol CF tripod and CF ball head, .8 sec. at f22, ISO 100.<\/p>\n

\"Carolina<\/a>
Carolina Wren on post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cedar<\/a>
Cedar Waxwing in sycamore tree, Texas, spring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chipping<\/a>
Chipping Sparrow in blooming Redbud tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Juvenile<\/a>
Juvenile Harris’s Hawk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eastern<\/a>
Eastern Bluebird feeding young<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Northern<\/a>
Northern Cardinal male hiding among the redbud blooms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Spotted<\/a>
Spotted Towhee male foraging<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Spotted<\/a>
Spotted Towhee, female<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

** For Sale: Nikkor 80-200 mm lens, great condition, Not VR…make an offer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

** For Sale: Canon 300 mm lens, f4, IS, excellent condition:\u00a0 make an offer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Clay<\/a>
Clay jar by log cabin window.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rock<\/a>
Rock Fence and cabin with dog run<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bay<\/a>
Bay horse at the red barn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hummingbirds<\/a>
Hummingbirds and ball moss at sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Red-tailed<\/a>
Red-tailed Hawk take off from tree stump.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photo taken with Canon 7D mark II, Canon 70-200 mm lens, hand held, 1\/1600 sec. @ f8, ISO 400.<\/p>\n

There are lots of subjects at Block Creek Natural Area, so I can’t wait to return in mid-April.<\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Block Creek Natural and Turkey Hollow Bed & Breakfast hosted my first March workshop last week.\u00a0 Some of the photographers wanted to try for “strutting” wild turkeys and March is usually the peak of turkey mating season. Five photographers worked from all of the 5 photo blinds, the B&B’s spacious\u00a0porch (for hummingbirds) and along … Continue reading Spring Arrives in Texas Hill Country<\/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-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","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=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3664,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions\/3664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}