{"id":7353,"date":"2018-02-12T21:18:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T03:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=7353"},"modified":"2018-02-12T21:18:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T03:18:07","slug":"last-week-at-santa-clara-photo-ranch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/12\/last-week-at-santa-clara-photo-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Week at Santa Clara Photo Ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some photos from last week at the Santa Clara Photo Ranch west of Edinburg, Texas.\u00a0 The image with mourning doves and Super Moon was made the week before, but I just had to include it.<\/p>\n<p>Most of these photos were made\u00a0in the rain\u00a0or when fog and mist covered the land.\u00a0 Thanks to\u00a0the improvements in\u00a0Canon&#8217;s 7D Mark II and 5D Mark IV cameras, I was able to keep the ISO high enough to get some keepers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Click on an image and it will enlarge and sharpen for better viewing.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7354\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mourning-Doves_83A3061.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7354\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mourning-Doves_83A3061-320x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mourning-Doves_83A3061-320x480.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mourning-Doves_83A3061-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mourning-Doves_83A3061.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourning Doves and Super Moon about a half hour after sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7355\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A8968.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A8968-480x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A8968-480x469.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A8968-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A8968-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A8968.jpg 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pyrrhuloxia and Northern Cardinal fighting for a perch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7356\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7356\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A9484.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A9484-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A9484-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A9484-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A9484-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_79A9484.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Cardinal female landing on common ground-dove.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7357\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A9447.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7357\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A9447-480x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A9447-480x338.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A9447-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A9447-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A9447.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black-crested Titmouse searching for food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7358\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Greater-Roadrunner_79A7884.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7358\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Greater-Roadrunner_79A7884-480x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Greater-Roadrunner_79A7884-480x257.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Greater-Roadrunner_79A7884-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Greater-Roadrunner_79A7884-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Greater-Roadrunner_79A7884.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greater Roadrunner fluffing feathers to retain heat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7359\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7359\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_83A8554.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_83A8554-438x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_83A8554-438x480.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_83A8554-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Northern-Cardinal_83A8554.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northern Cardinal in flight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7360\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Audubons-Oriole_79A7838.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Audubons-Oriole_79A7838-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Audubons-Oriole_79A7838-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Audubons-Oriole_79A7838-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Audubons-Oriole_79A7838-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Audubons-Oriole_79A7838.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainy day Audubon &#8216;s Oriole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7361\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pyrrhuloxia-Cardinal_79A8952.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7361\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pyrrhuloxia-Cardinal_79A8952-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pyrrhuloxia-Cardinal_79A8952-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pyrrhuloxia-Cardinal_79A8952-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pyrrhuloxia-Cardinal_79A8952-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pyrrhuloxia-Cardinal_79A8952.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pyrrhuloxia (male) and landing Northern Cardinal (female).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7362\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Common-Ground-dove_79A9167.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7362\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Common-Ground-dove_79A9167-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Common-Ground-dove_79A9167-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Common-Ground-dove_79A9167-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Common-Ground-dove_79A9167-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Common-Ground-dove_79A9167.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Ground Dove landing on stump.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7363\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/White-tipped-Dove_83A4124.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/White-tipped-Dove_83A4124-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/White-tipped-Dove_83A4124-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/White-tipped-Dove_83A4124-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/White-tipped-Dove_83A4124-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/White-tipped-Dove_83A4124.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A White-tipped Dove got there first.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7364\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A4908.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A4908-480x316.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A4908-480x316.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A4908-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A4908-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse_79A4908.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black-crested Titmouse pair feeding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7365\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Caracara-Landing_83A3222.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[7353]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Caracara-Landing_83A3222-480x345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Caracara-Landing_83A3222-480x345.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Caracara-Landing_83A3222-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Caracara-Landing_83A3222-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Caracara-Landing_83A3222.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crested Caracara landing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You will have to try Santa Clara Photo Ranch&#8230;but book a year in advance for spring and summer shooting.\u00a0 There is a huge variety of birds, reptiles and mammals coming to water and food at the blinds during the warmer months and business is brisk.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Larry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some photos from last week at the Santa Clara Photo Ranch west of Edinburg, Texas.\u00a0 The image with mourning doves and Super Moon was made the week before, but I just had to include it. Most of these photos were made\u00a0in the rain\u00a0or when fog and mist covered the land.\u00a0 Thanks to\u00a0the improvements &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/12\/last-week-at-santa-clara-photo-ranch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Last Week at Santa Clara Photo Ranch<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-7353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7353","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=7353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7366,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7353\/revisions\/7366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}