{"id":7653,"date":"2020-05-10T19:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T00:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=7653"},"modified":"2020-05-10T19:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T00:23:00","slug":"two-afternoons-at-a-blind-near-south-padre-island-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/10\/two-afternoons-at-a-blind-near-south-padre-island-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Afternoons at a Blind Near South Padre Island, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I didn’t get much time for photography this spring, but I did make two quick trips by myself to an isolated photo blind near South Padre Island. On a third half day trip to the island, a few migrant songbirds appeared, but things just weren’t the same with Covid 19 travel restrictions in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few images from those trips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scarlet Tanager, male foraging for insects in shrubry, s. Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scarlet Tanager, female on perch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding at Bottle Brush blooms at South Padre Island.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker by pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yellow Warbler, male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wood Thrush foraging by small pond, s. Texas, migration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak, male headed to water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Female Orchard Oriole perched in Tepeguaje tree, South Padre Island, Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hooded Oriole female foraging for fruits and insects at South Padre Island habitat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Common Yellowthroat bathing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Black-throated Green Warbler on perch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern Cottontail sneaking in for an afternoon drink, s. Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hooded Oriole male on perch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These were pretty much the only individuals I saw on those limited outings, so I’m thankful for those few hours in the brush. Let’s hope next spring brings more birds and free time for photographers to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I didn’t get much time for photography this spring, but I did make two quick trips by myself to an isolated photo blind near South Padre Island. On a third half day trip to the island, a few migrant songbirds appeared, but things just weren’t the same with Covid 19 travel restrictions in place. Here … Continue reading Two Afternoons at a Blind Near South Padre Island, Texas<\/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-7653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7653","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=7653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7668,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7653\/revisions\/7668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}