{"id":7709,"date":"2020-09-22T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T19:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2020-09-22T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T19:37:36","slug":"the-week-before-autumn-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/22\/the-week-before-autumn-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"The week before Autumn Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last week, I visited some of my favorite habitats in the lower Rio Grande area of Texas to search for wildlife photography opportunities. I hope you like the variety of subjects and life stages depicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue Spiny Lizards on mesquite bark, s. Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Beto Gutierrez spotted these guys on a huge mesquite as we traversed his ranch in Starr Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beto and I spent about a half hour beside Dorothy’s Pond on the Santa Clara Photo Ranch that day. The birds weren’t there so we captured a few dragonfly images before heading out. That’s a Thornbush Dasher hovering a Roseate Skimmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screech Owls in nest box at the Gutierrez property.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lark Sparrow landing at Santa Clara Photo Ranch in late summer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ground Squirrel inspecting a dead and bloated mouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Big white-tail buck headed to the woods at sunrise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A week ago, many whitetail bucks were still wearing velvet-covered antlers while some had begun to shed the bloody, furlike skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White-tail buck shedding strands of velvet from antlers in late summer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Big bucks enjoying the early morning sun. * Note the reddish appearance of the hardened antlers on two of these bucks that had just shed their velvet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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White-winged Dove flushing from a water hole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Autumn starts today and I’m at home working on this report and trying to capture a few hummingbird and flower photos around the house. Let’s save those for next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay well,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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