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Congratulations to surfnron for winning Feature Thread of the Week with 9 votes - View Previous Winners


First, a little info on the Santa Clara Ranch where these shots were taken. The ranch is owned by a photographer, and managed by a pro wildlife shooter, so they have it set up well for photography. Wildlife is fed and watered year round, so it's similar to setting up back yard feeders.Visitors go to where the animals are already going.

This set is in no particular order, and I will probably have one more set after this. I'm still trying to figure out how to move, not share, files from my laptop to my pc. And as aalways. C&C appreciated ~ Ron



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1- Harris Hawk being harassed by a mockingbird. Almost every time we saw a raptor, the mockingbirds were in pursuit.





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2- Female Painted Bunting.





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3- Bronzed Cowbird





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4- Roadrunner portrait





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5- Roadrunner in a tree. I like the faint show of color in this one.



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May 13, 2014 at 09:10 AM
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Great shots, Ron. My favorites are the roadrunners.
May 13, 2014 at 09:16 AM
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Shreeni and I couldn't get flights out Sunday, so wound up staying another day. That allowed us to visit Estero Llano Grande State Park.

A few more from the ranch and the last two are from ELGSP.





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6- The Mexican Ground squirrel is so cute, I couldn't resist posting another shot.





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7- An Armadillo came by for a drink - too close for a full body shot, but I like the pattern this shot brings out. It's like some ancient indian pottery.





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8- This Plain Chachalaca was in deep shade, and it took some work to get it looking decent.





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9- Sharp eyed Shreeni saw this tarantula and pointed it out to me. I shot it with what I had - the 500.
May 13, 2014 at 09:19 AM
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Wonderful set, Ron. Too many beautiful photos and I gave up picking my favorite.

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May 13, 2014 at 09:42 AM
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Another great set, Ron! I really like the Bronzed Cowbird shot and the last one is very cool
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May 13, 2014 at 09:57 AM
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beauties Ron.. i especially like the Roadrunner and the Armadillo
May 13, 2014 at 10:23 AM
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Nice! Lovely stuff Ron. Can't remember a cowbird looking so good, and the RR portrait, down on the deck with the squirrel and the dillo. Brilliant work. Great to see telephoto macro as well. Thanks

Phil
May 13, 2014 at 10:38 AM
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All are very nice. The last one is my favorite.

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May 13, 2014 at 10:47 AM
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Fantastic set of wildlife photos Ron. Must have been a great trip.
May 13, 2014 at 11:22 AM
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Ron - lovely work. Awesome work on the Chachalaca

White Faced Ibis next ?


May 13, 2014 at 11:39 AM
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Hi Ron all of them are beautiful
A sweet set!
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May 13, 2014 at 11:57 AM
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Fantastic set Ron !! Too many favorites to pick .

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May 13, 2014 at 12:24 PM
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Crazy good IQ on these Ron, something about that environment down there puts such a wonderful illumination on the birds. Nice work on the spider with the long glass Your Bunting is fantastic and best Cowbird I've seen in a loooong while Superstar head shot of the RR Ron and detail for miles

Great memories of your trip I'm sure and hope you have more to share

Tom
May 13, 2014 at 03:54 PM
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Excellent shots. I grew up in that part of Texas and was once a ranch member at Santa Clara. I couldn't take advantage of it like I wanted too because I was working on my PhD and trying to be a husband/father at the same time but I managed to get out some. I have a write up of the ranch on my blog. Dr Beto runs a first rate ranch.
http://kevinjhurtphotography.wordpress.com/?s=Santa+Clara&submit=Search
May 13, 2014 at 05:24 PM
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I also have a write up of Estero Llano Grande SP. I often shot there as well. If you search Estero on my blog you'll see numerous pics from that location. Hope that helps anyone considering a trip to South Tx. There's nothing like the private ranch experience but Estero Llano and South Padre Island World Birding Center are great locations to consider.
Kevin

http://kevinjhurtphotography.wordpress.com/?s=Estero+&submit=Search
May 13, 2014 at 05:28 PM
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An outstanding set my friend.
May 13, 2014 at 08:00 PM
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Ron,
The Peanut Gallery thinks these pictures are swell.
So swell that it's almost impossible to pick the roadrunner portrait as my favorite.
It's not superior to all the other superior images, but I've watched road runners in the desert, and they always tickle me fancy (tee hee).
Charlie
May 13, 2014 at 08:29 PM
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All are beautiful. Loved the armadillo and the roadrunners--and the bronzed cowbird.
May 13, 2014 at 08:32 PM
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Wonderful, Ron! Beautiful images, fantastic detail, lighting, and color, but my favorite aspect of the set is the diversity!

Birds, spiders, rodents (maybe a communion prayer would be appropriate here), and alien-looking armored armadillos!

They're all lovely but my favorites are the dillo and the RR portrait. ~Greg


May 13, 2014 at 08:35 PM
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Wow- great pictures all
now I understand why they call it a bronzed cowbird!
thanks for sharing,
Joss
May 13, 2014 at 08:38 PM
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