2021-04-04 Continuing the SPI Saga

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Hooded Oriole - Icterus cucullatus — **Hooded Oriole**
*(Icterus cucullatus)*

**Description:**
Some of these Hooded Orioles will pass through on their way north, but some will stick around and raise families. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 9:55

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** HoodedOriole_D5X0406-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **Hooded Oriole**
*(Icterus cucullatus)*

**Description:**
Some of these Hooded Orioles will pass through on their way north, but some will stick around and raise families. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 9:55

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

**File Name:** HoodedOriole_D5X0406-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Hooded Warbler - Setophaga citrina — **Hooded Warbler**
*(Setophaga citrina)*

**Description:**
[First year female] Male Hooded Warblers have been putting on a show on South Padre Island for over a week, but today I met some first year female birds. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 10:39

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** HoodedWarbler_D5X0635-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Mottled Duck - Anas fulvigula — **Mottled Duck**
*(Anas fulvigula)*

**Description:**
Up close and personal. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 9:57

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** MottledDuck_D5X0423-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius — **Orchard Oriole**
*(Icterus spurius)*

**Description:**
These Orchard Orioles were hard to catch. Like Sally Rand’s fan dance, they seemed to know just how to strategically position foliage between themselves and my camera. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 12:16

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** OrchardOriole_D5X1192-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla — **Ovenbird**
*(Seiurus aurocapilla)*

**Description:**
Often shy and secretive, this bird proceeded to entertain those of us who attended the show at the Convention Centre. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 11:16

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/500

**File Name:** Ovenbird_D5X0854-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Prothonotary Warbler - Protonotaria citrea — **Prothonotary Warbler**
*(Protonotaria citrea)*

**Description:**
This female Prothonotary Warbler was the first member of its species I met. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 11:03

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** ProthonotaryWarbler_D5X0691-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris — **Ruby-Throated Hummingbird**
*(Archilochus colubris)*

**Description:**
This bird could well be a Black-Chinned Hummingbird. They are very difficult to differentiate in the field. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 11:58

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** RubyThroatedHummingbird_D5X1148-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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White-Eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus — **White-Eyed Vireo**
*(Vireo griseus)*

**Description:**
Most of the White-Eyed Vireos I’ve met in Texas have been elusive. Not so with this bird. I suspect it has travelled from further south and is on its way much further to the north. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 9:43

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1000

**File Name:** WhiteEyedVireo_D5X0333-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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White Ibis - Eudocimus albus — **American White Ibis**
*(Eudocimus albus)*

**Description:**
A group of juvenile White Ibis joined us at the Convention Centre. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 11:28

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** WhiteIbis_D5X1048-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Worm-Eating Warbler - Helmitheros vermivorum — **Worm-Eating Warbler**
*(Helmitheros vermivorum)*

**Description:**
I met this bird for the first time two days ago. It was nice to see it once again. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 10:19

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** WormEatingWarbler_D5X0582-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow-Rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata coronata — **Yellow-Rumped Warbler**
*(Setophaga coronata coronata)*

**Description:**
Some of the "Butter-Butts", as some of us like to call these birds, are donning the garb of breeding birds (called "alternate plumage"). April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 9:59

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/800

**File Name:** YellowRumpedWarbler_D5X0424-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Brown Anole - Anolis sagrei — **Brown Anole**
*(Anolis sagrei)*

**Description:**
Had it not been for the throat fan display (called a dewlap), I might have passed on shooting this Anole. This individual found something to eat while I was photographing it. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.
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**Date Taken:** 2021:04:04 11:22

**Location:**

Convention Center
South Padre Island, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

**File Name:** BrownAnole_Lizard_D5X0911-SPI_ConvCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Hooded Oriole

Icterus cucullatus

Some of these Hooded Orioles will pass through on their way north, but some will stick around and raise families. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

[First year female] Male Hooded Warblers have been putting on a show on South Padre Island for over a week, but today I met some first year female birds. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

Male Hooded Warblers have been putting on a show on South Padre Island for over a week, but today I met some first year female birds. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Mottled Duck

Anas fulvigula

Up close and personal. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius

These Orchard Orioles were hard to catch. Like Sally Rand’s fan dance, they seemed to know just how to strategically position foliage between themselves and my camera. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Often shy and secretive, this bird proceeded to entertain those of us who attended the show at the Convention Centre. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

This female Prothonotary Warbler was the first member of its species I met. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

This bird could well be a Black-Chinned Hummingbird. They are very difficult to differentiate in the field. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

White-Eyed Vireo

Vireo griseus

Most of the White-Eyed Vireos I’ve met in Texas have been elusive. Not so with this bird. I suspect it has travelled from further south and is on its way much further to the north. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

White-Eyed Vireo

Vireo griseus

White-Eyed Vireo

Vireo griseus

White-Eyed Vireo

Vireo griseus

White-Eyed Vireo

Vireo griseus

American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

A group of juvenile White Ibis joined us at the Convention Centre. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Worm-Eating Warbler

Helmitheros vermivorum

I met this bird for the first time two days ago. It was nice to see it once again. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Worm-Eating Warbler

Helmitheros vermivorum

Worm-Eating Warbler

Helmitheros vermivorum

Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata coronata

Some of the "Butter-Butts", as some of us like to call these birds, are donning the garb of breeding birds (called "alternate plumage"). April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

Had it not been for the throat fan display (called a dewlap), I might have passed on shooting this Anole. This individual found something to eat while I was photographing it. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.

Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

Had it not been for the throat fan display (called a dewlap), I might have passed on shooting this Anole. April on South Padre Island provides me with close encounters like no other place I’ve ever visited. By most experienced birders here, it will only get better in the coming weeks.