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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)

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.

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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