Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.
Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.
Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.
Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.
Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.
Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.
Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.
Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.

Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)

Orchard Oriole

(Icterus spurius)

Description:

Female Orchard and Hooded Orioles are difficult to differentiate from each other. All the Orioles here seemed drawn to the Bottlebrush trees. My plan for an early start to my day chasing birds on South Padre Island backfired when a fog so heavy greeted me that my lens got coated with dew, rendering the already dark shadows where my subjects foraged were hopeless. During my last hour there, the lighting improved.

Date Taken: 2021:04:13 10:13

Location:

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

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/180

File Name: OrchardOriole_D5X4868-SPI_ConventionCtr

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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