Painted Bunting

Posted by Gene Gwin on Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:39 pm

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Photo taken at Laguna Seca Ranch in South Texas in 2014. One that I found looking back at some older photos that had not been processed.

Nikon D7100, 300mm lens, 1/3200 sec at f/8.0, ISO 800.

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by mikullashbee on Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:14 am

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Gorgeous shot Gene. Love that pose. Do these guys stick around the ranch until early June by any chance? I will have a week in south Texas then (not ideal for birds i know). Cheers

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by John Spreitzer on Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:47 am

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Beautiful bird with great pose and nice, clean background!

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by Gene Gwin on Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:44 am

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mikullashbee wrote:Gorgeous shot Gene. Love that pose. Do these guys stick around the ranch until early June by any chance? I will have a week in south Texas then (not ideal for birds i know). Cheers

Mike, this photo was taken May 14th. Looked back at some Painted Bunting photos from last year and some were taken as late as June 27th. The males begin leaving in July. Actually, the beginning of June in South Texas is still pretty good. Starting the middle of July until early September the plumage begins to look bad.

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by david fletcher on Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:35 pm

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super pose and colours Gene.

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by Ron Day on Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:44 pm

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Gorgeous specimen, Gene! Wonderful head turn and eye contact. Excellent.

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:33 pm

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Beautiful bird and pose! Excellent shot in every way, Gene.

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by swanuck on Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:44 pm

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lovely image of bunting great bg

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by Karl Egressy on Fri Feb 09, 2018 5:20 pm

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Beautiful image of this fancy looking bird.

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by Mako_Elite on Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:46 pm

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What a beauty. I love the look back pose. Well done Gene.

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by mikullashbee on Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:24 am

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Gene Gwin wrote:
mikullashbee wrote:Gorgeous shot Gene. Love that pose. Do these guys stick around the ranch until early June by any chance? I will have a week in south Texas then (not ideal for birds i know). Cheers
Mike, this photo was taken May 14th. Looked back at some Painted Bunting photos from last year and some were taken as late as June 27th. The males begin leaving in July. Actually, the beginning of June in South Texas is still pretty good. Starting the middle of July until early September the plumage begins to look bad.

Thanks for the details Gene. I would just love a chance to photograph this amazing species. I may PM you regarding some details.

Thanks for looking,
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by joem on Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:21 am