Photo Interlude: Blue-headed Vireo

September 8, 2009 By John E. Riutta in Born Again Bird Watcher Archive, Uncategorized Tags: festival, grande, nature, Photography, rio, travel, valley, vireo, wildlife

With the return of the rains here in the Pacific Northwest, I am reminded that autumn approaches. Autumn means many things to me, among which for the better part of the past decade has been included a visit to the lower Rio Grande Valley area of Texas, where I photographed this little Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarius, at the Valley Nature Center in Weslaco. My annual visits to the area also regularly include the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival and a visit to the NABA International Butterfly Park. Sadly, with the economy being what it is, unless I am soon contracted for the aforementioned festival, I doubt I shall be able to make the trip this year.

Equipment:

Canon EOS 40D body

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM lens (set to 100mm)

Settings:

F-stop: f/6.3

Exposure time: 1/160 sec.

ISO speed: ISO-400

Exposure bias: 0 step

John E. Riutta

Founder and publisher of The Well-read Naturalist. Inveterate autodidact. Has repeatedly been found out standing in many fields. Plays well with otters.

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