Texas Bird Photography: Laguna Seca Ranch: Part 2 Rio Grande Valley

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Жыл бұрын

Laguna Seca Ranch in south Texas is a unique bird photography destination. For a $280 fee I had a personal guide and use of three different photo blinds. ...One for raptors including Crested Caracara, Harris's Hawks, Black Vultures and Turkey Vultures.The songbird blinds produced goodies like Green Jays, Long-billed and Curve-billed Thrashers, Pyrrhuloxia, Bobwhite, Golden-fronted Woodpeckers, Lesser Goldfinches, Black-crested Titmouse, and Olive Sparrow. A javelina even wanders by!
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@kathleensteeves488 Жыл бұрын

When I look at the power f those Hawks I’m good right here in my armchair you go Sparky!❤❤❤❤❤❤

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@kathleensteeves488 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant ❤❤❤❤❤

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thanks again, Kathleen

@andrewlamberson539 Жыл бұрын

Looked like a great place to be!

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, It is a fantastic place for “set up“ photography using photo blinds. Highly recommend it!

@douglaswetzel3221 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great and very informative video! I hope to visit there soon.

@SparkyStensaas 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, Douglas! I highly recommend it :-)

@patkeen8668 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for taking us along. This is a welcomed change from your normal icy, snowy and windy videos. Ha

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thanks Pat! Yes, no frozen fingers when trying to take photos :-)

@JeffWeymier Жыл бұрын

Great Video. You look a lot different without all your winter garb on.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Ha! I guess I do. I let my beard grow out again but now that spring is theoretically coming I need to shave it. Hard to think about spring when there’s still feet of snow and the temperature this morning was 5°.

@tracyreaume6451 Жыл бұрын

New subbie from Alberta, 🇨🇦. Love your videos.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Glad to have you as part of the community, Tracy! I have never been to Alberta if you can believe that. Someday!

@Gogogordy1 Жыл бұрын

Color me jealous!

@nairb2173 Жыл бұрын

loving your channel dude, cool stuff!

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it Nairb! More coming :-)

@terryroth2855 Жыл бұрын

Holy Smokes, Sparky. How could you stand it there. No snow, no cold, no howling wind. Looked like tons of fun to me. Thanks for sharing. Made my day.👍👍

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Ha! I know, right? As I look out the window now, the snow is coming down pretty darn heavy. I can’t lie though… I love winter until early April, and then I am ready for one last ski and then happy if it all melts away.

@kevinreichenbach5326 Жыл бұрын

Sparky, I hadn't heard of this one. I'll have to make that a point of interest for next falls trip to RVG.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Definitely Kevin. Consensus seems to be that it is the best ranch with blinds in the Valley. Have a great trip!

@g57462 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful outing thank you for sharing Sparky

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Texas 3 coming up

@g57462 Жыл бұрын

@@SparkyStensaas looking forward to next episode 😀

@ryanmarshik8971 Жыл бұрын

Lots of great shots. Panning blurs and that Harris hawk focus pull! So nice

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Hard to be creative in this type of situation but gave it a shot.

@bolleolympus Жыл бұрын

👍👍skumle fugler!

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@hadhramyusa Жыл бұрын

Wow,what a great spot to be. Thanks for sharing and I'm sure one day I'll be there.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Great Sal. Definitely worth the price.

@lillylv Жыл бұрын

Beautiful Sparky!! You have outdone yourself!!

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Amy! How are you?

@AdrianW_photo Жыл бұрын

Looks like an amazing place and one worth a visit. You captured some super images.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

It was, Adrian! Thanks for your kind words!

@almeadows8277 Жыл бұрын

Great photography, as always, my friend. I’m beaucoup envious of your Harris’s Hawk shots; they are a gorgeous species and you captured them beautifully.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Al! It’s obviously not a wilderness experience, but blind-shooting is fun once in a while.

@stefangoldensteinwildlife9929 Жыл бұрын

Very nice footage of All the animals. You made some amazing shots. They area is looking awesome. Well done. Greets Stefan

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Many thanks Stefan! Maybe I asked you before but what part of the world do you live in?

@joekwasniewski9407 Жыл бұрын

Amazing, jaw-dropping video, Sparky. Been looking forward to this one and it didn't disappoint. I have to check this place out!

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Joe! Even if you don’t get it to yourself (I was just lucky that no one else had booked that day) there’s plenty of room for two or three others and having the guide was really stellar.

@ronboe6325 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me a couple Morten Hilmer videos when he visits a similar operation in Norway. Ufdah; so many good shots. You certainly got a lot of keepers. Well done.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Ha! We are big fans of Morten!… Bridget and I just watched his Norway adventures with the “mountain man.“. Love it!

@ronboe6325 Жыл бұрын

@@SparkyStensaas I strongly suspected you might be aware of him. :D

@philipculbertson55 Жыл бұрын

Really beautiful portraits Sparky. I wondered about how birds react when flashed. So they don't mind it at all? That is a great tip.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Birds, don’t mind flash at all… In my experience. A very few might flinch at the first flash, but are quickly used to it. Lots of misinformation out there about flash and birds. Flash can really help on both really sunny/hot light days and heavy overcast/cloudy days. Thanks for watching the videos! One more Texas video coming.

@jameslove1092 7 ай бұрын

HI sparky. Disappointed greatly to see you in a hide. Potentially turning these birds from hunters to scavengers for generations to come after them. Leave to hunt naturally in nature.

@SparkyStensaas 7 ай бұрын

Hi James, I respect your opinion. But I don’t fully agree. The raptors that come to this blind are scavengers already…Black Vultures, Turkey Vultures, Crested Caracaras. The Harris’s Hawks eat carrion though it’s not their primary food. I guess I don’t see that this is any different than backyard birdfeeders or putting up deer rib cages in the winter for woodpeckers and chickadees and jays IMHO. Just how I see it. But I certainly respect your opinion. Thank you.