I first visited Johnny Cozad’s ranch in Linn, TX about four years ago and enjoyed some fine raptor photography: Harris’s Hawk and Crested Caracara.\u00a0 Not sure of the month but it was more winter than summer.\u00a0 Johhny and Jane Cozad are\u00a0out of town so I stayed in a Super 8 in Edingburg, TX and drove the 25 mintues up to Linn each day.\u00a0Jesus, their ranchhand, was a huge help as always.\u00a0\u00a0And the Cozad’s\u00a0recently put in an amazing swimmming pool and a jacuzzi.\u00a0 Each day after lunch I took a three mile walk\u00a0in the searing heat with the two dogs, Lorna and Bull.\u00a0\u00a0 Everytime that they saw a cattle trough, they bolted to it and jumped in. I was not so luck but as soon as we got back to the house\u00a0I jumped right into the pool.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chris Dodds and I worked hard on our feeder set-ups and they got better each day.\u00a0 I dropped Chris off at the McAllen, TX airport at 4:02 am this morning.\u00a0 I am planning on photographing at the ranch one last morning and then starting the long trip to the north and east. Here I come Ontario!\u00a0 I hope to visit Warbler Woods just north and east of San Antonio tomorrow afternoon.<\/p>\n
Below are some of my favorite images from the Cozad ranch.\u00a0 If you would like to arange a visit, click here: http:\/\/www.cozadranch.com\/<\/a>.\u00a0 As always, you can click on an image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n
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| This male Painted Bunting was photographed with the Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D MIII. ISO 500. Evaluative metering at zero: 1\/400 sec. at f\/13. Fill flash at -3 stops with the Better Beamer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n I am usually not a huge fan of over-the-shoulder poses but could not pass this one up as these birds have such beautiful colors when you get the dorsal view.\u00a0 The very best head angle for these poses is perfectly square to the camera.\u00a0 Note that I used lots of extra depth of field to ensure covering the whole bird.<\/p>\n
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