Red Raider

by Gary Holmes

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Red Raider

Artist

Gary Holmes

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Photograph

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A male Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) lands in a treetop after a showy hunting foray in Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas. The intense red color of this bird has a dayglow effect that makes a male cardinal pale in comparison. I titled this shot because of the red and black colors that resemble those of Texas Tech University, where my wife went to college. I had never seen one of these birds before that day, but had the opportunity to photograph two different birds, on a tip from another photographer I met at the refuge that day, Norman Welsh (http://www.normsfstop.com). He is a really fine photographer who deserves a visit to his site.
These birds typically summer in Mexico, the Rio Grande valley, and southwestern Texas, but move to the south and central gulf coast of Texas during the winters. They are typical flycatchers in their behavior, perching high in trees and dashing out, hovering and twirling to catch flying insects before flying back to the same perch, over and over.

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February 2nd, 2013

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