{"id":40414,"date":"2016-06-27T04:47:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T10:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=40414"},"modified":"2016-06-27T04:47:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T10:47:18","slug":"bullocks-oriole-stealing-food-from-an-unhappy-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/bullocks-oriole-stealing-food-from-an-unhappy-spider\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullock’s Oriole Stealing Food From An Unhappy Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stealing food from spiders can be a risky business. Bullock’s Orioles are known to do it but from the reaction of this bird I’d say he’s\u00a0aware of the potential danger of doing so.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This male Bullock’s Oriole was foraging for food near one of the campgrounds on Antelope Island four days ago. Here he’s spotted food hanging from a spider web on the other side of the metal post so he hopped around the post…<\/p>\n

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\"bullock's<\/p>\n

1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

and helped himself to some of it. At this point I’m pretty sure\u00a0he was unaware of the spider heading his way.<\/p>\n

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\"bullock's<\/p>\n

1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then he spotted another delectable bit right in front of his face but still seemed oblivious to the approaching spider.<\/p>\n

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\"bullock's<\/p>\n

1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

At this point the spider had stopped moving so maybe when he did see the Arachnid he thought it was just more food hanging on the web.<\/p>\n

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\"bullock's<\/p>\n

1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But when he did spot the spider (with incriminating evidence of his thievery still in his bill) his reaction was nothing short of…<\/p>\n

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\"bullock's<\/p>\n

1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

priceless.<\/p>\n

His exaggerated avoidance response made me wonder if he’s been bitten before. Or maybe it’s just an instinctive behavior for this species to avoid spiders even though many birds eat them regularly.<\/p>\n

But this one didn’t want anything to do with the spider and immediately after this shot was taken\u00a0the oriole got the hell out of Dodge. But\u00a0he obviously hadn’t learned\u00a0his lesson because almost immediately he began robbing food from the web of yet\u00a0another spider.<\/p>\n

Obviously for this bird stealing food from spiders has become a reliable source of food.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Stealing food from spiders can be a risky business. Bullock’s Orioles are known to do it but from the reaction of this bird I’d say he’s aware of the potential danger of doing so.<\/p>\n

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