{"id":16140,"date":"2014-06-16T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T00:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=16140"},"modified":"2015-01-30T05:42:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T10:42:14","slug":"great-blue-heron-at-terrapin-nature-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=16140","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron at Terrapin Nature Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fhughvandervoort.com%2F%3Fp%3D16140&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p>Another day in paradise. I couldn&#8217;t ask for better weather, and it seemed like a good day to try something new, but I was wrong. Terrapin was oddly barren of good chances, and I got caught in a 45 minute traffic jam on the way home.<br \/>\nEven the bugging was slow, but I did find a few new ones.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16154\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=16154\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16154\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16154\" data-attachment-id=\"16154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=16154\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Red-Winged-Blackbird.-73.png?fit=1024%2C871&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,871\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Red Winged Blackbird\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#8217;s not often that a Red Winged Blackbird lands so cose&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Red-Winged-Blackbird.-73.png?fit=584%2C497&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Red-Winged-Blackbird.-73.png?resize=584%2C497&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red Winged Blackbird\" width=\"584\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Red-Winged-Blackbird.-73.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Red-Winged-Blackbird.-73.png?resize=150%2C127&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Red-Winged-Blackbird.-73.png?resize=352%2C300&amp;ssl=1 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s not often that a Red Winged Blackbird lands so close<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16153\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=16153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16153\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16153\" data-attachment-id=\"16153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=16153\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Duck-125.png?fit=720%2C423&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,423\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wood Duck\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;There were 6 Wood Ducks  in the pond, but they never got very close.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Duck-125.png?fit=584%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Duck-125.png?resize=584%2C343&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wood Duck\" width=\"584\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Duck-125.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Duck-125.png?resize=150%2C88&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Wood-Duck-125.png?resize=500%2C293&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were 6 Wood Ducks in the pond, but they never got very close.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16152\" style=\"width: 966px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=16152\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16152\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16152\" data-attachment-id=\"16152\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=16152\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Great-Blue-Heron-192.png?fit=956%2C784&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"956,784\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Great Blue Heron \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I was lucky to catch this Great Blue Heron as he left the pond.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Great-Blue-Heron-192.png?fit=584%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16152\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Great-Blue-Heron-192.png?resize=584%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Great Blue Heron \" width=\"584\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Great-Blue-Heron-192.png?w=956&amp;ssl=1 956w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Great-Blue-Heron-192.png?resize=150%2C123&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Great-Blue-Heron-192.png?resize=365%2C300&amp;ssl=1 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was lucky to catch this Great Blue Heron as he left the pond.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a 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