{"id":17804,"date":"2014-08-04T18:57:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T22:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=17804"},"modified":"2015-01-26T09:09:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T14:09:17","slug":"indigo-bunting-at-governor-bridge-natural-area-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=17804","title":{"rendered":"Indigo Bunting at Governor Bridge Natural Area"},"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%3D17804&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>I had an appointment this morning, so I got to Truxtun Park early, then went to Ft. Meade around 8:00. After the VA wasted my time on an unnecessary appointment, I stopped at Governor Bridge for a while, but it was too late to find many birds. The bugs were around in decent numbers, so I spent some time hunting.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17820\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=17820\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17820\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17820\" data-attachment-id=\"17820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=17820\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Indigo-Bunting-149.png?fit=1024%2C803&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,803\" 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=\"Indigo Bunting \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Indigo Bunting showed up as I was leaving. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Indigo-Bunting-149.png?fit=584%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Indigo-Bunting-149.png?resize=584%2C458&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Indigo Bunting \" width=\"584\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Indigo-Bunting-149.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Indigo-Bunting-149.png?resize=150%2C117&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Indigo-Bunting-149.png?resize=382%2C300&amp;ssl=1 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Indigo Bunting showed up as I was leaving.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=17824\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17824\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=17824\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Spider-148.png?fit=1024%2C1156&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1156\" 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