{"id":21606,"date":"2015-01-24T07:18:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T12:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=21606"},"modified":"2015-01-24T07:25:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-24T12:25:54","slug":"bufflehead-at-thomas-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=21606","title":{"rendered":"Bufflehead at Thomas Point"},"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%3D21606&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>It was a glorious Winter day, with temps in the 50s and clear skies, but a serious lack of cool birds.<\/p>\n<p>I found a few at Possum Point, then went to Thomas Point. where there were fewer ducks, quite far from shore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21608\" style=\"width: 954px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21608\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21608\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21608\" data-attachment-id=\"21608\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21608\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bufflehead-170.png?fit=944%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"944,800\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bufflehead\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Only a few Buffleheads were present.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bufflehead-170.png?fit=584%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21608\" title=\"Bufflehead\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bufflehead-170.png?resize=584%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bufflehead\" width=\"584\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bufflehead-170.png?w=944&amp;ssl=1 944w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bufflehead-170.png?resize=150%2C127&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bufflehead-170.png?resize=354%2C300&amp;ssl=1 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Only a few Buffleheads were present.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21610\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21610\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21610\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21610\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-166.png?fit=1024%2C876&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,876\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Red Bellied Woodpecker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-166.png?fit=584%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21610\" title=\"Red Bellied Woodpecker\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-166.png?resize=584%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red Bellied Woodpecker \" width=\"584\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-166.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-166.png?resize=150%2C128&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-166.png?resize=351%2C300&amp;ssl=1 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21611\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21611\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21611\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21611\" data-attachment-id=\"21611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21611\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-165.png?fit=1024%2C895&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,895\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Red Bellied Woodpecker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This female Red Bellied Woodpecker was very intent on finding breakfast.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-165.png?fit=584%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21611\" title=\"Red Bellied Woodpecker\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-165.png?resize=584%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red Bellied Woodpecker \" width=\"584\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-165.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-165.png?resize=150%2C131&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Red-Bellied-Woodpecker-165.png?resize=343%2C300&amp;ssl=1 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This female Red Bellied Woodpecker was very intent on finding breakfast.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21609\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21609\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21609\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21609\" data-attachment-id=\"21609\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21609\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Song-Sparrow-119.png?fit=1024%2C791&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,791\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Song Sparrow\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Song Sparrows thrive at Thomas Point. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Song-Sparrow-119.png?fit=584%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21609\" title=\"Song Sparrow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Song-Sparrow-119.png?resize=584%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Song Sparrow \" width=\"584\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Song-Sparrow-119.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Song-Sparrow-119.png?resize=150%2C116&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Song-Sparrow-119.png?resize=388%2C300&amp;ssl=1 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Song Sparrows thrive at Thomas Point.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21607\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21607\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21607\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21607\" data-attachment-id=\"21607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21607\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-Biiled-Gull-83.png?fit=1024%2C850&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,850\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ring Billed Gull\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m not a gull fan, but the Ring Billed Gull is  beautiful in  flght.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-Biiled-Gull-83.png?fit=584%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21607\" title=\"Ring Billed Gull\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-Biiled-Gull-83.png?resize=584%2C485&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ring Billed Gull \" width=\"584\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-Biiled-Gull-83.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-Biiled-Gull-83.png?resize=150%2C125&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ring-Biiled-Gull-83.png?resize=361%2C300&amp;ssl=1 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m not a gull fan, but the Ring Billed Gull is beautiful in flight.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21612\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21612\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21612\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21612\" data-attachment-id=\"21612\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=21612\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Possum-Point-9.jpg?fit=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,681\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1422002121&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Possum Point\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dawn at Possum Point.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Possum-Point-9.jpg?fit=584%2C388&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21612\" title=\"Possum Point\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Possum-Point-9.jpg?resize=584%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Possum Point\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Possum-Point-9.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Possum-Point-9.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Possum-Point-9.jpg?resize=451%2C300&amp;ssl=1 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dawn at Possum Point.<\/p><\/div>\n\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%3D21606&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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a glorious Winter day, with temps in the 50s and clear skies, but a serious lack of cool birds. I found a few at Possum Point, then went to Thomas Point. where there were fewer ducks, quite far &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=21606\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mybirdingday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2xu3W-5Cu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21617,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21606\/revisions\/21617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}