{"id":2879,"date":"2012-10-04T18:17:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T22:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2012-10-04T18:57:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T22:57:15","slug":"rain-rain-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=2879","title":{"rendered":"Rain, Rain, Go Away."},"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%3D2879&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 very cloudy, warm and humid this morning, but the weatherman promised dry conditions for several hours, so I headed off to Possum Point, where it sprinkled for a while, them began raining in earnest. I headed back without a single decent shot and got some chores done. I confess to having neglected a few items in pursuit of migrating birds.<br \/>\nI was able to stop by Truxtun Park briefly this afternoon, where I found a nice surprise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2880\" style=\"width: 1690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/rain-rain-go-away\/coopers-hawk-21\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2880\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2880\" data-attachment-id=\"2880\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=2880\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-21.jpg?fit=1680%2C2152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1680,2152\" 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=\"Cooper&amp;#8217;s Hawk \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve seen many hawks at Truxtun Park, and they&amp;#8217;ve all been Red Shouldereds or Red Tails, so this Cooper&amp;#8217;s Hawk was a surprise.  It could be a a Sharp Shinned, but the book suggests that the rounded tail is a mark of the Cooper&amp;#8217;s. They are difficult to tell apart.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-21.jpg?fit=584%2C748&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-21.jpg?resize=584%2C748&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cooper&#039;s Hawk \" title=\"Cooper&#039;s Hawk \" width=\"584\" height=\"748\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-21.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-21.jpg?resize=234%2C300&amp;ssl=1 234w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-21.jpg?resize=799%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 799w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-21.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;ve seen many hawks at Truxtun Park, and they&#8217;ve all been Red Shouldereds or Red Tails, so this Cooper&#8217;s Hawk was a surprise.  I was lucky to get this close. It could be a a Sharp Shinned, but the book suggests that the rounded tail is a mark of the Cooper&#8217;s. They are difficult to tell apart.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/rain-rain-go-away\/coopers-hawk-23\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2888\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=2888\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-23.jpg?fit=2368%2C2416&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2368,2416\" 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=\"Cooper&amp;#8217;s Hawk \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-23.jpg?fit=584%2C596&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-23.jpg?resize=584%2C596&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cooper&#039;s Hawk \" title=\"Cooper&#039;s Hawk \" width=\"584\" height=\"596\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-23.jpg?w=2368&amp;ssl=1 2368w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-23.jpg?resize=294%2C300&amp;ssl=1 294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-23.jpg?resize=1003%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1003w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-23.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-23.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2885\" style=\"width: 2254px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/rain-rain-go-away\/coopers-hawk-22\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2885\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2885\" data-attachment-id=\"2885\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=2885\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?fit=2244%2C1840&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2244,1840\" 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=\"Cooper&amp;#8217;s Hawk \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I observed this hawk for quite a while because I was reluctant to move and spook him. This shot gives a good look at the tail markings.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?fit=584%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?resize=584%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cooper&#039;s Hawk \" title=\"Cooper&#039;s Hawk \" width=\"584\" height=\"479\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?w=2244&amp;ssl=1 2244w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?resize=300%2C245&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?resize=1024%2C839&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?resize=365%2C300&amp;ssl=1 365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Coopers-Hawk-22.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I observed this hawk for quite a while because I was reluctant to move and spook him. This shot gives a good look at the tail markings.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2890\" style=\"width: 1370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/rain-rain-go-away\/great-blue-heron-50\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2890\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2890\" data-attachment-id=\"2890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=2890\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Great-Blue-Heron-50.jpg?fit=1360%2C912&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1360,912\" 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;The Great Blue Heron was one of three fishing near the bridge. It&amp;#8217;s unusual to see more than one.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Great-Blue-Heron-50.jpg?fit=584%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Great-Blue-Heron-50.jpg?resize=584%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Great Blue Heron\" title=\"Great Blue Heron\" width=\"584\" height=\"392\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Great-Blue-Heron-50.jpg?w=1360&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Great-Blue-Heron-50.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Great-Blue-Heron-50.jpg?resize=1024%2C686&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Great-Blue-Heron-50.jpg?resize=447%2C300&amp;ssl=1 447w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Great-Blue-Heron-50.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Great Blue Heron was one of three fishing near the bridge. It&#8217;s unusual to see more than one.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2892\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/rain-rain-go-away\/house-sparrow-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2892\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2892\" data-attachment-id=\"2892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=2892\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/House-Sparrow-6.jpg?fit=1160%2C1312&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1160,1312\" 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=\"House Sparrow\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This House Sparrow was one of a large flock foraging in the fragmite.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/House-Sparrow-6.jpg?fit=584%2C661&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/House-Sparrow-6.jpg?resize=584%2C661&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"House Sparrow\" title=\"House Sparrow\" width=\"584\" height=\"661\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/House-Sparrow-6.jpg?w=1160&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/House-Sparrow-6.jpg?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/House-Sparrow-6.jpg?resize=905%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This House Sparrow was one of a large flock foraging in the fragmite.<\/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%3D2879&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 very cloudy, warm and humid this morning, but the weatherman promised dry conditions for several hours, so I headed off to Possum Point, where it sprinkled for a while, them began raining in earnest. I headed back without &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=2879\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":false,"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-2879","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-Kr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2879"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2893,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions\/2893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}