{"id":29183,"date":"2015-10-26T19:09:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T23:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29183"},"modified":"2015-10-26T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T23:11:08","slug":"bacon-the-pot-bellied-pig-at-quiet-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29183","title":{"rendered":"Bacon the Pot Bellied Pig at Quiet Waters"},"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%3D29183&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>Well, it&#8217;s a birding blog, as you know, but the birds don&#8217;t always cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>I started at Sandy Point, as usual, then Quiet Waters, but I didn&#8217;t get any good photos, despite seeing 3-4 Bald Eagles and a Late Osprey.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Rachel and her porcine pal came along and we had a nice chat and a short photo shoot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29187\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29187\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sandy-Point-99.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1445857941&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pig 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pig-1.jpg?fit=584%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29185\" title=\"Pig 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pig-1.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pig 1\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Pig-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, 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