{"id":29729,"date":"2016-01-02T19:02:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T00:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29729"},"modified":"2016-01-02T19:03:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T00:03:50","slug":"bald-eagle-at-chesapeake-bay-environmental-center-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29729","title":{"rendered":"Bald Eagle at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center"},"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%3D29729&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>A sunny day at last. I don&#8217;t recall such a lengthy period of poor conditions in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>I started out at Sandy Point again, then moved to Terrapin, Kent Narrows and CBEC.<\/p>\n<p>There weren&#8217;t many birds at Sandy Point, Terrapin was slow, Kent Narrows was barren, and CBEC had birds, but most were quite distant. I suspect the warmish weather is delaying the usual influx of waterfowl.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29730\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29730\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29730\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29730\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29730\" title=\"Sandy Point 160\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sandy-Point-160.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sandy Point 160\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise at Sandy Point.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29731\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29731\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29731\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29731\" data-attachment-id=\"29731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29731\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-2016-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C848&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,848\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Yellow Rumped Warbler 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I found a small flock of Yellow Rumped Warblers at CBEC.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29731\" title=\"Yellow Rumped Warbler 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C484&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Yellow Rumped Warbler 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C124&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C636&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yellow-Rumped-Warbler-2016-1.jpg?resize=362%2C300&amp;ssl=1 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I found a small flock of Yellow Rumped Warblers at CBEC.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29732\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29732\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29732\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29732\" data-attachment-id=\"29732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29732\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C806&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,806\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tundra Swan 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I was surprised to find a small group of Tundra Swans at the small lake at CBEC.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29732\" title=\"Tundra Swan 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tundra Swan 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C118&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C605&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-1.jpg?resize=381%2C300&amp;ssl=1 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was surprised to find a small group of Tundra Swans at the small lake at CBEC.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29735\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29735\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29735\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C747&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,747\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mallard 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29735\" title=\"Mallard 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mallard 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C109&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-1.jpg?resize=411%2C300&amp;ssl=1 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29734\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29734\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29734\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29734\" data-attachment-id=\"29734\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29734\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C897&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,897\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mallard 2016-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;These Mallards were feeding at Terrapin.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-2.jpg?fit=584%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29734\" title=\"Mallard 2016-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-2.jpg?resize=584%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mallard 2016-2\" width=\"584\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-2.jpg?resize=150%2C131&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-2.jpg?resize=768%2C673&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mallard-2016-2.jpg?resize=342%2C300&amp;ssl=1 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These Mallards were feeding at Terrapin.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29733\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29733\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29733\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29733\" data-attachment-id=\"29733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29733\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bald-Eagle-2016-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C847&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,847\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bald Eagle 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I saw at least 4 Bald Eagles this morning.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bald-Eagle-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29733\" title=\"Bald Eagle 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bald-Eagle-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C483&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bald Eagle 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bald-Eagle-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bald-Eagle-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C124&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bald-Eagle-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C635&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bald-Eagle-2016-1.jpg?resize=363%2C300&amp;ssl=1 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I saw at least 4 Bald Eagles this morning.<\/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%3D29729&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" 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I don&#8217;t recall such a lengthy period of poor conditions in a long time. I started out at Sandy Point again, then moved to Terrapin, Kent Narrows and CBEC. There weren&#8217;t many birds at Sandy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29729\">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":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-29729","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-7Jv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29729","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=29729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29738,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29729\/revisions\/29738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}