{"id":29807,"date":"2016-01-15T19:37:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T00:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29807"},"modified":"2016-01-15T19:39:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T00:39:25","slug":"ring-billed-gull-at-terrapin-nature-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29807","title":{"rendered":"Ring Billed Gull at Terrapin Nature Park"},"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%3D29807&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 stuck to the usual routine today: Sandy Point, Terrapin, Kent Narrows and CBEC. Only CBEC had much to offer, but the best birds ere too far off for decent images.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve now looked for the Snowy Owl three separate times to no avail.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29812\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29812\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29812\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29812\" data-attachment-id=\"29812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29812\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sandy-Point-165.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;HUGH VANDERVOORT&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1452842715&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;HUGH VANDERVOORT&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sandy Point 165\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sunrise at Sandy Point.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sandy-Point-165.jpg?fit=584%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29812\" title=\"Sandy Point 165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sandy-Point-165.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sandy Point 165\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sandy-Point-165.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sandy-Point-165.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sandy-Point-165.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sandy-Point-165.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise at Sandy Point.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29809\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29809\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29809\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29809\" data-attachment-id=\"29809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29809\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C980&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,980\" 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=\"Red Winged Blackbird 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C559&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-29809 size-full\" title=\"Red Winged Blackbird 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C559&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red Winged Blackbird 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C144&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C735&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-1.jpg?resize=313%2C300&amp;ssl=1 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Winged Blackbirds are still active at Terrapin.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29810\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29810\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29810\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29810\" data-attachment-id=\"29810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29810\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-7.jpg?fit=1024%2C810&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,810\" 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 2016-7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;These Tundra Swans flew overhead at CBEC.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-7.jpg?fit=584%2C462&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29810\" title=\"Tundra Swan 2016-7\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-7.jpg?resize=584%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tundra Swan 2016-7\" width=\"584\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-7.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-7.jpg?resize=150%2C119&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-7.jpg?resize=768%2C608&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tundra-Swan-2016-7.jpg?resize=379%2C300&amp;ssl=1 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These Tundra Swans flew overhead at CBEC.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29811\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29811\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29811\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29811\" data-attachment-id=\"29811\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29811\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bufflehead-2016-5.jpg?fit=1024%2C1030&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1030\" 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=\"Bufflehead 2016-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I found this Bufflehead at Kent Narrows.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bufflehead-2016-5.jpg?fit=584%2C587&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29811\" title=\"Bufflehead 2016-5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bufflehead-2016-5.jpg?resize=584%2C587&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bufflehead 2016-5\" width=\"584\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bufflehead-2016-5.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bufflehead-2016-5.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bufflehead-2016-5.jpg?resize=768%2C773&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bufflehead-2016-5.jpg?resize=298%2C300&amp;ssl=1 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I found this Bufflehead at Kent Narrows.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29808\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29808\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29808\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29808\" data-attachment-id=\"29808\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29808\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ring-Billed-Gull-2016-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C907&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,907\" 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=\"Ring Billed Gull 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;There were dozens of Ring Billed Gulls at Terrapin.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ring-Billed-Gull-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C517&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29808\" title=\"Ring Billed Gull 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ring-Billed-Gull-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C517&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ring Billed Gull 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ring-Billed-Gull-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ring-Billed-Gull-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C133&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ring-Billed-Gull-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C680&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ring-Billed-Gull-2016-1.jpg?resize=339%2C300&amp;ssl=1 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There were dozens of Ring Billed Gulls at Terrapin.<\/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%3D29807&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>I stuck to the usual routine today: Sandy Point, Terrapin, Kent Narrows and CBEC. Only CBEC had much to offer, but the best birds ere too far off for decent images. I&#8217;ve now looked for the Snowy Owl three separate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29807\">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-29807","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-7KL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29807","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=29807"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29815,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29807\/revisions\/29815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}