{"id":29933,"date":"2016-02-08T18:56:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T23:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29933"},"modified":"2016-02-08T18:57:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T23:57:04","slug":"eastern-bluebird-at-quiet-waters-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29933","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Bluebird at Quiet Waters 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%3D29933&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 looks as though the good weather has ended for a spell. Rain and snow tomorrow, but not as bad as last time.<\/p>\n<p>I tried Sandy Point again this morning, and got an average sunrise but no ducks at all. Where are they?<\/p>\n<p>Possum Point didn&#8217;t have much to offer, and Quiet Waters was pretty barren as well. Looking over the last few years, I was getting good ducks well into March, so there&#8217;s hope yet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29934\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29934\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29934\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29934\" data-attachment-id=\"29934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29934\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sandy-Point-180.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;1454914611&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;HUGH VANDERVOORT&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sandy Point 180\" 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\/02\/Sandy-Point-180.jpg?fit=584%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29934\" title=\"Sandy Point 180\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sandy-Point-180.jpg?resize=584%2C390&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sandy Point 180\" width=\"584\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sandy-Point-180.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sandy-Point-180.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sandy-Point-180.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sandy-Point-180.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise at Sandy Point.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29935\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29935\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29935\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29935\" data-attachment-id=\"29935\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29935\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dark-Eyed-Junco-2016-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C825&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,825\" 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=\"Dark Eyed Junco 2016-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I saw more Dark Eyed Juncos than usual today.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dark-Eyed-Junco-2016-3.jpg?fit=584%2C471&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29935\" title=\"Dark Eyed Junco 2016-3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dark-Eyed-Junco-2016-3.jpg?resize=584%2C471&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dark Eyed Junco 2016-3\" width=\"584\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dark-Eyed-Junco-2016-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dark-Eyed-Junco-2016-3.jpg?resize=150%2C121&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dark-Eyed-Junco-2016-3.jpg?resize=768%2C619&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Dark-Eyed-Junco-2016-3.jpg?resize=372%2C300&amp;ssl=1 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I saw more Dark Eyed Juncos than usual today.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29936\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29936\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29936\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29936\" data-attachment-id=\"29936\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29936\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/White-Throated-Sparrow-2016-5.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,819\" 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=\"White Throated Sparrow 2016-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;White Throated Sparrows are getting to be my go-to bird.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/White-Throated-Sparrow-2016-5.jpg?fit=584%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29936\" title=\"White Throated Sparrow 2016-5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/White-Throated-Sparrow-2016-5.jpg?resize=584%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"White Throated Sparrow 2016-5\" width=\"584\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/White-Throated-Sparrow-2016-5.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/White-Throated-Sparrow-2016-5.jpg?resize=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/White-Throated-Sparrow-2016-5.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/White-Throated-Sparrow-2016-5.jpg?resize=375%2C300&amp;ssl=1 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Throated Sparrows are getting to be my go-to bird.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29937\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29937\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29937\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29937\" data-attachment-id=\"29937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29937\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Northern-Flicker-2016-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C872&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,872\" 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=\"Northern Flicker 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I saw several Northern Flickers, but only got the one image.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Northern-Flicker-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C497&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29937\" title=\"Northern Flicker 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Northern-Flicker-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C497&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Northern Flicker 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Northern-Flicker-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Northern-Flicker-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C128&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Northern-Flicker-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C654&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Northern-Flicker-2016-1.jpg?resize=352%2C300&amp;ssl=1 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I saw several Northern Flickers, but only got the one image.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29938\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29938\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29938\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29938\" data-attachment-id=\"29938\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=29938\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bluebird-2016-1.jpg?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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bluebird 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A small flock of Bluebirds was  feeding behind Holly Pavilion.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bluebird-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29938\" title=\"Bluebird 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bluebird-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bluebird 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bluebird-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bluebird-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C116&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bluebird-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Bluebird-2016-1.jpg?resize=388%2C300&amp;ssl=1 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A small flock of Bluebirds was feeding behind Holly Pavilion.<\/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%3D29933&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 looks as though the good weather has ended for a spell. Rain and snow tomorrow, but not as bad as last time. I tried Sandy Point again this morning, and got an average sunrise but no ducks at all. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=29933\">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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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-29933","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-7MN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29933","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=29933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29940,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29933\/revisions\/29940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}