{"id":30176,"date":"2016-03-08T19:03:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T00:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=30176"},"modified":"2016-03-08T19:04:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T00:04:50","slug":"red-winged-blackbird-at-terrapin-nature-park-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=30176","title":{"rendered":"Red Winged Blackbird 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%3D30176&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 started at Terrapin this morning, in hopes of finding some reported ducks. I located a pair of Wood Ducks, but nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>CBEC was well populated, but all the good birds were too distant for decent photos. I hate when that happens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30179\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30179\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30179\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30179\" data-attachment-id=\"30179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30179\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mallard-2016-22.jpg?fit=1024%2C815&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,815\" 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 2016-22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Terrapin had plenty of Mallards, as usual.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mallard-2016-22.jpg?fit=584%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30179\" title=\"Mallard 2016-22\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mallard-2016-22.jpg?resize=584%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mallard 2016-22\" width=\"584\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mallard-2016-22.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mallard-2016-22.jpg?resize=150%2C119&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mallard-2016-22.jpg?resize=768%2C611&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mallard-2016-22.jpg?resize=377%2C300&amp;ssl=1 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terrapin had plenty of Mallards, as usual.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30178\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30178\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30178\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-1.jpg?fit=1050%2C906&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1050,906\" 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=\"Tree Swallow 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30178\" title=\"Tree Swallow 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tree Swallow 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-1.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C129&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C663&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-1.jpg?resize=348%2C300&amp;ssl=1 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30177\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30177\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30177\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30177\" data-attachment-id=\"30177\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30177\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C959&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,959\" 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=\"Tree Swallow 2016-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tree Swallows have just arrived  from Central America and the Bahamas.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-2.jpg?fit=584%2C547&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30177\" title=\"Tree Swallow 2016-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-2.jpg?resize=584%2C547&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tree Swallow 2016-2\" width=\"584\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-2.jpg?resize=150%2C140&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-2.jpg?resize=768%2C719&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Tree-Swallow-2016-2.jpg?resize=320%2C300&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tree Swallows have just arrived from Central America and the Bahamas.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30181\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30181\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30181\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30181\" data-attachment-id=\"30181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30181\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wood-Duck-2016-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C884&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,884\" 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=\"Wood Duck 2016-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I only got one look at this Wood Duck pair before they flew off.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wood-Duck-2016-1.jpg?fit=584%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30181\" title=\"Wood Duck 2016-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wood-Duck-2016-1.jpg?resize=584%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wood Duck 2016-1\" width=\"584\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wood-Duck-2016-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wood-Duck-2016-1.jpg?resize=150%2C129&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wood-Duck-2016-1.jpg?resize=768%2C663&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Wood-Duck-2016-1.jpg?resize=348%2C300&amp;ssl=1 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I only got one look at this Wood Duck pair before they flew off.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_30180\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30180\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30180\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30180\" data-attachment-id=\"30180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=30180\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C898&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,898\" 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 2016-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Red Winged Blackbird was singing for a mate.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-3.jpg?fit=584%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30180\" title=\"Red Winged Blackbird 2016-3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-3.jpg?resize=584%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red Winged Blackbird 2016-3\" width=\"584\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-3.jpg?resize=150%2C132&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-3.jpg?resize=768%2C674&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-2016-3.jpg?resize=342%2C300&amp;ssl=1 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Red Winged Blackbird was singing for a mate.<\/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%3D30176&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 started at Terrapin this morning, in hopes of finding some reported ducks. I located a pair of Wood Ducks, but nothing else. CBEC was well populated, but all the good birds were too distant for decent photos. I hate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=30176\">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-30176","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-7QI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30176","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=30176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30183,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30176\/revisions\/30183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}