{"id":4228,"date":"2012-11-22T17:59:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T22:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2012-11-22T18:31:29","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T23:31:29","slug":"brown-thrasher-at-terrapin-nature-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=4228","title":{"rendered":"Brown Thrasher 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%3D4228&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>Perfect weather doesn&#8217;t seem to be the answer to a scarcity of birds. I explored Terrapin for a good three hours without seeing anything new, and little worth photographing. Still, it was a good walk and a Brown Thrasher posed nicely.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4229\" style=\"width: 1720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/brown-thrasher-at-terrapin-nature-park\/brown-thrasher-20\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4229\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4229\" data-attachment-id=\"4229\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4229\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Brown-Thrasher-20.jpg?fit=1710%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1710,1440\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Brown Thrasher \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Brown Thrasher, like many I&amp;#8217;ve seen, was in a thick tangle of branches.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Brown-Thrasher-20.jpg?fit=584%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Brown-Thrasher-20.jpg?resize=584%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Brown Thrasher \" title=\"Brown Thrasher \" width=\"584\" height=\"492\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Brown-Thrasher-20.jpg?w=1710&amp;ssl=1 1710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Brown-Thrasher-20.jpg?resize=356%2C300&amp;ssl=1 356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Brown-Thrasher-20.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Brown Thrasher, like many I&#8217;ve seen, was in a thick tangle of branches.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/brown-thrasher-at-terrapin-nature-park\/red-winged-blackbird-39\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4234\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4234\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-39.jpg?fit=1608%2C1596&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1608,1596\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Red Winged Blackbird \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-39.jpg?fit=584%2C580&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-39.jpg?resize=584%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red Winged Blackbird \" title=\"Red Winged Blackbird \" width=\"584\" height=\"580\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-39.jpg?w=1608&amp;ssl=1 1608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-39.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-39.jpg?resize=302%2C300&amp;ssl=1 302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-39.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4232\" style=\"width: 982px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/brown-thrasher-at-terrapin-nature-park\/red-winged-blackbird-38\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4232\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4232\" data-attachment-id=\"4232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4232\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-38.jpg?fit=972%2C1092&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"972,1092\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Red Winged Blackbird \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;There are hundreds of Red Winged Blackbirds in the marsh ponds. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-38.jpg?fit=584%2C656&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-38.jpg?resize=584%2C656&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Red Winged Blackbird \" title=\"Red Winged Blackbird \" width=\"584\" height=\"656\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-38.jpg?w=972&amp;ssl=1 972w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Red-Winged-Blackbird-38.jpg?resize=267%2C300&amp;ssl=1 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are hundreds of Red Winged Blackbirds in the marsh ponds.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4236\" style=\"width: 966px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/brown-thrasher-at-terrapin-nature-park\/mockingbird-39\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4236\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4236\" data-attachment-id=\"4236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4236\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Mockingbird-39.jpg?fit=956%2C992&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"956,992\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Mockingbird \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Mockingbird  was quite content to soak up the sunshine while I took his picture.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Mockingbird-39.jpg?fit=584%2C606&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Mockingbird-39.jpg?resize=584%2C606&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mockingbird \" title=\"Mockingbird \" width=\"584\" height=\"606\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Mockingbird-39.jpg?w=956&amp;ssl=1 956w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Mockingbird-39.jpg?resize=289%2C300&amp;ssl=1 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Mockingbird  was quite content to soak up the sunshine while I took his picture.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4238\" style=\"width: 746px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/brown-thrasher-at-terrapin-nature-park\/ring-billed-gull-12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4238\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4238\" data-attachment-id=\"4238\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4238\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ring-Billed-Gull-12.jpg?fit=736%2C666&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"736,666\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Ring Billed Gull \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Ring Billed Gull  seemed to be resting.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ring-Billed-Gull-12.jpg?fit=584%2C528&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ring-Billed-Gull-12.jpg?resize=584%2C528&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ring Billed Gull \" title=\"Ring Billed Gull \" width=\"584\" height=\"528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ring-Billed-Gull-12.jpg?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Ring-Billed-Gull-12.jpg?resize=331%2C300&amp;ssl=1 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Ring Billed Gull  seemed to be resting.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/brown-thrasher-at-terrapin-nature-park\/bufflehead-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4242\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4242\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4242\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bufflehead-3.jpg?fit=396%2C308&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"396,308\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Bufflehead \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bufflehead-3.jpg?fit=396%2C308&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bufflehead-3.jpg?resize=396%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bufflehead \" title=\"Bufflehead \" width=\"396\" height=\"308\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bufflehead-3.jpg?w=396&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bufflehead-3.jpg?resize=385%2C300&amp;ssl=1 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4240\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/brown-thrasher-at-terrapin-nature-park\/bufflehead-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4240\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4240\" data-attachment-id=\"4240\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4240\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bufflehead-2.jpg?fit=368%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"368,272\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Bufflehead \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A small flock of Buffleheads was fishing offshore.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bufflehead-2.jpg?fit=368%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bufflehead-2.jpg?resize=368%2C272&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bufflehead \" title=\"Bufflehead \" width=\"368\" height=\"272\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A small flock of Buffleheads was fishing offshore.<\/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%3D4228&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>Perfect weather doesn&#8217;t seem to be the answer to a scarcity of birds. I explored Terrapin for a good three hours without seeing anything new, and little worth photographing. Still, it was a good walk and a Brown Thrasher posed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=4228\">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":false,"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-4228","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-16c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228","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=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4244,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions\/4244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}