{"id":4516,"date":"2012-12-10T18:48:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2012-12-10T19:56:21","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T00:56:21","slug":"quiet-waters-lives-up-to-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=4516","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Waters Lives Up to Its Name"},"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%3D4516&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>Cloudy with fog and warm temperatures. Not auspicious, but I&#8217;ve been cooped up for two days, so I headed to Quiet Waters to see what I could see.<br \/>\nOddly, there were no birds sounds at all as I walked down to the water, and I heard only a few ducks and woodpeckers in the two or so hours I was there.<br \/>\nI followed the edge of the water for several hundred yards trying to get closer to the many Ruddy Ducks rafting in the backwaters, and got a few decent images, but not much variety.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4517\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/quiet-waters-lives-up-to-its-name\/qw-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4517\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4517\" data-attachment-id=\"4517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4517\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/QW-2.jpg?fit=1500%2C843&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,843\" 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=\"Quiet Waters\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m set  up in one of the many coves.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/QW-2.jpg?fit=584%2C328&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/QW-2.jpg?resize=584%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Quiet Waters\" title=\"Quiet Waters\" width=\"584\" height=\"328\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/QW-2.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/QW-2.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/QW-2.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here, I&#8217;m set  up in one of the many coves.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4518\" style=\"width: 962px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/quiet-waters-lives-up-to-its-name\/mallard-28\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4518\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4518\" data-attachment-id=\"4518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4518\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Mallard-28.jpg?fit=952%2C764&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"952,764\" 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=\"Mallard \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;It was a good day to be a Mallard.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Mallard-28.jpg?fit=584%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Mallard-28.jpg?resize=584%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mallard \" title=\"Mallard \" width=\"584\" height=\"469\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Mallard-28.jpg?w=952&amp;ssl=1 952w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Mallard-28.jpg?resize=373%2C300&amp;ssl=1 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was a good day to be a Mallard.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/quiet-waters-lives-up-to-its-name\/ruddy-duck-17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4527\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4527\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-17.jpg?fit=740%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"740,464\" 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=\"Ruddy Duck \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-17.jpg?fit=584%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-17.jpg?resize=584%2C366&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ruddy Duck \" title=\"Ruddy Duck \" width=\"584\" height=\"366\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-17.jpg?w=740&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-17.jpg?resize=478%2C300&amp;ssl=1 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4521\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/quiet-waters-lives-up-to-its-name\/ruddy-duck-14\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4521\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4521\" data-attachment-id=\"4521\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4521\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-14.jpg?fit=604%2C568&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"604,568\" 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=\"Ruddy Duck \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Every time I see Ruddy Ducks, they seem to be sleeping. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-14.jpg?fit=584%2C549&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-14.jpg?resize=584%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ruddy Duck \" title=\"Ruddy Duck \" width=\"584\" height=\"549\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-14.jpg?w=604&amp;ssl=1 604w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-14.jpg?resize=319%2C300&amp;ssl=1 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Every time I see Ruddy Ducks, they seem to be sleeping.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4523\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/quiet-waters-lives-up-to-its-name\/ruddy-duck-15\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4523\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4523\" data-attachment-id=\"4523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4523\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-15.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1355141594&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;280&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ruddy Duck \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;All told, there were probably over a hundred Ruddy Ducks in the cove. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-15.jpg?fit=584%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-15.jpg?resize=584%2C389&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ruddy Duck \" title=\"Ruddy Duck \" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-15.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-15.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-15.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All told, there were probably over a hundred Ruddy Ducks in the cove.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4525\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/quiet-waters-lives-up-to-its-name\/ruddy-duck-16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4525\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4525\" data-attachment-id=\"4525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=4525\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-16.jpg?fit=680%2C492&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"680,492\" 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=\"Ruddy Duck \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, they would awake long enough to paddle around.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-16.jpg?fit=584%2C423&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-16.jpg?resize=584%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ruddy Duck \" title=\"Ruddy Duck \" width=\"584\" height=\"423\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-16.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Ruddy-Duck-16.jpg?resize=414%2C300&amp;ssl=1 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Occasionally, they would awake long enough to paddle around.<\/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%3D4516&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 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Not auspicious, but I&#8217;ve been cooped up for two days, so I headed to Quiet Waters to see what I could see. Oddly, there were no birds sounds at all as I walked down &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=4516\">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":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-4516","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-1aQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516","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=4516"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4528,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4516\/revisions\/4528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}