{"id":8732,"date":"2013-06-18T18:37:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T22:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=8732"},"modified":"2013-06-18T18:41:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T22:41:21","slug":"killdeer-at-swan-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=8732","title":{"rendered":"Killdeer at Swan Creek"},"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%3D8732&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>After running some errands, I headed up to Swan Creek near Baltimore Harbor in hopes of seeing the Phalaropes reported there. I actually did get to see them, but they were little more than faraway blobs in a spotting scope.<br \/>\nI did a quick walk around under the gray, threatening skies, and got a few pictures, but nothing great.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll try it again some day.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8733\" style=\"width: 826px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8733\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8733\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8733\" data-attachment-id=\"8733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8733\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Frog-6.jpg?fit=816%2C660&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"816,660\" 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=\"Frog \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;You could cover this tiny Frog with a quarter.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Frog-6.jpg?fit=584%2C472&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Frog-6.jpg?resize=584%2C472&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Frog \" width=\"584\" height=\"472\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Frog-6.jpg?w=816&amp;ssl=1 816w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Frog-6.jpg?resize=150%2C121&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Frog-6.jpg?resize=370%2C300&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You could cover this tiny Frog with a quarter.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_8734\" style=\"width: 1830px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8734\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8734\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8734\" data-attachment-id=\"8734\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8734\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dragonfly-23.jpg?fit=1820%2C1480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1820,1480\" 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=\"Dragonfly \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#8217;t have a name for this Dragonfly yet.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dragonfly-23.jpg?fit=584%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dragonfly-23.jpg?resize=584%2C475&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dragonfly \" width=\"584\" height=\"475\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dragonfly-23.jpg?w=1820&amp;ssl=1 1820w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dragonfly-23.jpg?resize=150%2C121&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dragonfly-23.jpg?resize=368%2C300&amp;ssl=1 368w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dragonfly-23.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dragonfly-23.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I don&#8217;t have a name for this Dragonfly yet.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8736\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8736\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8736\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8736\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-190.jpg?w=1252&amp;ssl=1 1252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-190.jpg?resize=150%2C124&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-190.jpg?resize=362%2C300&amp;ssl=1 362w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-190.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8737\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8737\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8737\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-191.jpg?fit=1496%2C1040&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1496,1040\" 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=\"Osprey \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-191.jpg?fit=584%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-191.jpg?resize=584%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Osprey \" width=\"584\" height=\"406\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-191.jpg?w=1496&amp;ssl=1 1496w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-191.jpg?resize=150%2C104&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-191.jpg?resize=431%2C300&amp;ssl=1 431w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-191.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8738\" style=\"width: 1329px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8738\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8738\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8738\" data-attachment-id=\"8738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8738\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-192.jpg?fit=1319%2C1047&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1319,1047\" 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=\"Osprey \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Osprey was not happy that we were near her nest.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-192.jpg?fit=584%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-192.jpg?resize=584%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Osprey \" width=\"584\" height=\"464\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-192.jpg?w=1319&amp;ssl=1 1319w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-192.jpg?resize=150%2C119&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-192.jpg?resize=377%2C300&amp;ssl=1 377w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Osprey-192.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Osprey was not happy that we were near her nest.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_8740\" style=\"width: 822px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8740\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8740\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8740\" data-attachment-id=\"8740\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?attachment_id=8740\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Killdeer-13.jpg?fit=812%2C616&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"812,616\" 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=\"Killdeer \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I was lucky to get close to this Killdeer .&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Killdeer-13.jpg?fit=584%2C443&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Killdeer-13.jpg?resize=584%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Killdeer \" width=\"584\" height=\"443\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Killdeer-13.jpg?w=812&amp;ssl=1 812w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Killdeer-13.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hughvandervoort.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Killdeer-13.jpg?resize=395%2C300&amp;ssl=1 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was lucky to get close to this Killdeer .<\/p><\/div><\/p>\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%3D8732&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: 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I actually did get to see them, but they were little more than faraway blobs in a spotting scope. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/?p=8732\">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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mybirdingday","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2xu3W-2gQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8732","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=8732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8739,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8732\/revisions\/8739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughvandervoort.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}