{"id":1098,"date":"2011-07-31T21:37:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T04:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2011-12-05T23:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T07:51:00","slug":"grebe-gulls-tern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1098","title":{"rendered":"Grebe, Gulls &#038; Tern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This mornings walk was at <a title=\"George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reifel<\/a>. A Sora had been seen there yesterday, but no luck locating it today. It was quiet on the shore bird front, but of note was one Wilson&#8217;s Phalarope. Apparently it had been in close by the tower, but when I located it, it was too far off for photos. One other interesting find that was a little more cooperative,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1103\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1103\" title=\"Pied-billed Grebe Juvenile\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR044.jpg\" alt=\"Pied-billed Grebe Juvenile\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR044.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR044-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR044-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR044-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pied-billed Grebe Juvenile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; was this Pied-billed Grebe juvenile.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1104\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1104\" title=\"Pied-billed Grebe Juvenile\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR045.jpg\" alt=\"Pied-billed Grebe Juvenile\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR045.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR045-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR045-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PBGR045-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pied-billed Grebe Juvenile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately when I managed to capture it with a fish it was in a lousy spot for light.<\/p>\n<p>Later this afternoon I went out to Boundary Bay for the high tide. Not much luck there either with not much being brought in close enough by the rising tide. But there were some gulls that provided convenient fly-bys.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1105\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1105\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1105\" title=\"California Gull\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CAGU005.jpg\" alt=\"California Gull\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CAGU005.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CAGU005-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CAGU005-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CAGU005-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Gull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This California Gull,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1106\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1106\" title=\"Ring-billed Gull\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/RBGU009.jpg\" alt=\"Ring-billed Gull\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/RBGU009.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/RBGU009-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/RBGU009-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/RBGU009-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ring-billed Gull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; and a Ring-billed Gull.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1107\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1107\" title=\"Caspian Tern\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CATE019.jpg\" alt=\"Caspian Tern\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CATE019.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CATE019-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CATE019-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/CATE019-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caspian Tern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And a nice finish to the afternoon was this Caspian Tern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This mornings walk was at Reifel. A Sora had been seen there yesterday, but no luck locating it today. It was quiet on the shore bird front, but of note was one Wilson&#8217;s Phalarope. Apparently it had been in close by the tower, but when I located it, it was too far off for photos. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1098\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grebe, Gulls &#038; Tern&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,11],"tags":[70,71,69,55],"class_list":["post-1098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-boundary-bay","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-california-gull","tag-caspian-tern","tag-pied-billed-grebe","tag-ring-billed-gull"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1098"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1110,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098\/revisions\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}