{"id":1585,"date":"2011-11-25T20:18:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T03:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1585"},"modified":"2011-12-05T23:03:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T07:03:54","slug":"snowy-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1585","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well I certainly did not head out to <a title=\"George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reifel<\/a> this afternoon with the expectation of seeing a Snowy Owl,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1586\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1586\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW016.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW016.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW016-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW016-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; but low and behold there was one roosting in a tree along the centre dyke trail.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1589\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1589\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW017.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW017.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW017-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW017-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seemed to be resting fairly peacefully even with those stopping to admire the bird.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1590\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1590\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW018.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW018.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW018-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW018-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1591\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1591\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW019.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW019.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW019-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW019-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was relaxed enough that it started a preening session,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1592\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1592\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW020.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW020.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW020-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW020-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1593\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1593\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW021.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW021.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW021-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW021-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; which was a great opportunity to capture this behaviour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1594\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1594\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW022.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW022.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW022-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/SNOW022-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then finishing with a nice glance towards those that were taking it all in. Use to seeing them out in the marsh, it was fun spending some time with this one in a tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well I certainly did not head out to Reifel this afternoon with the expectation of seeing a Snowy Owl, &#8230; but low and behold there was one roosting in a tree along the centre dyke trail. It seemed to be resting fairly peacefully even with those stopping to admire the bird. It was relaxed enough &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1585\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Snowy Owl&#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":[9,11],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-1585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-snowy-owl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585","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=1585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1585\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}