{"id":1791,"date":"2011-12-24T18:48:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T02:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2011-12-24T18:48:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-25T02:48:54","slug":"twas-the-afternoon-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1791","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Twas The Afternoon Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After raining most of the day, it eventually stopped and started to clear up. With a chance to get out and enjoy the last hour or so of light, I headed out to Boundary Bay. Not having actively tried for any Snowy Owls recently, I thought I would give them a go.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1792\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1792\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW024.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW024.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW024-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW024-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On arriving there were a couple of birds in fairly close to the dyke.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1793\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1793\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW025.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW025.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW025-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW025-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW025-452x300.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-1793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This particular bird was roosting nicely atop this old stump,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1794\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1794\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW026.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW026.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW026-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW026-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW026-452x300.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-1794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; but soon moved to back side bobbing its head looking at the passers by.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1795\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1795\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW027.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW027.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW027-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW027-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW027-452x300.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-1795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I moved down a little further to be able to see it on the back side.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1796\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1796\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW029.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW029.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW029-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW029-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW029-452x300.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-1796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seemed quite relaxed yawning and preening,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1797\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1797\" title=\"Snowy Owl\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW031.jpg\" alt=\"Snowy Owl\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW031.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW031-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW031-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SNOW031-452x300.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-1797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snowy Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; much to the delight of those out enjoying this Christmas Eve at Boundary Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After raining most of the day, it eventually stopped and started to clear up. With a chance to get out and enjoy the last hour or so of light, I headed out to Boundary Bay. Not having actively tried for any Snowy Owls recently, I thought I would give them a go. On arriving there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=1791\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8216;Twas The Afternoon Before Christmas&#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],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-1791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-boundary-bay","tag-snowy-owl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791","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=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions\/1799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}