{"id":2192,"date":"2012-05-11T23:30:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2012-05-12T00:11:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T07:11:40","slug":"swallow-blackbird-grosbeak-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2192","title":{"rendered":"Swallow, Blackbird, Grosbeak & Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"

First stop this afternoon was at Reifel<\/a>. While there were some Cinnamon and Blue-winged Teal around, neither were in decent spots for photos when I saw them. While watching the swallows at the northwest corner I noticed a lone Cliff Swallow, but it was too far off for a photo. They are not one of the regulars here,<\/p>\n

\"Tree
Tree Swallow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… unlike the Tree Swallows which are everywhere. Also present in the outer ponds today were over 100 Dowitchers.<\/p>\n

With the longer days now it was too early to head home after leaving Reifel, so I decided to check the North 40 again. While driving along Westham Island Road I noticed a blackbird I had not photographed in some time.<\/p>\n

\"Brewer's
Brewer's Blackbird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Brewer’s Blackbird is regularly seen around the farm fields in this area.<\/p>\n

It was quieter on the warbler front than on my past visits at the North 40 today. While scanning the trees a flash of colour did get my attention,<\/p>\n

\"Black-headed
Black-headed Grosbeak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… a Black-headed Grosbeak. The first I have seen this year, unfortunately it was not going to cooperate by coming down lower or any closer.<\/p>\n

\"Bald
Bald Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And because they are usually around and will sit nice for you once in a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First stop this afternoon was at Reifel. While there were some Cinnamon and Blue-winged Teal around, neither were in decent spots for photos when I saw them. While watching the swallows at the northwest corner I noticed a lone Cliff Swallow, but it was too far off for a photo. They are not one of … Continue reading “Swallow, Blackbird, Grosbeak & Eagle”<\/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":[9,11,160,136],"tags":[130,95,163,99],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","category-north-40","category-westham-island","tag-bald-eagle","tag-black-headed-grosbeak","tag-brewers-blackbird","tag-tree-swallow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","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=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2200,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions\/2200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}