{"id":2263,"date":"2012-05-25T23:44:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T06:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2263"},"modified":"2012-05-25T23:50:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T06:50:32","slug":"ducks-swan-eagles-songbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2263","title":{"rendered":"Ducks, Swan, Eagles &#038; Songbirds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Figured I would start the afternoon off with a follow-up for the flycatchers I had seen at <a title=\"George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reifel<\/a> the other day. While I was having no luck with that,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2264\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2264\" title=\"Wood Duck\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WODU054.jpg\" alt=\"Wood Duck\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WODU054.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WODU054-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WODU054-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WODU054-452x300.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-2264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Duck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; I did manage a photo of the first Wood Duck brood to hatch at the sanctuary. En route to my next destination, and in keeping with the nesting theme,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2265\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2265\" title=\"Mute Swan\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MUSW016c.jpg\" alt=\"Mute Swan\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MUSW016c.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MUSW016c-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MUSW016c-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MUSW016c-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-2265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mute Swan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; it appears the Mute Swan are nesting in Canoe Pass. And the last nest for the day,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2266\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2266\" title=\"Bald Eagle\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/BAEA127.jpg\" alt=\"Bald Eagle\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/BAEA127.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/BAEA127-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/BAEA127-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/BAEA127-452x300.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-2266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bald Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; one of the Bald Eagle nests with young in the North 40 which was my next stop. Having missed the flycatchers at Reifel, the North 40 is also a good spot for them. I just have not seen any arrive here yet. While checking the trails,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2267\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2267\" title=\"Common Yellowthroat\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/COYE037.jpg\" alt=\"Common Yellowthroat\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/COYE037.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/COYE037-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/COYE037-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/COYE037-452x300.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-2267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Yellowthroat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; one of the many Common Yellowthroat posed briefly on a branch for me. Then while checking on the Tree Swallow nest what should alight on an old snag?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2268\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2268\" title=\"Western Wood-Pewee\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WEWP017.jpg\" alt=\"Western Wood-Pewee\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WEWP017.jpg 398w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WEWP017-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WEWP017-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 85vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western Wood-Pewee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A first of year Western Wood-Pewee for the North 40.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2269\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2269\" title=\"Lazuli Bunting\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LAZB022.jpg\" alt=\"Lazuli Bunting\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LAZB022.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LAZB022-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LAZB022-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LAZB022-452x300.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-2269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lazuli Bunting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course I could not leave without trying for at least one shot of the Lazuli Bunting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figured I would start the afternoon off with a follow-up for the flycatchers I had seen at Reifel the other day. While I was having no luck with that, &#8230; I did manage a photo of the first Wood Duck brood to hatch at the sanctuary. En route to my next destination, and in keeping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2263\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ducks, Swan, Eagles &#038; Songbirds&#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":[9,142,11,160],"tags":[130,92,93,166,97,96],"class_list":["post-2263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-canoe-pass","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","category-north-40","tag-bald-eagle","tag-common-yellowthroat","tag-lazuli-bunting","tag-mute-swan","tag-western-wood-pewee","tag-wood-duck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263","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=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2271,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263\/revisions\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}