{"id":2701,"date":"2012-09-21T21:22:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T04:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2701"},"modified":"2012-09-23T00:11:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T07:11:46","slug":"american-golden-plover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2701","title":{"rendered":"American Golden-Plover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given the wonderful weather we have been having, today’s overcast skies and cooler temperatures was a change of pace. After starting my walk at Boundary Bay it was not long before I noticed some movement just west of 104 St. At first glance I could make out some American Pipits. But on closer examination, something larger caught my eye.<\/p>\n

\"American
American Golden-Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was an American Golden-Plover.<\/p>\n

\"American
American Golden-Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has been about three years since I was last able to photograph one.<\/p>\n

\"American
American Golden-Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The American Golden-Plover will venture in closer to the dyke and away from the main flocks of Black-bellied Plovers. This can make it a little easier to get photos of one.<\/p>\n

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American Golden-Plover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The American Golden-Plover is a regular, but uncommon visitor at this time of year while migrating from the arctic all the way to South America.<\/p>\n

\"Killdeer\"
Killdeer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of our regular plovers for this area is the Killdeer.<\/p>\n

\"Killdeer\"
Killdeer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Killdeer can usually be seen year round and also nests in this area. The Black-bellied Plovers were also present in large numbers today, but as usual were not going to let me get close. That is OK though, with American Golden-Plover already stealing the spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Given the wonderful weather we have been having, today’s overcast skies and cooler temperatures was a change of pace. After starting my walk at Boundary Bay it was not long before I noticed some movement just west of 104 St. At first glance I could make out some American Pipits. But on closer examination, something … Continue reading “American Golden-Plover”<\/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":[180,62],"class_list":["post-2701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-boundary-bay","tag-american-golden-plover","tag-killdeer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701","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=2701"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2709,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2701\/revisions\/2709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}