{"id":3528,"date":"2014-04-06T22:40:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T05:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2014-04-06T22:40:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T05:40:26","slug":"finch-cranes-wigeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3528","title":{"rendered":"Finch, Cranes & Wigeon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another nice spring afternoon to be out volunteering at Reifel<\/a>, just\u00a0a lower\u00a0number of visitors\u00a0than I had expected. On the birding front it\u00a0was fairly quiet according to those that did the morning walk. There was a Hermit Thrush just east of the parking lot, a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers and Yellow-rumped Warblers along the east dyke. I started off by heading down the east dyke trail. While I could see and hear them, none of the Yellow-rumped Warblers were cooperating for photos. I did not relocate the woodpeckers, but while at the northeast corner,<\/p>\n

\"House
House Finch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… watching some of the regulars this House Finch did pose nicely for me.\u00a0I spoke to one young visitor\u00a0who was eager to share the fact he had seen a Bittern by the tower so that was my next stop. While this area is a good spot to see them, I did not find it. I then made my way back towards the inner display ponds. When approaching them,<\/p>\n

\"Sandhill
Sandhill Crane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… I found the resident male Sandhill Crane napping adjacent to the trail. Of greater interest though,<\/p>\n

\"Sandhill
Sandhill Crane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… was the female\u00a0arranging sticks on the nesting island in the pond. While they have been hanging around the area of late, today was the first time to see them active and preparing the nesting area they have used the last few years. In past years the chick(s) have usually hatched around the May long weekend, give or take a day or two. One more regular while spending time at the inner ponds,<\/p>\n

\"American
American Wigeon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… was this American Wigeon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another nice spring afternoon to be out volunteering at Reifel, just\u00a0a lower\u00a0number of visitors\u00a0than I had expected. On the birding front it\u00a0was fairly quiet according to those that did the morning walk. There was a Hermit Thrush just east of the parking lot, a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers and Yellow-rumped Warblers along the east dyke. … Continue reading “Finch, Cranes & Wigeon”<\/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":[201,209,37],"class_list":["post-3528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-american-wigeon","tag-house-finch","tag-sandhill-crane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528","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=3528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3533,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}