{"id":3618,"date":"2014-09-15T20:19:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T03:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2014-09-15T20:19:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T03:19:40","slug":"ash-throated-flycatcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3618","title":{"rendered":"Ash-throated Flycatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

After being reported a couple of days ago, I managed to get out to Boundary Bay this morning to look for the Ash-throated Flycatcher. A fairly rare visitor to this area,\u00a0usually not venturing further north than southern Washington State. On arriving I heard that it had been seen early in the morning, but not in the last few hours. There were a handful\u00a0other birders present and we were spread out along the dyke watching for it. After a couple of hours everyone else had left and I was beginning to wonder if it would reappear. As I was contemplating leaving myself,\u00a0I noticed something different in a tree to the west of me near the end of the hangers in the air field. On getting closer,<\/p>\n

\"Ash-throated
Ash-throated Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… I found the Ash-throated Flycatcher tucked away in the branches. It was busy preening and stretching.<\/p>\n

\"Ash-throated
Ash-throated Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was difficult trying to get a decent shot shooting between the branches. Then it promptly disappeared down in behind the trees. Not long after this more birders and photographers showed up. I pointed out where I had last seen the bird and the watch began again. About an hour later it was\u00a0spotted in the same area\u00a0with a dragonfly. Unfortunately I missed that part,<\/p>\n

\"Ash-throated
Ash-throated Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… but did get another photo. Then it popped down into the trees out of sight again. While a little closer and\/or more in the open would have been nice, I’m not going to complain. This is the first Ash-throated Flycatcher I have seen and another addition to my life photo list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After being reported a couple of days ago, I managed to get out to Boundary Bay this morning to look for the Ash-throated Flycatcher. A fairly rare visitor to this area,\u00a0usually not venturing further north than southern Washington State. On arriving I heard that it had been seen early in the morning, but not in … Continue reading “Ash-throated Flycatcher”<\/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":[215],"class_list":["post-3618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-boundary-bay","tag-ash-throated-flycatcher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618","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=3618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3622,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions\/3622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}