{"id":3783,"date":"2015-06-28T18:47:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T02:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2015-07-02T19:22:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T03:22:58","slug":"teal-goldfinch-yellowlegs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3783","title":{"rendered":"Teal, Goldfinch &#038; Yellowlegs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While personal matters have kept me away from the blog for a while, figured it was time to try and get back into the swing of things. So why not start with Reifel where I usually try to spend my Sunday afternoons helping out on the trails. This time of year can be quiet on the birding and visitor front, but I did manage to find a few cooperative subjects. First up,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3784\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3784\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BWTE009.jpg\" alt=\"Blue-winged Teal\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BWTE009.jpg 480w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BWTE009-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/BWTE009-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue-winged Teal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; were some Blue-winged Teal that are still hanging around the outer ponds. The west marsh had lots of American Goldfinch activity. \u00a0 They were busy feeding in the tall grass,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3785\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3785\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMGO020.jpg\" alt=\"American Goldfinch\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMGO020.jpg 480w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMGO020-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMGO020-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Goldfinch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; and on the cat tails.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3786\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3786\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMGO021.jpg\" alt=\"American Goldfinch\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMGO021.jpg 480w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMGO021-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/AMGO021-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Goldfinch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They were also showing up adjacent to the trails as the thistle is blossoming. The only shorebirds around,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3787\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3787\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GRYE036.jpg\" alt=\"Greater Yellowlegs\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GRYE036.jpg 480w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GRYE036-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GRYE036-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greater Yellowlegs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; were some Greater Yellowlegs still showing some of their breeding plumage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3788\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3788\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAVS049.jpg\" alt=\"Savannah Sparrow\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAVS049.jpg 480w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAVS049-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SAVS049-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Savannah Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To round out the afternoon\u00a0was this Savannah Sparrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While personal matters have kept me away from the blog for a while, figured it was time to try and get back into the swing of things. So why not start with Reifel where I usually try to spend my Sunday afternoons helping out on the trails. This time of year can be quiet on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3783\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Teal, Goldfinch &#038; Yellowlegs&#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":[9,11],"tags":[104,100,81,91],"class_list":["post-3783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-american-goldfinch","tag-blue-winged-teal","tag-greater-yellowlegs","tag-savannah-sparrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783","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=3783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3789,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions\/3789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}