{"id":3918,"date":"2015-11-02T22:28:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T06:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2015-11-04T22:57:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T06:57:47","slug":"whimbrel-snow-buntings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=3918","title":{"rendered":"Whimbrel & Snow Buntings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s destination was the Tsawwassen Ferry causeway for Snow Buntings. I believe the first sightings this fall\/winter were at Iona, but they have returned again to the causeway. While the skies were sunny, it was on the cool with the breeze. Arriving on the south side I was distracted right away,<\/p>\n

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

… by a Whimbrel.<\/p>\n

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

It was busy foraging for food along the shoreline with the regular Black Oystercatchers.<\/p>\n

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

While the bird seemed fairly cooperative, it kept getting flushed by a kite surfer when he would go zipping by. Fortunately I still managed a few decent shots before moving on.<\/p>\n

\"Snow
Snow Bunting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About half way down the causeway I located the Snow Buntings feeding on the ground.<\/p>\n

\"Snow
Snow Bunting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They seemed a little skittish, so I stayed put in one area they seemed to favour.<\/p>\n

\"Snow
Snow Bunting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here\u00a0they would perch on the driftwood when moving between the beach and road. It has been over a year since I have\u00a0photographed either Whimbrel or Snow Bunting at this location, so\u00a0I would count today’s outing\u00a0as a success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s destination was the Tsawwassen Ferry causeway for Snow Buntings. I believe the first sightings this fall\/winter were at Iona, but they have returned again to the causeway. While the skies were sunny, it was on the cool with the breeze. Arriving on the south side I was distracted right away, … by a Whimbrel. … Continue reading “Whimbrel & Snow Buntings”<\/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":[9,13],"tags":[21,56],"class_list":["post-3918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-tsawwassen-ferry-causeway","tag-snow-bunting","tag-whimbrel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918","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=3918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3925,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918\/revisions\/3925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}