{"id":4669,"date":"2016-10-12T22:06:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T05:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2016-10-12T22:06:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T05:06:58","slug":"lapland-longspur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4669","title":{"rendered":"Lapland Longspur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been up to five Lapland Longspur being seen for several days along the Tsawwassen ferry causeway, so that was today&#8217;s destination.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4664\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4664\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO003.jpg\" alt=\"Lapland Longspur\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO003.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO003-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO003-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lapland Longspur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After walking for a while along the north side,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4665\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4665\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO005.jpg\" alt=\"Lapland Longspur\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO005.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO005-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO005-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lapland Longspur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; I located two Lapland Longspur.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4666\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4666\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO008.jpg\" alt=\"Lapland Longspur\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO008.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO008-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO008-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lapland Longspur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They were busy feeding in the grass.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4667\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4667\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO010.jpg\" alt=\"Lapland Longspur\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO010.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO010-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO010-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lapland Longspur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These two birds were more than cooperative.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4668\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4668\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO012.jpg\" alt=\"Lapland Longspur\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO012.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO012-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LALO012-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lapland Longspur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So much so, I had to back up a few times. A birder and regular visitor from England arrived looking for the Lapland Longspur,\u00a0spotted me and then the birds. This sighting was a life list addition for him.\u00a0We had a nice chat while standing back watching them continue\u00a0foraging and make their way around\u00a0my camera and tripod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been up to five Lapland Longspur being seen for several days along the Tsawwassen ferry causeway, so that was today&#8217;s destination. After walking for a while along the north side, &#8230; I located two Lapland Longspur. They were busy feeding in the grass. These two birds were more than cooperative. So much so, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4669\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lapland Longspur&#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":[9,13],"tags":[239],"class_list":["post-4669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-tsawwassen-ferry-causeway","tag-lapland-longspur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669","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=4669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4670,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions\/4670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}