{"id":4796,"date":"2017-04-09T21:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T04:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2017-05-14T00:17:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T07:17:43","slug":"sandhill-crane-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4796","title":{"rendered":"Sandhill Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A half decent day at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reifel<\/a> this afternoon and I was surprised to hear the White-throated Sparrow was still around just beyond the entrance. While looking for it,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4792\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4792\" alt=\"Rufous Hummingbird\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RUHU072.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RUHU072.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RUHU072-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/RUHU072-300x240.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-4792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rufous Hummingbird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; this Rufous Hummingbird was frequenting a nearby tree top.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4793\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4793\" alt=\"White-throated Sparrow\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WTSP019.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WTSP019.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WTSP019-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WTSP019-300x240.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-4793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White-throated Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The White-throated Sparrow eventually popped out providing a brief photo opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The news of the day though was in regards to the Sandhill Cranes. After the passing last winter of the long time breeding male, the female has taken a new mate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4794\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4794\" alt=\"Sandhill Crane\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SACR129.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SACR129.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SACR129-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SACR129-300x240.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-4794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandhill Crane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new Sandhill Crane pair are using the same nesting site and the first egg appeared yesterday. This should put new arrivals sometime around Mother&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A half decent day at Reifel this afternoon and I was surprised to hear the White-throated Sparrow was still around just beyond the entrance. While looking for it, &#8230; this Rufous Hummingbird was frequenting a nearby tree top. The White-throated Sparrow eventually popped out providing a brief photo opportunity. The news of the day though &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4796\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sandhill Crane&#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":[98,37,183],"class_list":["post-4796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-rufous-hummingbird","tag-sandhill-crane","tag-white-throated-sparrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796","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=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4797,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions\/4797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}