{"id":484,"date":"2011-05-07T21:15:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T04:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=484"},"modified":"2011-12-06T00:51:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T08:51:58","slug":"a-couple-of-firsts-another-sock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"A Couple of Firsts & Another Sock"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the down pour this morning, some chores around the house, I wanted to get out for a short walk before the Canucks game. Headed off to the South Arm Marshes, an area which I had not been to in some time. A good choice as it turns out.<\/p>\n

After watching some Yellow-rumped and Wilson’s Warblers that were not cooperating for photos I heard the loud call of a bird I had not seen since last year.<\/p>\n

\"Pileated
Pileated Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers were moving between the trees. My first of this season and this one landed briefly in a good spot for a photo.<\/p>\n

Then some movement up in the trees caught my attention. There were a couple of flycatchers hawking for insects. They were not calling and too distant at first to make out which species.<\/p>\n

\"Pacific-slope
Pacific-slope Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They did start landing and foraging a little closer, but the lighting was not great.<\/p>\n

\"Pacific-slope
Pacific-slope Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These were also my first flycatchers of the season, but even better,<\/p>\n

\"Pacific-slope
Pacific-slope Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… the first Pacific-slope Flycatcher photos I have been able to get. After the new addition to the photo list,<\/p>\n

\"Bushtit
Bushtit Nest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I managed this of a Bushtit arriving with some nesting material. Just wish the hockey game had gone as well as my walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the down pour this morning, some chores around the house, I wanted to get out for a short walk before the Canucks game. Headed off to the South Arm Marshes, an area which I had not been to in some time. A good choice as it turns out. After watching some Yellow-rumped and Wilson’s … Continue reading “A Couple of Firsts & Another Sock”<\/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":[9,111],"tags":[113,112,35],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-south-arm-marshes","tag-bushtit","tag-pacific-slope-flycatcher","tag-pileated-woodpecker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","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=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}