{"id":4865,"date":"2017-10-01T20:14:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T03:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4865"},"modified":"2017-10-01T20:14:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T03:14:21","slug":"snipe-sharp-tailed-sandpiper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4865","title":{"rendered":"Snipe + Sharp-tailed Sandpiper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a good number of visitors when I arrived at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reifel<\/a> to help out on the trails today. The weather was pleasant, albeit a little on the windy side. To start the afternoon off I headed to the west fields to check for shorebirds with a fellow birder. On the way there we were seeing all the usual species in the southwest field. About half way along the west field we noticed some Pectoral Sandpipers and on closer examination a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. It was a little far off for decent pictures at this point and while watching it,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4864\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4864\" alt=\"Wilson's Snipe\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WISN017.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WISN017.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WISN017-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WISN017-300x240.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-4864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wilson&#8217;s Snipe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; a couple of Wilson&#8217;s Snipe flew in. A pleasant surprise for the afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4861\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4861\" alt=\"Sharp-tailed Sandpiper\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS034.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS034.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS034-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS034-300x240.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-4861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharp-tailed Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Sharp-tailed eventually moved in closer to the dyke,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4862\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4862\" alt=\"Sharp-tailed Sandpiper\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS035.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS035.jpg 480w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS035-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS035-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharp-tailed Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; and provided some great viewing and photo opportunities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4863\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4863\" alt=\"Sharp-tailed Sandpiper\" src=\"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS036.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS036.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS036-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/SPTS036-300x240.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-4863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharp-tailed Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This makes two Sharp-tailed Sandpipers I have seen now in as many weeks. The last being in Boundary Bay and one has also been observed at Iona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a good number of visitors when I arrived at Reifel to help out on the trails today. The weather was pleasant, albeit a little on the windy side. To start the afternoon off I headed to the west fields to check for shorebirds with a fellow birder. On the way there we were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=4865\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Snipe + Sharp-tailed Sandpiper&#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":[32,208],"class_list":["post-4865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-sharp-tailed-sandpiper","tag-wilsons-snipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865","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=4865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4866,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865\/revisions\/4866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}