{"id":5275,"date":"2018-11-02T23:14:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T06:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2018-11-02T23:16:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T06:16:51","slug":"dunlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=5275","title":{"rendered":"Dunlin + Harris&#8217;s Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With another Sharp-tailed Sandpiper being spotted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reifel<\/a> a couple of days ago, that was today&#8217;s destination. A break in the weather made for a nice afternoon walk. There was no sign of it on checking the southwest field where it had been sighted. From there I checked the west field, also with negative results.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5270\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5270\" alt=\"Dunlin\" src=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL015.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL015.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL015-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL015-300x240.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-5270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The west field did, however, have lots of Dunlin and dowitchers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5271\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5271\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5271\" alt=\"Dunlin\" src=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL016.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL016.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL016-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL016-300x240.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-5271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I focussed in on this one Dunlin,<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5272\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5272\" alt=\"Dunlin\" src=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL018.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL018.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL018-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL018-300x240.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-5272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; while it rested and then preened itself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5273\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5273\" alt=\"Dunlin\" src=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL019.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL019.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL019-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DUNL019-300x240.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-5273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While not what I was initially after, the Dunlin did provide some good photo opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>A Northern Goshawk was apparently seen this morning, but I did not see it in my travels this afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5274\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5274\" alt=\"Harris's Sparrow\" src=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HASP022.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HASP022.jpg 600w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HASP022-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crazym.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HASP022-300x240.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-5274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harris&#8217;s Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Harris&#8217;s Sparrow was still present today in the same area along the north dyke trial. A great afternoon to be out and about before the expected rain tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With another Sharp-tailed Sandpiper being spotted at Reifel a couple of days ago, that was today&#8217;s destination. A break in the weather made for a nice afternoon walk. There was no sign of it on checking the southwest field where it had been sighted. From there I checked the west field, also with negative results. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=5275\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dunlin + Harris&#8217;s Sparrow&#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":[30,221],"class_list":["post-5275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-george-c-reifel-migratory-bird-sanctuary","tag-dunlin","tag-harriss-sparrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275","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=5275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5277,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions\/5277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}