{"id":10105,"date":"2014-03-27T08:48:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=10105"},"modified":"2014-03-27T08:48:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T15:48:38","slug":"recent-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=10105","title":{"rendered":"Recent birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some postings tell a story or develop an theme: <a title=\"Sound of orange\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=10077\">sound of orange<\/a>; <a title=\"Halo presages rain\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=10019\">halo presages rain<\/a>; <a title=\"Goose raspberry\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=9962\">goose raspberry<\/a>; <a title=\"Uncinus\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=9924\">uncinus<\/a>; <a title=\"Frost flowers bloom\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=9858\">frost flowers bloom<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>But, sometimes I merely record a collage. This is one such: a collection of birds seen in the proceeding few days.<\/p>\n<p>Bald Eagles are with us year round; this is a juvenile.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10115\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eagle140307s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The iridescent feathers on the male Bufflehead Duck are not always so evident as here<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10113\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bufflehead140325as.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Get your ducks in a row, in this case, three Ring-necked Ducks.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10110\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ringneckducks140325s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A heron hunting in the shallows is a study in nonchalance.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10111\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/heron140323s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Western Grebes are most common on the Lake in the fall, but here are three of a dozen seen this week.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10109\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/westerngrebes140325s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Red-winged Blackbird is back in the marshes.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10108\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/redwingedblackbird140325s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hooded Mergansers are pairing up.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10112\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/hoddies140326as.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As are the Wood Ducks.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10107\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/woodducks140315s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My resident Ruffed Grouse still hunts in my yard.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10106\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ruffedgrouse140324s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other than a flicker, this downy is the first woodpecker I have seen this year.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10114\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/downywoodpecker140325s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Some postings tell a story or develop an theme: sound of orange; halo presages rain; goose raspberry; uncinus; frost flowers bloom&#8230;. 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