{"id":10706,"date":"2014-05-31T07:39:11","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T14:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=10706"},"modified":"2014-05-31T07:43:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T14:43:03","slug":"catching-up-on-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=10706","title":{"rendered":"Catching up on May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a posting has the sole\u00a0objective of\u00a0catching one&#8217;s breath at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>The Lazuli Bunting is a small songbird that comes to this region to breed.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10717\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/lazulibunting140525s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A composite of a single Bullock&#8217;s Oriel landing in a tree branch.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10716\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/bullocksoriole140525s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Common Loon wanders past.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10711\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/loon140524s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two male mule deer stare at the suspected intruder.<br\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10710\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/muledeer140525s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Tree Swallow pauses in its search\u00a0for insects.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10714\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/treeswallow140525s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Yellow Warbler perched\u00a0here only for a moment.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10713\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/yellowwarbler140525s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An Eastern Kingbird searches for insects from its perch.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10715\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/easternkingbird140525s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mommy merganser rallies the troops.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10723\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/merganser140527as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you cannot see the Red-necked Grebe nesting in the reeds, then maybe she doesn&#8217;t want you to.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10712\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/redneckedgrebe140525s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One female and three\u00a0male Harlequin Ducks, a female merganser and a dipper share the stream.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10709\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/harlequin140525s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Green Comma sips nectar.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10720\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/greencomma140511s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sometimes a posting has the sole\u00a0objective of\u00a0catching one&#8217;s breath at the end of the month. 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