{"id":21948,"date":"2017-09-30T06:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T13:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=21948"},"modified":"2017-10-02T09:14:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:14:15","slug":"september-goulash-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=21948","title":{"rendered":"September goulash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a month\u2019s end collection of images, none of which has had a posting of its own.<\/p>\n<p>Loons have been gathering on Kootenay Lake again, most having spent the breeding season on smaller lakes high in the mountains. These two are already going through a moult into their non-breeding plumage. Soon they will leave to spend the winter at the Coast.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21950\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/loon170922s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Buff-bellied Pipit (aka, American Pipit) summers here in the subalpine where it scrounges for seeds and insects.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21952\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pipit170927as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is fun when someone points out an error. When posted, I called this a Lapland Longspur, but three good birders assure me it is actually a Savannah Sparrow. Next time, I may get it right.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21951\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/savannahsparrow170927s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An uncommon bird is the Northern Shrike. It normally will eat mice and small birds, but on this occasion it seems to be picking up insects caught by spider threads.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21953\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shrike170927s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ruffed Grouse is frequently seen in the valleys.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21954\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ruffedgrouse170923s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A resident of subalpine talus, this Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel seems to be posing for me, but was probably thinking that if it froze, it wouldn&#8217;t be noticed.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21949\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/goldenmantledgroundsquirrel170927s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This is a month\u2019s end collection of images, none of which has had a posting of its own. Loons have been gathering on Kootenay Lake again, most having spent the breeding season on smaller lakes high in the mountains. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=21948\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-mammals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21948"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21964,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21948\/revisions\/21964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}