{"id":23306,"date":"2018-04-30T06:59:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=23306"},"modified":"2018-04-30T06:59:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T13:59:22","slug":"april-goulash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=23306","title":{"rendered":"April goulash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> &nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>April has been a month of sparse postings, but not one of sparse observations.<\/p>\n<p>This collection shows some of the sightings that did not have a posting of its own.<\/p>\n<p>A male Pintail Duck wanders past.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23310\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pintailduck180409s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The oversized bills of a mating pair of Northern Shovelers are evident.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23311\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/shoveler180408as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is tranquility in this scene of three Great Blue Herons.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23312\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/heron180408as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This unfortunate Northern Flicker seems to have its head on backwards.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23316\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/flicker180424s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Columbian Ground Squirrel pulls sentry duty.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/columbiangroundsquirrel180424s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23328\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two Turkey Vultures soar over the lakeshore.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23317\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/turkeyvulture180424s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A pair of Wood Ducks (female, left; male, right) rests on a branch above the water.\u00a0<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23313\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/woodduck180408bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is nest-building time and this Osprey is bring a stick to the task.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/osprey180429s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A real treat was watching a Marsh Wren burst forth in song.\u00a0<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23314\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/marshwren180408s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that the snow has vanished, fields have become the hunting ground of Mountain Bluebirds.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23309\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/bluebird180420s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Meadow Lark flies to meet a companion atop of a tree.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23315\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/meadowlark180424s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Black-billed Magpie flies through the trees.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23308\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/magpie180424s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Defending itself after its arrest for defacing industrial property, this marmot feigned innumeracy. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/marmot180429as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first Bumble Bee to be seen in any numbers is the <em>Bombus bifarius<\/em>. This one flew by on its way to collect pollen.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23307\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/bombusbifarius180427s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; April has been a month of sparse postings, but not one of sparse observations. This collection shows some of the sightings that did not have a posting of its own. A male Pintail Duck wanders past. 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