{"id":24558,"date":"2018-09-06T15:15:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T22:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=24558"},"modified":"2018-09-06T15:15:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T22:15:35","slug":"sandpiper-migration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=24558","title":{"rendered":"Sandpiper migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the season to visit the lakeshore to see sandpipers that have stopped by to feed on their journey south. Already shown have been the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=24389\">Killdeer<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=24403\">Baird&#8217;s Sandpiper<\/a>. Here are three more.<\/p>\n<p>The Lesser Yellowlegs breeds throughout the Arctic and the northern portion of provinces from British Columbia to Quebec. It winters along the coasts of the US and Mexico.\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24562\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/lesseryellowlegs180821bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Stilt Sandpiper breeds along the Arctic coast and winters along the Gulf of Mexico. It has a long way yet to go.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24559\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/stiltsandpiper1808321as.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Long-billed Dowitcher breeds along the Arctic coast, but winters in Mexico. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24560\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/longbilleddowitcher180828bs.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A skittish bird, the Long-billed Dowitcher takes to the air when approached. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24563\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/longbilleddowitcher180828as2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This is the season to visit the lakeshore to see sandpipers that have stopped by to feed on their journey south. Already shown have been the Killdeer and the Baird&#8217;s Sandpiper. Here are three more. The Lesser Yellowlegs breeds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=24558\">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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24558","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=24558"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24572,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24558\/revisions\/24572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}