{"id":26402,"date":"2019-04-29T07:15:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=26402"},"modified":"2019-04-29T07:25:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:25:10","slug":"april-goulash-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=26402","title":{"rendered":"April goulash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a collection of April&#8217;s images that were not featured in a posting of their own. As spring rolls in, many new species appear, or change their behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the month, Trumpeter Swans were seen floating and sleeping on the Lake. The next day, they were gone.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26405\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/trumpeterswan190412s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Columbian ground squirrel re-emerged mid-month.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26404\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/columbiangroundsquirrel190417s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With spring, the Northern Flicker seems to have a compulsion to carve cavities, whether a new one is needed or not.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26406\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/flicker190423s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ospreys have returned.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26407\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/osprey190423s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Loons are back on the Lake. Within weeks they will head to the smaller mountain lakes to breed. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26408\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/loon190423s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A female Brewer&#8217;s Blackbird turned up and vanished again.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26409\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/brewersblackbird190422s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sensitivity demands that I not explain what is going on here.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26410\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/goose190422s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The glacier lily apparently gains its name because it favours the moist ground next to snow melt. This one was in the moist soil near a cataract.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26403\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/glacierlily190426s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This is a collection of April&#8217;s images that were not featured in a posting of their own. As spring rolls in, many new species appear, or change their behaviours. 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