{"id":30423,"date":"2021-04-30T08:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=30423"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:17:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:17:16","slug":"april-goulash-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=30423","title":{"rendered":"April goulash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a collection of April&#8217;s images, each of which lacked a posting of its own.<\/p>\n<p>A Tree Swallow couple prepares to do housekeeping.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30429\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/treeswallow210402s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Northern Pintail is most often seen in the spring and fall as it migrates past us. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30431\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/northernpintail210402s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turkey Vultures arrived from the south in March and stay until early October. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30430\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/turkeyvulture210402s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Painted Turtles emerge from hibernation and bask on a loafing log. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30425\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/paintedturtle210414s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Red-tailed Hawk flies by. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30427\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/redtailedhawk210417s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Columbian Ground Squirrel is finally out of hibernation and looking around. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30424\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/columbiangroundsquirrel210428s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New life arrives late in the month.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/goose210428s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>White-crowned Sparrows arrived at the end of April. A few breed here, but most head north.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/whitecrownedsparrow210430s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30441\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the ground thaws, a mastodon carcass emerges from the permafrost &#8212; or maybe not. <br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30426\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mastodon210402s.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, each of which lacked a posting of its own. A Tree Swallow couple prepares to do housekeeping. 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