{"id":35440,"date":"2026-04-05T19:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=35440"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:54:38","slug":"chickadee-merlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=35440","title":{"rendered":"Chickadee, merlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seen this morning were two birds. a chickadee with its mouth full, and a merlin stretching.<\/p>\n<p>The Black-capped chickadee is excavating a nest for itself and its partner (which was on an adjacent bush). I have seen this two times before, but I have never seen the chicks. Well, maybe if I watch carefully, I will see them this time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35441\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/blackcappedchickadee260405s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Merlin is a predator. It usually sits quietly on a tree top with its wings furled and its tail collapsed as it watches for prey. This is the first time I have seen a merlin stretch out its tail and wings while sitting still.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35442\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/merlin260405s2.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Seen this morning were two birds. a chickadee with its mouth full, and a merlin stretching. The Black-capped chickadee is excavating a nest for itself and its partner (which was on an adjacent bush). I have seen this two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=35440\">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-35440","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\/35440","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=35440"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35447,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35440\/revisions\/35447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}