{"id":9007,"date":"2013-11-02T10:45:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=9007"},"modified":"2013-11-03T07:50:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T15:50:09","slug":"chickadees-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=9007","title":{"rendered":"Chickadees two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who can fail to like chickadees? They are cute, curious, and melodious.<\/p>\n<p>Of the five species found in Canada, four can be seen in this region: Black-capped, Chestnut-backed, Mountain, and Boreal. The first two are the most frequently seen, and both appear here.<\/p>\n<p>The Black-capped Chickadee influenced the name of all the species with its call: chick-a-dee-dee-dee. Its black cap and bib, along with buff sides, make it easy to spot as it scours for seeds and insects.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9009\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/blackcappedchicadee130919as.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A close relative, the Chestnut-backed Chickadee, is identified by the rich chestnut brown on its back and sides.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9010\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/chestnutbackedchicadee131101s.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chickadees are acrobatic little birds and will sometimes hang upside down as they forage for insects and seeds. This Black-capped Chickadee is not only upside down, but has twisted its head around to look downward.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9008\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/blackcappedchicadee130919bs.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Who can fail to like chickadees? They are cute, curious, and melodious. Of the five species found in Canada, four can be seen in this region: Black-capped, Chestnut-backed, Mountain, and Boreal. The first two are the most frequently seen, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=9007\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-9007","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\/9007","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=9007"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9016,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9007\/revisions\/9016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}