{"id":222,"date":"2009-05-23T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/?p=222"},"modified":"2009-06-01T05:53:32","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T10:53:32","slug":"a-lot-going-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"A lot going on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-223\" title=\"_msw9132\" src=\"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/_msw9132-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"_msw9132\" width=\"720\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/_msw9132-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/_msw9132-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/_msw9132.jpg 1902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Huntley Meadows was bursting with activity today, with Osprey on the hunt for breakfast, muskrat gathering plants, young Mallard and Wood Duck families trolling for food. \u00a0Also, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Green-backed Herons, along with great numbers of Goldfinch, Grackles, Bluebirds, Phoebes, Swallows, Flycatchers, and on and on. \u00a0The place was buzzing and the weather outstanding. I spent the day with with my D300 and 200-400mm f4 lens, trying to take it all in. \u00a0I have posted additional pictures which can be found under the &#8216;Gallery&#8217; menu item. \u00a0Just click on &#8216;Huntley Meadows&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-224\" title=\"_msw8685\" src=\"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/_msw8685-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"_msw8685\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/_msw8685-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/_msw8685-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another update on the Hooded Merganser family&#8230;.the three remaining youngsters are really growing up fast and looking a lot like mom now. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know how much longer they will stick around but it was great to watch them develop over the last 5 weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huntley Meadows was bursting with activity today, with Osprey on the hunt for breakfast, muskrat gathering plants, young Mallard and Wood Duck families trolling for food. \u00a0Also, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Green-backed Herons, along with great numbers of Goldfinch, Grackles, Bluebirds, Phoebes, Swallows, Flycatchers, and on and on. \u00a0The place was buzzing and the...<\/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,"pp_embeds":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Huntley Meadows was bursting with activity today, with Osprey on the hunt for breakfast, muskrat gathering plants, young Mallard and Wood Duck families trolling for food. 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