{"id":914,"date":"2010-04-11T15:32:34","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T20:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/?p=914"},"modified":"2010-05-04T05:51:06","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T10:51:06","slug":"bird-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/?p=914","title":{"rendered":"Bird watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-915\" title=\"_MSW3684-Edit-Edit-Edit\" src=\"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3684-Edit-Edit-Edit-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3684-Edit-Edit-Edit-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3684-Edit-Edit-Edit-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3684-Edit-Edit-Edit.jpg 1722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A great weather morning with bright blue skies made it a good day to go bird watching at Huntley Meadows park. The bird above is an immature Eastern Phoebe. \u00a0You can tell it&#8217;s young because of the pale yellow underneath and buff color on its wings. \u00a0Below, a pair of Tree Swallows were playing around a Wood Duck nesting box. The male (the bright blue one) seems to be making a point with the female (more of a grey).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-916\" title=\"_MSW3384-Edit-Edit-Edit\" src=\"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3384-Edit-Edit-Edit-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3384-Edit-Edit-Edit-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3384-Edit-Edit-Edit-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Red-winged Blackbirds are always plentiful at Huntley Meadows this time of year. \u00a0The female certainly doesn&#8217;t live up to its name or the appearance of the male who has black feathers and red shoulder epaulets. \u00a0The female (below) is brown-grey and heavily streaked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-968\" title=\"_MSW3744-Edit-Edit-2\" src=\"http:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3744-Edit-Edit-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3744-Edit-Edit-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikewalkerphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/MSW3744-Edit-Edit-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great weather morning with bright blue skies made it a good day to go bird watching at Huntley Meadows park. 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