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\"010\"Living on a lake in Florida has turned me into a bird watcher.\u00a0 I mean, the things are everywhere…on cars, in parking lots, crossing the road during heavy traffic.\u00a0 I don’t need a lake, but having a lake means I get to see birds I wouldn’t normally.\u00a0 Like this stork who weathered a downpour in our back yard.<\/p>\n

So, fair warning, this is probably one of many backyard snaps to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Living on a lake in Florida has turned me into a bird watcher.\u00a0 I mean, the things are everywhere…on cars, in parking lots, crossing the road during heavy traffic.\u00a0 I don’t need a lake, but having a lake means I get to see birds I wouldn’t normally.\u00a0 Like this stork who weathered a downpour in… Continue reading Wildlife<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[271,43,214],"class_list":["post-5782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-birds","tag-photography","tag-the-house"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10525,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/03\/22\/spring-time-walk-at-lettuce-lake-park\/","url_meta":{"origin":5782,"position":0},"title":"Spring time walk at Lettuce Lake Park","author":"leems","date":"March 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/100_0021-150x112.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/100_0021-150x112.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/100_0021-150x112.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9942,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2025\/07\/16\/muscovy\/","url_meta":{"origin":5782,"position":1},"title":"Muscovy","author":"leems","date":"July 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I inherited a little bird identification book from my Grandmother. 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