{"id":8531,"date":"2020-02-13T07:23:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T12:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=8531"},"modified":"2021-12-07T08:39:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:39:14","slug":"birdwatching-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/02\/13\/birdwatching-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdwatching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" data-attachment-id=\"8506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/backyardbluejay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1008,645\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;LeEtta&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Spca1628&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563716432&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.45454545455&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00206143063286&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"backyardbluejay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;In motion captured by our trail camera&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay-400x256.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay-600x384.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay-600x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8506\" data-link=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/backyardbluejay\/\" class=\"wp-image-8506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay-600x384.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay-400x256.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay-144x92.jpg 144w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/backyardbluejay.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">In motion captured by our trail camera<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" data-attachment-id=\"8505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/geeseinyard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1060,678\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;LeEtta&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S6200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563715599&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;45&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"geeseinyard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Our lake&amp;#8217;s resident Emden geese.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard-400x256.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard-600x384.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard-600x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8505\" data-link=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/geeseinyard\/\" class=\"wp-image-8505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard-600x384.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard-400x256.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard-144x92.jpg 144w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/geeseinyard.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Our lake&#8217;s resident Emden geese.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over a year ago, now, something was killing things in our back yard.  Two Muscovy ducks, a turtle, and a blue jay were left to spread their putrefying gasses over the garden.  In an effort to catch the killer, we got a trail camera and mounted &#8217;round the pillar of an old, broken, bird bath.  As far as we know, the killer has not returned.  We have had no more back yard deaths, and we have never caught whateveritis on camera.  We know there are foxes in the area, and our back yard is not secured from wandering dogs&#8230;  In the meantime, I get very much enjoyment seeing what the camera does manage to photograph.  Night shots are informative, but not necessarily clear photography.  Here are some birds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over a year ago, now, something was killing things in our back yard. Two Muscovy ducks, a turtle, and a blue jay were left to spread their putrefying gasses over the garden. In an effort to catch the killer, we got a trail camera and mounted &#8217;round the pillar of an old, broken, bird bath.&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2020\/02\/13\/birdwatching-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Birdwatching<\/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":[271,274,214],"class_list":["post-8531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-birds","tag-phenology","tag-the-house"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8843,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8531\/revisions\/8843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}