{"id":3202,"date":"2013-10-30T21:32:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T02:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?p=3202"},"modified":"2020-09-07T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T15:34:38","slug":"eastern-bluebirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/eastern-bluebirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Bluebirds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been years since I ran into a bunch of Bluebirds in the woods at Loch Raven.&nbsp; I found these last weekend somewhat near Dulaney Valley Bridge &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 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><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0309-c.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1200\" data-lbwps-height=\"742\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0309-c.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;Canon EOS-1D Mark IV&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;560mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/640s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO800&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0309-c.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3203\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0309-c.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3203\" class=\"wp-image-3203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0309-c.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0309-c-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0309-c-720x445.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0339.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1000\" data-lbwps-height=\"618\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0339.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;Canon EOS-1D Mark IV&lt;\/span&gt; 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&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;560mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/640s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO400&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0345-2-c.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3206\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0345-2-c.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3206\" class=\"wp-image-3206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0345-2-c.jpg 506w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0345-2-c-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0360.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"850\" data-lbwps-height=\"850\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0360.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;Canon EOS-1D Mark IV&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;560mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/640s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO400&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0360.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3207\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0360.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3207\" class=\"wp-image-3207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0360.jpg 850w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0360-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0360-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/131027_MAS0360-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"empty-paragraph\">Some factoids:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<h2>Migration<\/h2>\n<p>Resident to medium-distance migrant. Bluebirds leave breeding grounds in the north of their range to winter in the southeastern U.S. or Mexico. Populations in the northern part of their range are entirely migratory, spending winters in the southeastern United States or Mexico. Some fly as far as 2,000 miles between western Manitoba and Texas. Eastern Bluebirds from the southeastern U.S. may move short distances south or simply remain on their breeding territories all year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=3211\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3211\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sial_sial_AllAm_map.gif\" alt=\"sial_sial_AllAm_map\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\"><\/a><\/figure><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been years since I ran into a bunch of Bluebirds in the woods at Loch Raven.&nbsp; I found these last weekend somewhat near Dulaney Valley Bridge &#8230; Some factoids:&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/eastern-bluebirds\/\">Continue reading &#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eastern Bluebirds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-3202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-small-birds","tag-loch-raven-reservoir","ratio-3-2","excerpt"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3202"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6274,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3202\/revisions\/6274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}