{"id":4297,"date":"2015-06-13T09:57:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T13:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2020-09-06T13:06:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:06:52","slug":"black-skimmers-at-bombay-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/black-skimmers-at-bombay-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Skimmers at Bombay Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was fun watching the skimmers flying around &#8211; if I kept on the look out, I would be ready when they made a pass.<\/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\/2015\/06\/150606_MAS7471.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1100\" data-lbwps-height=\"733\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/150606_MAS7471.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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