{"id":100430,"date":"2021-07-19T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=100430"},"modified":"2021-07-19T10:22:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:22:46","slug":"a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Recent Birds And An Outlier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven species of birds and the almost obligatory butterfly this time of year.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally I post a small collection of recent photos that didn’t quite make the grade for a standalone post but I think still deserve to be seen. Collectively they give the viewer a sense of the types of birds I’ve been seeing. And not seeing. Because of the drought and extreme heat I haven’t been visiting some of my usual birding haunts so I don’t have as much species variety as I typically would.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the following photos was taken in the last three weeks.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100435\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1626332487","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.00025","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"gray catbird 9127 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100435 size-full\" title=\"gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/gray-catbird-9127-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Gray Catbird just prior to takeoff.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1626334247","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"lazuli bunting 9302 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100436 size-full\" title=\"lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/lazuli-bunting-9302-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A female Lazuli Bunting exploring the emergent vegetation coming out of the mud next to a stream.<\/p>\n<p>I’m not sure what she was doing down there. While she was in the area she spent most of her time picking seeds out of grass heads that were hanging directly over where she was in this photo. Perhaps she was foraging for grass seeds that had fallen out of the seed heads.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the subtle blues on her rump and tail. Nowhere near as flashy as her male counterpart but still attractive.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100437\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1626332778","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0003125","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"rufous hummingbird 9256 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley-300x240.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100437 size-full\" title=\"rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/rufous-hummingbird-9256-ron-dudley-350x280.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My first Rufous Hummingbird of the year.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100432\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1625553205","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"belted kingfisher 6981 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100432 size-full\" title=\"belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/belted-kingfisher-6981-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A juvenile Belted Kingfisher.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first time I saw one of the youngsters of the adult male I’ve photographed often this spring and early summer. I’ve seen and photographed several of them since.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1626084409","copyright":"","focal_length":"400","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0005","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"turkey vulture 8547 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100438 size-full\" title=\"turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Turkey Vulture in an aspen tree.<\/p>\n<p>This bird and several other vultures had been scavenging road kill on a dirt\/gravel road in the mountains and flew off when I drove around a curve. I rarely see vultures in aspens but it does happen occasionally.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100439\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1624949517","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0002","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"willow flycatcher 4869 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100439 size-full\" title=\"willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/willow-flycatcher-4869-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Willow Flycatcher.<\/p>\n<p>I think of this bird as “Old Poophead” ever since I zoomed in tightly on the high resolution version of the image and confirmed that the white streak on his head is bird poop. The indignity of it all…<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1625817315","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.0004","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"cedar waxwing 8355 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley-240x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100433 size-full\" title=\"cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cedar-waxwing-8355-ron-dudley-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Cedar Waxwing being annoyed by a bee. Yes, I wish the bee was sharper.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Ron Dudley","camera":"Canon EOS 7D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1625822405","copyright":"","focal_length":"400","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0003125","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"fritillary butterfly 8386 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley-240x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100434 size-full\" title=\"fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/fritillary-butterfly-8386-ron-dudley-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A fritillary butterfly on a thistle flower. <span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I don’t know the actual species of the butterfly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I rarely (as in almost never) make any color adjustments on my photos but I did on this one. The colors of both butterfly and flower were so intense as they came out of the camera I toned them down a little (desaturated them) during processing. Now they’re easier on my eye.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Our weather forecast suggests that we’ll have monsoon moisture coming up from the south for this entire week and possibly longer. For us that usually means clouds and the distinct possibility of dry lightning with most or all of the moisture evaporating before it hits the ground (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virga<\/a><\/span><\/span>). With cloudy weather the outlook for bird photography is grim but I’ll be satisfied, or at least relieved, if we get through this spell without any lightning-caused fires.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of New Mexico and other points south have been getting good moisture out of these monsoons so maybe we’ll get lucky.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven species of birds and the almost obligatory butterfly this time of year.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/19\/a-few-recent-birds-and-an-outlier\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2853,334,4202,2659,3523,569,3512,910,3522],"tags":[4861,2329,1651,5849,3525,571,5850,2173,4700,911,3088],"class_list":["post-100430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belted-kingfishers","category-birds","category-butterlies","category-cedar-waxwings","category-gray-catbird","category-lazuli-buntings","category-rufous-hummingbirds","category-turkey-vultures","category-willow-flycatcher","tag-bee","tag-belted-kingfisher","tag-cedar-waxwing","tag-fritillary-butterfly","tag-gray-catbird","tag-lazuli-bunting","tag-monsoon","tag-rufous-hummingbird","tag-thistle","tag-turkey-vulture","tag-willow-flycatcher"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/turkey-vulture-8547-ron-dudley.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-q7Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}