{"id":12035,"date":"2012-06-06T23:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=12035"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:25:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:25:57","slug":"sparrow-day-around-ottawa-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/sparrow-day-around-ottawa-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparrow Day Around Ottawa International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another Sparrow day in the lush green area around Ottawa International Airport. The weather was cooler this morning and the birds not so active. But we had great views of Firled, Grasshopper, Clay-colored and Vesper Sparrow. In addition Brown Thrasher, Chestnut-sided and Palm Warbler, Lincoln Sparrow and just as we were leaving the parking lot at Mer Bleue, we had a Sandhill Crane fly over.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure id=\"attachment_12001\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 556px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Giant-Swallowtail.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Giant-Swallowtail.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Giant-Swallowtail.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, 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https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Giant-Swallowtail.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Giant-Swallowtail.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Giant-Swallowtail.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12001 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Giant-Swallowtail.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"546\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Giant Swallowtail<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Alder Flycatcher<br \/>\nAmerican Crow<br \/>\nAmerican Goldfinch<br \/>\nAmerican Robin<br \/>\nBaltimore Oriole<br \/>\nBlack &amp; White Warbler<br \/>\nBlack-capped Chickadee<br \/>\nBlue Jay<br \/>\nBobolink<br \/>\nBrown Thrasher<br \/>\nBrown-headed Cowbird<br \/>\nCanada Goose<br \/>\nChestnut-sided Warbler<br \/>\nChipping Sparrow<br \/>\nClay-colored Sparrow<br \/>\nCommon Raven<br \/>\nCommon Yellowthroat<br \/>\nDouble-crested Cormorant<br \/>\nEastern Kingbird<br \/>\nEuropean Starling<br \/>\nField Sparrow<br \/>\nGrasshopper Sparrow<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure id=\"attachment_12000\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 522px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Hunting-Lincolns-Sparrow-at-Mer-Bleue.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Hunting-Lincolns-Sparrow-at-Mer-Bleue.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, 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fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Hunting-Lincolns-Sparrow-at-Mer-Bleue.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"512\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Hunting Lincoln's Sparrow at Mer Bleue<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Gray Catbird<br \/>\nGreat-crested Flycatcher<br \/>\nHouse Wren<br \/>\nIndigo Bunting<br \/>\nKilldeer<br \/>\nLincoln&#8217;s Sparrow<br \/>\nMallard<br \/>\nMourning Dove<br \/>\nNashville Warbler<br \/>\nNorthern Flicker<br \/>\nOvenbird<br \/>\nPalm Warbler<br \/>\nPileated Woodpecker<br \/>\nPurple Martin<br \/>\nRed-eyed Vireo<br \/>\nRed-tailed Hawk<br \/>\nRed-winged Blackbird<br \/>\nRing-billed Gull<br \/>\nRuby-throated Hummingbird<br \/>\nSandhill Crane<br \/>\nSong Sparrow<br \/>\nSwamp Sparrow<br \/>\nTree Swallow<br \/>\nTurkey Vulture<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure id=\"attachment_11999\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 421px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Home-sweet-Home.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Home-sweet-Home.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Home-sweet-Home.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Home-sweet-Home.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Home-sweet-Home.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, 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https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Home-sweet-Home.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11999 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Home-sweet-Home.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"411\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Home sweet Home<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Veery<br \/>\nVesper Sparrow<br \/>\nWarbling Vireo<br \/>\nWhite-throated Sparrow<br \/>\nWild Turkey<br \/>\nYellow Warbler<br \/>\nYellow-bellied Flycatcher<\/p>\n<p>Visit our website &ldquo;Always an Adventure with Tony and Nina&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Sparrow day in the lush green area around Ottawa International Airport. The weather was cooler this morning and the birds not so active. But we had great views of Firled, Grasshopper, Clay-colored and Vesper Sparrow. In addition Brown Thrasher, Chestnut-sided and Palm Warbler, Lincoln Sparrow and just as we were leaving the parking lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":2192217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Giant-Swallowtail.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}