{"id":73660,"date":"2014-05-22T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=5b73efe13231af5c35c69d06d8816634"},"modified":"2024-06-17T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:06:53","slug":"northern-parula-at-central-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/northern-parula-at-central-winds\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Parula at Central Winds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday I visited Central Winds Park. Migration is winding down, but Northern Parula are singing throughout the park. Breeding has begun! One singing male posed nicely for photos; I suspect these are some of my best photos of the species.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Northern Parula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I was also surprised to see a young fledgling flying\/hopping from tree branch to tree branch. It seems to me this is a little early to have fledglings out and and about. This little guy is still without all his flight feathers. He was able to fly short distances. I watched him for a few minutes but despite lots of begging calls I never saw a parent come to feed him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-XPvMRJF\/2\/L\/_MG_4213-L.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"800\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Northern Parula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unfortunately, though, he was in a very shady area, so I had to shoot at 6400 ISO handheld without a flash&#8211;not the most ideal situation with my camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday I visited Central Winds Park. Migration is winding down, but Northern Parula are singing throughout the park. Breeding has begun! One singing male posed nicely for photos; I suspect these are some of my best photos of the species. I was also surprised to see a young fledgling flying\/hopping from tree branch to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2195511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"http:\/\/scottsimmons.smugmug.com\/DailyShoots\/2014\/05-09\/i-ZDnSNX6\/1\/L\/_MG_4353-L.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Northern Parula at Central Winds","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[4204,2465],"class_list":["post-73660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife","tag-northern-parula","tag-scott-simmons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73660","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2195511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}