{"id":194,"date":"2023-01-09T14:23:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:23:45","slug":"a-sunday-walk-in-the-game-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/09\/a-sunday-walk-in-the-game-land\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sunday walk in the game land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The morning was overcast but dry, and whereas the previous week I had no photos, this Sunday made up for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first bird I came across (that is, one close enough to photograph) was a white-throated sparrow, one of several. The white throats are among the winter birds of central Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7358-white-throat-sp-8jan2023-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7358-white-throat-sp-8jan2023-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7358-white-throat-sp-8jan2023-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7358-white-throat-sp-8jan2023-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7358-white-throat-sp-8jan2023.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A white-throated sparrow.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overnight the temperature went below freezing, so there were a number of different ice forms to photograph, including this one of thousands of icicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7367-1000s-ice-8jan2023-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7367-1000s-ice-8jan2023-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7367-1000s-ice-8jan2023-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7367-1000s-ice-8jan2023-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7367-1000s-ice-8jan2023.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Thousands of icicles.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High overhead a trio of turkey vultures were circling, looking here and there. Below is one of them, turkey vultures being among the most effortless flyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7381-tv-ovhd-8jan2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7381-tv-ovhd-8jan2023.jpg 840w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7381-tv-ovhd-8jan2023-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7381-tv-ovhd-8jan2023-768x823.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A turkey vulture.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next comes one of those strange photographs, one that I find exceedingly pleasing. I call it an antlered branch creature. Awesome antlers! Note the eyes too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7394-branch-antlers-8jan2023-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7394-branch-antlers-8jan2023-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7394-branch-antlers-8jan2023-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7394-branch-antlers-8jan2023-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7394-branch-antlers-8jan2023.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>An antlered branch creature.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toward the end of my walk I came across a yellow-bellied sapsucker. For whatever reason, I come across one or another of them in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7396-yellow-b-sapsucker-8jan2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7396-yellow-b-sapsucker-8jan2023.jpg 720w, https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/b7396-yellow-b-sapsucker-8jan2023-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A yellow-bellied sapsucker.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was definitely a good walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The morning was overcast but dry, and whereas the previous week I had no photos, this Sunday made up for that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,15],"tags":[52,51],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-wildlife","tag-icicles","tag-sparrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<br />
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