{"id":6828,"date":"2016-01-03T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2016\/01\/03\/at-the-birdfeeder-today\/"},"modified":"2016-01-03T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T23:17:00","slug":"at-the-birdfeeder-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2016\/01\/03\/at-the-birdfeeder-today\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Birdfeeder Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bts.jpg' title='black-throated sparrow'><img src='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/bts.jpg' alt='black-throated sparrow' width='272' \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cbt.jpg' title='curve-billed thrasher'><img src='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cbt.jpg' alt='curve-billed thrasher' width='272' \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cw.jpg' title='cactus wren'><img src='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/cw.jpg' alt='cactus wren' width='272' \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wtas.jpg' title='white-tailed antelope squirrel'><img src='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/wtas.jpg' alt='white-tailed antelope squirrel' width='272' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I ventured up on the hill behind the RV drive today to replace the bird seed block and bell that Damsel and I like to hang up there to attract the birds and critters. Well, I guess it must be working since today the critters seen above were impatiently waiting for me to finish. I retreated about eight or ten feet away from the post that holds the feeders and took photos of a few of the critters-in-waiting as they approached to gather fallen seeds and to peck on the block and bell.<\/p>\n<p>These four are black-throated sparrow, curve-billed thrasher, cactus wren and white-tailed antelope squirrel. In the past, the squirrels have been known to closely approach while I am still on the hill, but this is the first time any of the birds have shown little apprehension to my presence. Click on any image to enlarge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,47,17,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-critters","category-photography","category-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}