{"id":12958,"date":"2023-12-24T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T16:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12958"},"modified":"2023-12-24T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T16:55:12","slug":"christmas-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12958","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Snow&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8230;Buntings! I began the long Christmas weekend on Friday evening with a sizable but skittish flock of Snow Buntings in beautiful light. I continued on Saturday morning where the flock was more cooperative, but of course, the light was terrible for photos. Seeing how there is no snow in the forecast, this looks like the only &#8220;snow&#8221; we&#8217;ll have for the holiday. I hope everyone who is celebrating is enjoying a wonderful Christmas with loved ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-2.jpg 1988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Snow Buntings in flight, Black Dirt Region, 12\/22\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU5.jpg 1612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Single SNBU in flight, BDR, 12\/22\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-5.jpg 2036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Snow Bunting foraging in the black dirt, 12\/23\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU4-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~I really like this photo because it contains 3 species&#8230; can you pick out the Lapland Longspur and the Horned Lark? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-6-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~SNBU in the BDR, 12\/23\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-3-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-3-1-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-3-1-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-3-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-3-1-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-3-1-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-3-1-2048x1639.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122223-SNBU-3-1-1200x960.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~SNBUs in the black dirt, 12\/22\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/122323-SNBU-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~It&#8217;s funny to me, because sometimes in close-ups, Snow Buntings have a little bit of an old man look to me, with the wrinkles around the eyes. Black Dirt Region 12\/23\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Buntings! I began the long Christmas weekend on Friday evening with a sizable but skittish flock of Snow Buntings in beautiful light. I continued on Saturday morning where the flock was more cooperative, but of course, the light was terrible for photos. Seeing how there is no snow in the forecast, this looks like the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12958\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas Snow&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-dirt","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3n0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12958"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12972,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12958\/revisions\/12972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}