{"id":2856,"date":"2014-06-12T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2014-06-12T21:29:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T01:29:48","slug":"swamp-sparrows-in-the-rain-61214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2856","title":{"rendered":"Swamp Sparrows in the Rain 6\/12\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2857\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2857 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8380-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8380\" width=\"584\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8380-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8380-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8380.jpg 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swamp Sparrow singing in the rain, Appalachian Trail Pochuck Section, 6\/12\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After work today I walked the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnyhiking.com\/ATinNJ-PochuckBoardwalk.htm\">Appalachian Trail Pochuck Section<\/a> for the first time this year. I had forgotten how good the trail was for Swamp Sparrows, so in spite of the poor light and the rain I got some decent shots. I was hoping that the Marsh Wrens would have nested near the boardwalk like they did last year, but no such luck. In addition to the the SWSPs and MAWRs, all the birds I saw were expected species, with a highlight being a couple of Green Herons.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2858\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8443.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2858\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8443-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"I love the long legs on these Swamp Sparrows. AT Pochuck Section, 6\/12\/14.\" width=\"584\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8443-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8443-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8443.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love the long legs on these Swamp Sparrows. AT Pochuck Section, 6\/12\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2859\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2859\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8311-818x1024.jpg\" alt=\"SWSPs are a beautiful sparrow, I love the colors on the back of this bird. \" width=\"584\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8311-818x1024.jpg 818w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8311-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8311.jpg 1341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SWSPs are a beautiful sparrow, I love the colors on the back of this bird.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2860\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8356.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2860\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8356-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Swamp Sparrow at the AT Pochuck Section, 6\/12\/14. \" width=\"584\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8356-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8356-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_8356-374x300.jpg 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swamp Sparrow at the AT Pochuck Section, 6\/12\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After work today I walked the Appalachian Trail Pochuck Section for the first time this year. I had forgotten how good the trail was for Swamp Sparrows, so in spite of the poor light and the rain I got some decent shots. I was hoping that the Marsh Wrens would have nested near the boardwalk &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2856\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Swamp Sparrows in the Rain 6\/12\/14&#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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","category-songbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-K4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856","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=2856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2862,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}