{"id":360,"date":"2012-07-05T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T21:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2012-07-05T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T21:52:10","slug":"green-herons-in-goshen-shapeshifters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"Green Herons in Goshen &#8211; Shapeshifters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday afternoon I sat hidden in the bushes by the pond near my house in Goshen, NY for over two hours. I know, strange behavior. Well actually, I was watching and photographing two Green Herons that were spending their afternoon there. The herons spent their time grooming, hunting, and just sitting. It was fascinating to see how these\u00a0 birds can take on a variety of shapes and sizes depending on their behavior.<\/p>\n<p>*Click on photos to enlarge*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1565-0011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-379\" title=\"_MG_1565-001\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1565-0011-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1565-0011-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1565-0011-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1565-0011-445x300.jpg 445w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1565-0011.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ghyell2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-378\" title=\"ghyell\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ghyell2-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ghyell2-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ghyell2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ghyell2-420x300.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1665.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-362\" title=\"_MG_1665\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1665-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1665-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1665-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1665-422x300.jpg 422w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1665.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1509a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-376\" title=\"_MG_1509a\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1509a-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1509a-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1509a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1509a.jpg 2002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1586.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-363\" title=\"_MG_1586\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1586-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1586-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1586-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1586-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1586.jpg 1713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1421.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-364\" title=\"_MG_1421\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1421-727x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1421-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1421-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1421.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-366\" title=\"_MG_1401\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1401-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1401-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1401-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1401-445x300.jpg 445w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1401.jpg 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-367\" title=\"_MG_1709\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1709-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1709-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1709-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MG_1709.jpg 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 85vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday afternoon I sat hidden in the bushes by the pond near my house in Goshen, NY for over two hours. I know, strange behavior. Well actually, I was watching and photographing two Green Herons that were spending their afternoon there. The herons spent their time grooming, hunting, and just sitting. It was fascinating to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=360\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Green Herons in Goshen &#8211; Shapeshifters?&#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_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-walkingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-5O","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","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=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}