{"id":8009,"date":"2018-04-04T21:40:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T01:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=8009"},"modified":"2018-04-04T21:40:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T01:40:19","slug":"25-oc-red-throated-loons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=8009","title":{"rendered":"25 OC RED-THROATED LOONS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8010\" style=\"width: 819px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?attachment_id=8010\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8010\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8010\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-8-Edit-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-8-Edit-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-8-Edit-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-8-Edit-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-8-Edit.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">~One of the 25 Red-throated Loons ventured close enough for a decent photo. Wickham Lake, 04\/04\/18.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At first I thought it must be a joke. I really did. But, that&#8217;s not Rob&#8217;s style. The text read 25 RED-THROATED LOONS at Wickham Lake. Really? You&#8217;ve got to be kidding me. I was pessimistic about them sticking around until I got out of work, but somehow they did. I arrived just after 6 pm and I have to say that they did not disappoint. I enjoyed an amazing evening watching these beautiful birds make their way around the lake. They must have been quite comfortable since, with the high winds, the water was extremely rough. I was really curious to see what they would do as the sun started to set, and at 7:10, all but six of the RTLOs took flight. After several laps around the lake, gradually getting higher and higher, they departed, heading west-northwest. Shortly after, I headed out, leaving the lake to the remaining 6 Red-throated Loons. I wonder if they will spend the night?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8013\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?attachment_id=8013\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8013\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-2.jpg 2044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">~Red-throated Loons at Wickham Lake, 04\/04\/18.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8011\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?attachment_id=8011\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8011\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-11-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-11-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">~Departing Red-throated Loons, Wickham Lake 04\/04\/18.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8012\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?attachment_id=8012\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8012\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-12-Edit-2-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-12-Edit-2-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-12-Edit-2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-12-Edit-2-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-12-Edit-2-1200x960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/040418-RTLO-12-Edit-2.jpg 1741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">~RTLOs in flight over Wickham Lake, 04\/04\/18.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first I thought it must be a joke. I really did. But, that&#8217;s not Rob&#8217;s style. The text read 25 RED-THROATED LOONS at Wickham Lake. Really? You&#8217;ve got to be kidding me. I was pessimistic about them sticking around until I got out of work, but somehow they did. I arrived just after 6 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=8009\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;25 OC RED-THROATED LOONS!&#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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-swimmingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-25b","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8009","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=8009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8015,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8009\/revisions\/8015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}