{"id":4418,"date":"2011-09-07T07:55:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T14:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2011-09-07T07:55:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T14:55:35","slug":"birding-in-madera-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/birding-in-madera-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Birding in Madera Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4419\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6333.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6333-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our friend Nina took us on another birding adventure to improve our skills. Timothy and Paige have studied birds recently in science, but each goes about it a different way. Paige enjoys sketching them. Timothy takes time to learn anatomy, range, behavior, and markings. He is distinguishing himself as quite a little birder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6338.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4420\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6338.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6338-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>He is good at finding and identifying birds. Wow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6349.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4421\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6349.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6349-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We saw many hummingbirds as we sat on the porch of a small bed and breakfast in Madera Canyon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6344.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4427\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6344.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6344.jpg 433w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6344-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re deep in contemplation and relaxation. We&#8217;re also feeling relief from the intense heat down in the valley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4422\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6354.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6354-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Naughty but adorable squirrel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6359.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4423\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6359.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6359-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this is a Lesser Goldfinch. I&#8217;ll have to ask Timothy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6370.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4424\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6370.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6370-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Finch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4425\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6383.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6383-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel took all of these pictures. He enjoys photography. Timothy and Mark carry binoculars; Paige carries her sketch book; Daniel carries the camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4426\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6391.jpg 433w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/DSC_6391-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mark found *another* walking stick for his collection. It was a good day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friend Nina took us on another birding adventure to improve our skills. Timothy and Paige have studied birds recently in science, but each goes about it a different way. Paige enjoys sketching them. Timothy takes time to learn anatomy, range, behavior, and markings. He is distinguishing himself as quite a little birder. He is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2011\/09\/birding-in-madera-canyon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Birding in Madera Canyon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homeschooling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4418"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4430,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions\/4430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}