{"id":538,"date":"2013-04-03T09:43:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T13:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2014-04-08T21:25:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T01:25:17","slug":"recent-spring-sightings-in-vermont-and-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Recent Spring Sightings in Vermont and New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>There are a number of Merlins in Hanover, N.H. that are likely nesting as they have for several years. Here&#8217;s one, high in the treetops.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(CLICK\u00a0 ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-539\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/merlin_c.crawford.hanover.n.h.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-539\" alt=\"merlin\" src=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/merlin_c.crawford.hanover.n.h-237x300.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/merlin_c.crawford.hanover.n.h-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/merlin_c.crawford.hanover.n.h.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merlin in New Hampshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>These Grebes were at the Wilder Dam in Vermont.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-540\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/red-necked-grebes2_c.crawford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-540\" alt=\"Red-Necked Grebes in Vermont\" src=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/red-necked-grebes2_c.crawford-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/red-necked-grebes2_c.crawford-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/red-necked-grebes2_c.crawford.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red-necked Grebes in Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/horned-grebe-wilder_c.crawford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-541\" alt=\"Horned Grebe in Vermont\" src=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/horned-grebe-wilder_c.crawford-300x205.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/horned-grebe-wilder_c.crawford-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/horned-grebe-wilder_c.crawford.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned Grebe in Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Migrating Ducks are also fun to see on the Connecticut River in Vermont and New Hampshire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 Common Mergansers will be here for the summer and seem to be everywhere<\/em> <em>right now.\u00a0 Many Ring-necked Ducks are passing through.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-544\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/common.mergansers.take-off.c.crawford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-544\" alt=\"Common Mergansers (male) take-off\" src=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/common.mergansers.take-off.c.crawford-300x173.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/common.mergansers.take-off.c.crawford-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/common.mergansers.take-off.c.crawford.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common Mergansers (male) take-off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-543\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ring-necked.duck_.wilder.c.crawford.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-543 \" alt=\"Ring-necked Duck in Flight\" src=\"http:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ring-necked.duck_.wilder.c.crawford-300x221.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ring-necked.duck_.wilder.c.crawford-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/ring-necked.duck_.wilder.c.crawford.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ring-necked Duck in Flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of Merlins in Hanover, N.H. that are likely nesting as they have for several years. Here&#8217;s one, high in the treetops. (CLICK\u00a0 ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a class=\"excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/?p=538\">&hellip;Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[42,40,39,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749,"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}