{"id":4670,"date":"2023-01-04T00:26:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T04:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2023-01-04T00:48:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T04:48:44","slug":"bald-eagle-in-the-backlands-1jan2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=4670","title":{"rendered":"Bald Eagle in the Backlands 1Jan2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wrote birder Joshua Barss Donham on New Years Day:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Happy New Year to all!<br \/>\nMajesty in the Backlands! Watched this magnificent Bald Eagle dry its wings and preen while perched in a pine overlooking the lower Macintosh Run this afternoon. Spryfield, 1 January 2023. #keepthebacklandswild<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Click on images for larger versions.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4671\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh5-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh5-728x1024.jpg 728w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh5-213x300.jpg 213w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh5-768x1080.jpg 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh5-1092x1536.jpg 1092w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh5.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4672\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh4-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh4-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh4-1024x700.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh4-768x525.jpg 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh4-1536x1049.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4673\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4674\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh2-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh2-221x300.jpg 221w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh2-756x1024.jpg 756w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh2-768x1040.jpg 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh2-1134x1536.jpg 1134w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh2.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4675\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh1-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh1-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh1-1024x737.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh1-768x553.jpg 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh1-1536x1106.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Josh1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thx for sharing, Joshua. The Backlands are indeed a <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=3914\">special place for birds<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wrote birder Joshua Barss Donham on New Years Day: Happy New Year to all! Majesty in the Backlands! Watched this magnificent Bald Eagle dry its wings and preen while perched in a pine overlooking the lower Macintosh Run this afternoon. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=4670\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-conservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4670"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4693,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions\/4693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}