{"id":6470,"date":"2024-04-18T14:32:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6470"},"modified":"2024-04-18T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:38:18","slug":"staying-on-the-trail-protects-ground-nesting-dark-eyed-junco-18apr2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6470","title":{"rendered":"Staying on the trail protects ground-nesting Dark-eyed Junco 18Apr2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6467\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Junco2fledgling-East_Pine_Island_Pond.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6467\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6467\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Junco2fledgling-East_Pine_Island_Pond-300x230.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Junco2fledgling-East_Pine_Island_Pond-300x230.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Junco2fledgling-East_Pine_Island_Pond-1024x783.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Junco2fledgling-East_Pine_Island_Pond-768x588.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Junco2fledgling-East_Pine_Island_Pond.jpeg 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Fledgling Junco,\u00a0 east Pine Island Pond area on Aug 13, 2022<\/strong><br \/>Photo by Joshua Barss Donham<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This cutie is a juvenile Dark-eyed Junco &#8211; you can help ensure they grow into an adult by staying on trails when you\u2019re hiking in the Backlands &amp; other wilderness areas.<\/p>\n<p>How does keeping your feet (&amp; your pet&#8217;s feet) on the trail help? Dark-Eyed Juncos nest right on the ground &#8211; they make open cup nests of grass and leaves, lined with soft materials like moss. These nests are well hidden underneath foliage or rock, in exposed tree roots, or in small sheltered depressions, making them both difficult to spot &amp; easy to accidentally disturb!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=6344\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cutie is a juvenile Dark-eyed Junco &#8211; you can help ensure they grow into an adult by staying on trails when you\u2019re hiking in the Backlands &amp; other wilderness areas. How does keeping your feet (&amp; your pet&#8217;s feet) &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6470\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-conservation","category-trails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6470","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=6470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6476,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6470\/revisions\/6476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}