{"id":6566,"date":"2024-05-09T11:35:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6566"},"modified":"2024-05-09T13:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:15:08","slug":"ground-nesting-birds-2024-more-on-the-american-woodcock-9may2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6566","title":{"rendered":"Ground-Nesting Birds 2024: more on the American Woodcock 9May2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By The Bird Team: Joshua Barss Donham. Fulton Lavender, Cathy Smalley, Katie Studholme<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6553\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-07-at-8.01.14-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6553\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6553\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-07-at-8.01.14-AM-250x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-07-at-8.01.14-AM-250x300.png 250w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-07-at-8.01.14-AM-768x920.png 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screen-Shot-2024-05-07-at-8.01.14-AM.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>American Woodcock strutting near Lake Banook, Dartmouth<\/strong><br \/>View short <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/American_WoodcockEating_earthworm-MVI_1338.MOV.mov\">Video<\/a> by Joshua Barss Donham<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What\u2019s the most wonderful thing about the American Woodcock: The fantastic camouflage? The comical shape? The explosive flight with sound effects? The nicknames? Or the sublime funky Woodcock Walk? All these things make a Woodcock sighting very memorable.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, probably the most important thing about the American Woodcock is that they are nesting &#8211; right on the ground. Help them out &#8211; when you visit the Backlands (or other wilderness areas around Nova Scotia), keep your feet on the trails!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a few more fun facts about the American Woodcock&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=6346\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The Bird Team: Joshua Barss Donham. Fulton Lavender, Cathy Smalley, Katie Studholme What\u2019s the most wonderful thing about the American Woodcock: The fantastic camouflage? The comical shape? The explosive flight with sound effects? The nicknames? Or the sublime funky &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6566\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-conservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566","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=6566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6570,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6566\/revisions\/6570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}