{"id":6875,"date":"2024-07-05T07:08:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6875"},"modified":"2024-07-13T05:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T09:10:33","slug":"nighthawks-have-returned-to-the-backlands-5jul2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6875","title":{"rendered":"Nighthawks have returned to the Backlands! 5Jul2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By The Bird Team: Joshua Barss Donham, Fulton Lavender, Cathy Smalley, Katie Studholme. Video by Joshua Barss Donham<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6877\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nighthawk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6877\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6877\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nighthawk-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nighthawk-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nighthawk-768x446.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Nighthawk.jpg 905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images from Nighthawk Video<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Joshua heard the Nighthawk for the first time this year at Osprey Ridge\/Alabaster Way Trailhead on May 23; there have been many sightings and recordings since.<\/p>\n<p>Why does this have us all atwitter??<\/p>\n<p>Nighthawk numbers have been in steep decline. It is a Species of Concern Nationally, and a Species At Risk in Nova Scotia, and thereby <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/natr\/wildlife\/biodiversity\/at-risk-overview.asp\">legally protected<\/a> under the NS Endangered Species Act.<\/p>\n<p>The Backlands is a special place where they are surviving and raising their young.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=6350\"> Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The Bird Team: Joshua Barss Donham, Fulton Lavender, Cathy Smalley, Katie Studholme. Video by Joshua Barss Donham Joshua heard the Nighthawk for the first time this year at Osprey Ridge\/Alabaster Way Trailhead on May 23; there have been many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6875\">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-6875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-conservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6875"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6906,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6875\/revisions\/6906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}