{"id":8876,"date":"2020-04-05T22:59:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T05:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=8876"},"modified":"2020-04-05T23:00:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T06:00:01","slug":"south-platte-bird-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/05\/south-platte-bird-life\/","title":{"rendered":"South Platte Bird Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This afternoon, we headed out to do some birding along the South Platte River. In one of the nearby ponds, we found a mating pair of Mallards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0005-Mallard-Mating-Pair.jpg\" alt=\"2460-0005-Mallard-Mating-Pair\" class=\"wp-image-8868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0005-Mallard-Mating-Pair.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0005-Mallard-Mating-Pair-768x496.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Mallard, Mating Pair.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While making some images, the female Mallard started flapping her wings. I was fortunate to capture a few images. In this image, we can see the purple speculum, which is a distinctive feature of Mallards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0008-Female-Mallard-Flapping-WIngs.jpg\" alt=\"2460-0008-Female-Mallard-Flapping-WIngs\" class=\"wp-image-8869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0008-Female-Mallard-Flapping-WIngs.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0008-Female-Mallard-Flapping-WIngs-768x460.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Female Mallard, Flapping Wings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we arrived at the river, a pair of Common Mergansers were swimming up stream. Later we found the pair on one of the rock, busy preening themselves. This is one if the images that I captured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0022-Common-Merganser-Mating-Pair.jpg\" alt=\"2460-0022-Common-Merganser-Mating-Pair\" class=\"wp-image-8870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0022-Common-Merganser-Mating-Pair.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0022-Common-Merganser-Mating-Pair-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Common Merganser, Mating Pair.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The male had long since finished preening himself. The female had been preening for some 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A female Mallard was swimming past the rock. The male Merganser seemed to say &#8220;Stay Away From Our Rock&#8221; to the Mallard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0043-Stay-Away-From-Our-Rock.jpg\" alt=\"2460-0043-Stay-Away-From-Our-Rock\" class=\"wp-image-8871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0043-Stay-Away-From-Our-Rock.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0043-Stay-Away-From-Our-Rock-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Stay Away From Our Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the many bikers had walked down to the river. I captured this image of his reflection in the water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0058-Biker-Reflection.jpg\" alt=\"2460-0058-Biker-Reflection\" class=\"wp-image-8872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0058-Biker-Reflection.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0058-Biker-Reflection-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Biker Reflection.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angela called out that a Cormorant was in flight. This was the only image that I managed to capture, after the bird had flown past me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0063-Cormorant-In-Flight.jpg\" alt=\"2460-0063-Cormorant-In-Flight\" class=\"wp-image-8873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0063-Cormorant-In-Flight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0063-Cormorant-In-Flight-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Cormorant, In Flight.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We only saw one Canada Goose along this stretch of the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0064-Just-This-One-Canada-Goose.jpg\" alt=\"2460-0064-Just-This-One-Canada-Goose\" class=\"wp-image-8874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0064-Just-This-One-Canada-Goose.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0064-Just-This-One-Canada-Goose-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Just This One Canada Goose.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heading back to the truck, we passed the pair of Mergansers. By now they had split off onto two separate rocks. The male had moved to an adjacent rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0067-Common-Mergansers-On-Separate-Rocks.jpg\" alt=\"2460-0067-Common-Mergansers-On-Separate-Rocks\" class=\"wp-image-8875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0067-Common-Mergansers-On-Separate-Rocks.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2460-0067-Common-Mergansers-On-Separate-Rocks-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Common Mergansers, On Separate Rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mail may have moved to the adjacent rock to get away from the shaking of the rock caused by the vigorous preening of the female!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, we headed out to do some birding along the South Platte River. 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