{"id":8901,"date":"2020-06-15T21:54:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T04:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=8901"},"modified":"2020-06-15T21:54:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T04:54:54","slug":"juvenile-birds-along-the-south-platte-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/juvenile-birds-along-the-south-platte-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Juvenile Birds Along The South Platte River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, we headed down to the South Platte River to do some birding. At this time of the year, many of the birds have finished breeding and their young offspring have left their nests. We found this baby chickadee that was being fed by both parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2473-0004-Baby-Chickadee-Waiting-For-Food-Number-1.jpg\" alt=\"2473-0004-Baby-Chickadee-Waiting-For-Food-Number-1\" class=\"wp-image-8898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2473-0004-Baby-Chickadee-Waiting-For-Food-Number-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2473-0004-Baby-Chickadee-Waiting-For-Food-Number-1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Baby Chickadee, Waiting For Food, Number 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We were busy watching this bird as the parents flew across the river in search of bugs to feed hungry mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2473-0005-Baby-Chickadee-Waiting-For-Food-Number-2.jpg\" alt=\"2473-0005-Baby-Chickadee-Waiting-For-Food-Number-2\" class=\"wp-image-8899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2473-0005-Baby-Chickadee-Waiting-For-Food-Number-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2473-0005-Baby-Chickadee-Waiting-For-Food-Number-2-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Baby Chickadee, Waiting For Food, Number 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking farther along the Platte, we found this Mallard mother and four duckling paddling in the river. It is always fun watching Mallard ducklings on the water. They scoot across the water until they run out of steam. Then they take a break to recover, and repeat.<\/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\/06\/2473-0009-Mallard-Mother-And-Ducklings.jpg\" alt=\"2473-0009-Mallard-Mother-And-Ducklings\" class=\"wp-image-8900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2473-0009-Mallard-Mother-And-Ducklings.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2473-0009-Mallard-Mother-And-Ducklings-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Mallard Mother And Ducklings.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon after this, we headed back and were assaulted by mosquitoes. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we headed down to the South Platte River to do some birding. At this time of the year, many of the birds have finished breeding and their young offspring have left their nests. We found this baby chickadee that was being fed by both parents. 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