{"id":9719,"date":"2023-10-01T21:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T04:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9719"},"modified":"2023-10-01T21:50:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T04:50:11","slug":"almost-got-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/01\/almost-got-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Got Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These ones almost got away! I prepared this selection of images in August, but never posted. We often visit Reynold’s Landing, along the South Platte River. I always check out the pond located to the one side of the river. This time, I found this Snowy Egret close to the edge of the pond. I liked his pose as it was looking for food.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Snowy Egret, Pond, Reynold’s Landing. No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

These egret struck some interesting poses. Here is another one.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Snowy Egret, Pond, Reynold’s Landing. No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Close to a weir, we found this Night Heron. After several minutes, this heron got his leg up, so I managed to capture this image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Night Heron, Leg Up, South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This cormorant spent a good half hour preening. Several times, the bird spread its wings. This was one image that I captured before the cormorant took flight.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cormorant, Spreading Wings, South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We found a couple of Say’s Phoebe along the riverside. This bird is an immature, as witnessed by the fluffy feathers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Say’s Phoebe, Immature, No 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here is another image of this bird.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Say’s Phoebe, Immature, No 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The other Phoebe was buzzing around close by. Eventually, chasing this one away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These ones almost got away! I prepared this selection of images in August, but never posted. We often visit Reynold’s Landing, along the South Platte River. I always check out the pond located to the one side of the river. This time, I found this Snowy Egret close to the edge of the pond. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1582,1880,156,1715,1702,92,1832,25,1879,1720,1547],"class_list":["post-9719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general","tag-cormorant","tag-egret","tag-heron","tag-night-heron","tag-phoebe","tag-pond","tag-reynolds-landing","tag-river","tag-says-phoebe-2","tag-snowy-egret","tag-south-platte-river"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t