{"id":9817,"date":"2023-12-28T23:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=9817"},"modified":"2023-12-28T23:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T06:30:05","slug":"some-birds-from-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/28\/some-birds-from-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Birds From November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During November, I made several trips to the South Platte River and to Chatfield State Park, so that I can improve some bird photography. Here is a collection of some of the more interesting birds that I re-discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kildeer, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Green-Winged Teal, South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

These two Kildeer were chasing each other along the river. I was fortunate to capture the far one as it came to land.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kildeer Pair, With Landing, South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Kildeer Pair, South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Gadwall, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On one day, I spent a couple of hours at Chatfield State Park. This White-Crowned Sparrow spent some 5-10 minutes in one bush, allowing me to capture lots of images. This one bird was the highlight of that visit to the park!<\/p>\n\n\n

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White-Crowned Sparrow, Chatfield.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Back to the South Platte on another occasion. There are many Mallards in the South Platte River, year round, so I done often attempt to photograph them. However, sometimes I manage to capture an unusual display.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Female Mallard, Flapping Wings, South Platte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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American Wigeon, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On that day, I also found a female and male Buffelhead duck.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Female Buffelhead, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Male Buffelhead, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I found a pair of Mallards feeding. This is the usual position as they dip down to bottom feed in the river. Well timed!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mallards Feeding, South Platte River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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During November, I made several trips to the South Platte River and to Chatfield State Park, so that I can improve some bird photography. Here is a collection of some of the more interesting birds that I re-discovered. These two Kildeer were chasing each other along the river. I was fortunate to capture the far […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","_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":[498,1910,1414,1548,1738,529,25,1547,1458,1909,1813],"class_list":["post-9817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-general","tag-birds","tag-buffelhead","tag-chatfield","tag-gadwall","tag-kildeer","tag-mallard","tag-river","tag-south-platte-river","tag-sparrow","tag-teal","tag-wigeon"],"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