{"id":1123,"date":"2016-04-17T08:45:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T12:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2016-04-18T06:48:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T10:48:35","slug":"spring-2016-bird-sightings-in-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/?p=1123","title":{"rendered":"SPRING 2016 BIRD SIGHTINGS in VERMONT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Spring is always an exciting time with the return of songbirds and migrants. Here are a few that I&#8217;ve seen in the past month. They are, in order:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fox Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird, Bohemian Waxwings-from a flock of about 45, Black-capped Chickadee, Evening Grosbeak (female), Evening Grosbeak (male),\u00a0 Goldfinch male-(molting into new plumage), A pair of Hooded Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers in flight, Dark-eyed Junco, Belted kingfisher, Mourning Dove, Pine Siskin,\u00a0 Rusty Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Tree Swallows on a nest box, Tree Swallows fighting over the nest box, Vesper Sparrow (3 pictures) (this bird came very early in the season, in the snow),\u00a0 Wilson&#8217;s Snipe and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-just arrived,\u00a0 Killdeer and Green-winged Teal (female). <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><div class=\"photocrati_nojava\" id=\"gal_images_1123_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/fox.sparrow_O6A1358.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1123_1_1\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1123_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/thumbnails\/fox.sparrow_O6A1358.jpg\" alt=\"fox.sparrow_O6A1358.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/bluebird.campbell.flats_O6A0582.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1123_1_2\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1123_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/thumbnails\/bluebird.campbell.flats_O6A0582.jpg\" alt=\"bluebird.campbell.flats_O6A0582.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/bohemians.drink_5454.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1123_1_3\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1123_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/thumbnails\/bohemians.drink_5454.jpg\" alt=\"bohemians.drink_5454.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/chickadee_O6A0042.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1123_1_4\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1123_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/thumbnails\/chickadee_O6A0042.jpg\" alt=\"chickadee_O6A0042.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/ebg.f_O6A1127.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1123_1_5\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1123_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/thumbnails\/ebg.f_O6A1127.jpg\" alt=\"ebg.f_O6A1127.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1123\/evening.grosbeak_O6A1139.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1123_1_6\" 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