{"id":1156,"date":"2016-05-04T06:54:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T10:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2016-05-04T06:54:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T10:54:30","slug":"spring-surprises-in-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"Spring Surprises in Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Spring is so exciting here in Vermont. Every day brings a new surprise. For the first time I am seeing a yellow-bellied Sapsucker at my suet. He seems to have to raise his head to swallow the stuff.\u00a0 (Taken through a dirty window).\u00a0 There seem to be Bitterns (usually rare and elusive) everywhere. Here is the Sapsucker sharing suet with a Downy Woodpecker. And closer views of the amazing bittern with a frog, and after &#8220;lunch&#8221;.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em><strong><div class=\"photocrati_nojava\" id=\"gal_images_1156_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/sapsucker.downy.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1156_1_1\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1156_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/thumbnails\/sapsucker.downy.jpg\" alt=\"sapsucker.downy.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/yellow-bellied.suet.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1156_1_2\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1156_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/thumbnails\/yellow-bellied.suet.jpg\" alt=\"yellow-bellied.suet.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/03.bittern.frog_O6A3507.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1156_1_3\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1156_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/thumbnails\/03.bittern.frog_O6A3507.jpg\" alt=\"03.bittern.frog_O6A3507.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/06a.bittern.frog_O6A3529.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1156_1_4\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1156_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/thumbnails\/06a.bittern.frog_O6A3529.jpg\" alt=\"06a.bittern.frog_O6A3529.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/17.bittern.frog_O6A3589.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1156_1_5\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1156_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/thumbnails\/17.bittern.frog_O6A3589.jpg\" alt=\"17.bittern.frog_O6A3589.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/23.bittern.frog_O6A3618.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1156_1_6\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1156_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/thumbnails\/23.bittern.frog_O6A3618.jpg\" alt=\"23.bittern.frog_O6A3618.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/bittern.after.frog_O6A3657.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_1156_1_7\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_1156_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-1156\/thumbnails\/bittern.after.frog_O6A3657.jpg\" alt=\"bittern.after.frog_O6A3657.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\tjQuery.noConflict();\r\n\t\tjQuery(\"#gal_images_1156_1\").hide();\r\n\r\n\t\tfunction iframe_1156_1_loaded()\r\n\t\t{\r\n\t\t\tvar iframe = jQuery(\"#g1156_1\");\r\n\t\t\tvar height = iframe.contents().find('#content').height();\r\n\t\t\tiframe.height(height);\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t<\/script><div class=\"iframe_wrapper\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\ndocument.write ('<iframe id=\"g1156_1\" allowtransparency=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?display_gallery_iframe&amp;gal_id=1156_1&amp;gal_type=2&amp;gal_cap=OFF&amp;gal_page=false&amp;page_template=false&amp;bg=000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"margin:0 auto;padding:0;border:0;clear:both;background:transparent;\"><\/iframe>');\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is so exciting here in Vermont. 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