{"id":501,"date":"2013-03-20T21:21:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T01:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2014-04-08T21:26:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T01:26:13","slug":"spring-arrives-in-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Spring (?) Arrives in Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today, March 20th, the Spring equinox, awoke us with about 2 feet of snow on the ground. Aaah, Vermont.\u00a0 It was beautiful, anyway, just a bit late in the year. An exploration along the Connecticut and Ompompanoosuc\u00a0 Rivers nearby produced 2 pairs of Hooded Mergansers,\u00a0 a lone Killdeer foraging along the &#8220;Pompy&#8221; River,\u00a0 15 crows, and a flock of 35 Wild Turkeys in a cornfield, digging in the snow. Turkey in the Straw?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"photocrati_nojava\" id=\"gal_images_501_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-501\/hooded.merganser.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_501_1_1\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_501_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-501\/thumbnails\/hooded.merganser.jpg\" alt=\"Hooded Merganser Pair\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-501\/killdeer.c.crawford.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_501_1_2\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_501_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-501\/thumbnails\/killdeer.c.crawford.jpg\" alt=\"Killdeer\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-501\/turkeys_0664-copy.jpg\" class=\"nextgen_pro_lightbox\" id=\"img_501_1_3\" rel=\"gallery_nojava_501_1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/galleries\/post-501\/thumbnails\/turkeys_0664-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Turkeys\" \/><\/a><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\tjQuery.noConflict();\r\n\t\tjQuery(\"#gal_images_501_1\").hide();\r\n\r\n\t\tfunction iframe_501_1_loaded()\r\n\t\t{\r\n\t\t\tvar iframe = jQuery(\"#g501_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=\"g501_1\" allowtransparency=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/galleries.creaturekinships.com\/index.php?display_gallery_iframe&amp;gal_id=501_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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, March 20th, the Spring equinox, awoke us with about 2 feet of snow on the ground. 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