{"id":1156,"date":"2007-03-09T02:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T02:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:35:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:35:33","slug":"upcoming-bird-related-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1156","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming bird-related stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/IMG_1819-2copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039740642144459378\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/IMG_1819-2copy-200x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A late reminder that the now biweekly *Good Planets* will be hosted this Saturday by Bev at <a href=\"http:\/\/magickcanoe.com\/blog\/\">Burning Silo<\/a>.  Hopefully it isn&#8217;t too late to submit a photo for this weekend&#8217;s edition.  The theme this month is *home* &#8211; whatever that may mean to you.  More specific info is available in <a href=\"http:\/\/magickcanoe.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/04\/call-for-photos-for-good-planets\/#comments\">Bev&#8217;s post<\/a> on the subject.  I would love to find a bird&#8217;s nest to photograph for inclusion, but this lonely bluebird box was all I found when I went out looking for nests and woodcock late last Saturday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Our friend Jayne at <a href=\"http:\/\/journeythroughgrace.blogspot.com\/\">Journey Through Grace<\/a> is hosting the upcoming edition of I and the Bird on 3\/22 so send a link to your best bird-related post to her at blessingsabound AT mac DOT com by 3\/20.  Lots of us have been blogging about birds lately, so it would be wonderful to see your serious or comical (Mary!) bird blogs read by a wider audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The weather here in NJ has been temperamental (like most of us come March), but I&#8217;ve been pleased to note the arrival of a small flock of bluebirds at Allaire State Park and Red-wing blackbirds in the wet fields by my office.  I&#8217;ve also spotted a killdeer or two, so Spring is marching northward.  The Osprey should appear at Sandy Hook within the next two weeks and I&#8217;m trying to decide on a day to take off from work to greet them on their return.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njaudubon.org\/Centers\/SHBO\/HookHWSite.html\">Sandy Hook Migration Watch<\/a> starts a week from today &#8211; if you&#8217;re in the area why not stop by and check it out!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A late reminder that the now biweekly *Good Planets* will be hosted this Saturday by Bev at Burning Silo. Hopefully it isn&#8217;t too late to submit a photo for this weekend&#8217;s edition. The theme this month is *home* &#8211; whatever that may mean to you. More specific info is available in Bev&#8217;s post on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1156\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Upcoming bird-related stuff<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}