{"id":17520,"date":"2023-06-29T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17520"},"modified":"2023-06-29T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T10:39:00","slug":"biggest-week-in-american-birding-mission-accomplished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17520","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Week in American Birding: Mission Accomplished"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=17520\"}'   class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-attachment-id=\"17519\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=17519\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/p5110712-2.jpg?fit=2000%2C1177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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They were busy building and repairing the nest while we were there for the Biggest Week in American Birding in May and this gentleman had obviously been sent out for a stick\u2026which he chose to forage within a few feet of the boardwalk rail. OM Systems OM-1 with 100-400mm zoom at 372mm equivalent. Program mode with an early version of my custom bird modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro. ISO 320-500 @ f6.3 @ 1\/640th. -.7EV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-17520\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17520&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-17520\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17520&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17520&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Heron: Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, Ohio, USA, May 2023 \u2014 For the second year in a row a pair of Green Herons is nesting at the end of the pond across from the boardwalk at Magee. 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