{"id":2539,"date":"2015-07-22T22:13:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T02:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2015-07-22T22:13:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T02:13:23","slug":"connecticut-river-722","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=2539","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut River 7\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was beautiful on the river tonight with lots to see. They were working on the tracks for the first half hour of paddling, making a loud racket.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2540\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/track-repair-3536.jpg\" alt=\"Equipment to repair tracks.\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/track-repair-3536.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/track-repair-3536-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/track-repair-3536-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Equipment to repair tracks.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>With all the noise, it was easier to approach some of the ducks.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2532\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bottoms-up-3519.jpg\" alt=\"Bottoms up -- ducks feeding\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bottoms-up-3519.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bottoms-up-3519-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bottoms-up-3519-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bottoms up &#8212; ducks feeding<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2533\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/camouflage-3544.jpg\" alt=\"A flock of ducks hiding on shore\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/camouflage-3544.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/camouflage-3544-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/camouflage-3544-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flock of ducks hiding on shore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2538\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wood-ducks-3559.jpg\" alt=\"Wood ducks\" width=\"593\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wood-ducks-3559.jpg 593w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wood-ducks-3559-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/wood-ducks-3559-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood ducks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2536\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jane-and-the-ducks-3588.jpg\" alt=\"Jane with the ducks\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jane-and-the-ducks-3588.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jane-and-the-ducks-3588-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Jane-and-the-ducks-3588-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane with the ducks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although we saw many ducks, we also saw several spotted sandpipers, an eagle, a great blue heron and a beaver.<figure id=\"attachment_2537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2537\" style=\"width: 582px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/spotted-sandpiper-3549.jpg\" alt=\"Spotted sandpiper\" width=\"582\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/spotted-sandpiper-3549.jpg 582w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/spotted-sandpiper-3549-146x150.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/spotted-sandpiper-3549-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spotted sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2535\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/great-blue-heron-3566.jpg\" alt=\"Great blue heron\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/great-blue-heron-3566.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/great-blue-heron-3566-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/great-blue-heron-3566-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great blue heron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2534\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eagle-3598.jpg\" alt=\"bald eagle\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eagle-3598.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eagle-3598-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/eagle-3598-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bald eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2531\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/beaver-3596.jpg\" alt=\"Beaver\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/beaver-3596.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/beaver-3596-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/beaver-3596-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beaver<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was beautiful on the river tonight with lots to see. They were working on the tracks for the first half hour of paddling, making a loud racket. With all the noise, it was easier to approach some of the ducks. Although we saw many ducks, we also saw several spotted sandpipers, an eagle, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=2539\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Connecticut River 7\/22&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3S4pT-EX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2542,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/2542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}