{"id":3390,"date":"2016-10-04T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T22:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2016-10-04T18:36:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T22:36:22","slug":"sept-26-oct-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=3390","title":{"rendered":"Sept. 26 &#8211; Oct.4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fall has come. <figure id=\"attachment_3388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3388\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/foliage-2385.jpg\" alt=\"Red trees --Ompompanoosuc River 10\/4\/16\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/foliage-2385.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/foliage-2385-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/foliage-2385-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red trees &#8211;Ompompanoosuc River 10\/4\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Duck hunting season has started and the ducks seem to know it. For the most part, they are more skittish and more adept at hiding, but there were a few exceptions. A female merganser let us get quite close and even followed us when we paddled downriver.<figure id=\"attachment_3382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3382\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Nola-2082.jpg\" alt=\"Merganser -- Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9\/26\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Nola-2082.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Nola-2082-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Nola-2082-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merganser &#8212; Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9\/26\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3381\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-2116.jpg\" alt=\"Merganser -- Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9\/26\/16\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-2116.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-2116-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-2116-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merganser &#8212; Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9\/26\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3380\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-2114.jpg\" alt=\"Merganser -- Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9\/26\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-2114.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-2114-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-2114-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merganser &#8212; Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9\/26\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3379\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-splash-2119.jpg\" alt=\"Merganser -- Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9\/26\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-splash-2119.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-splash-2119-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/merganser-splash-2119-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merganser &#8212; Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 9\/26\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3387\" style=\"width: 515px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/woodie-pair-2326.jpg\" alt=\"Wood ducks --Connecticut River , NH 10\/3\/16\" width=\"515\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/woodie-pair-2326.jpg 515w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/woodie-pair-2326-129x150.jpg 129w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/woodie-pair-2326-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood ducks &#8211;Connecticut River , NH 10\/3\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3386\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/taking-flight-2332.jpg\" alt=\"Mallards taking flight. Connecticut River, NH, 10\/3\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/taking-flight-2332.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/taking-flight-2332-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/taking-flight-2332-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mallards taking flight. Connecticut River, NH, 10\/3\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3385\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/splash-2337.jpg\" alt=\"Mallard splashing --Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 10\/3\/16\" width=\"570\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/splash-2337.jpg 570w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/splash-2337-143x150.jpg 143w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/splash-2337-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mallard splashing &#8211;Connecticut River, Wilder, VT 10\/3\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We also saw a great blue heron,<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3389\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gbh-2380.jpg\" alt=\"Great blue heron  --Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 10\/4\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gbh-2380.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gbh-2380-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/gbh-2380-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great blue heron  &#8211;Ompompanoosuc River, Norwich, VT 10\/4\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>a cormorant,<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3384\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cormorant-2308.jpg\" alt=\"Cormorant  -- Connecticut River, NH 10\/3\/16\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cormorant-2308.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cormorant-2308-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/cormorant-2308-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cormorant  &#8212; Connecticut River, NH 10\/3\/16<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>and some song birds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall has come. Duck hunting season has started and the ducks seem to know it. For the most part, they are more skittish and more adept at hiding, but there were a few exceptions. A female merganser let us get quite close and even followed us when we paddled downriver. We also saw a great &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=3390\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sept. 26 &#8211; Oct.4&#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":[30,69,16,56,58,66,72],"class_list":["post-3390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-connecticut-river","tag-cormorant","tag-fall","tag-mallard","tag-merganser","tag-ompompanoosuc-river","tag-wood-ducks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3S4pT-SG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390","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=3390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3391,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions\/3391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}