{"id":3850,"date":"2018-05-27T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=3850"},"modified":"2018-05-27T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T17:10:12","slug":"first-paddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/?p=3850","title":{"rendered":"First paddle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We put the kayaks in the Connecticut River for the first time this year. We were surprised to see more sandpipers than ducks.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3848\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sandpiper-5280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sandpiper-5280.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sandpiper-5280-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sandpiper-5280-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sandpiper-5280-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spotted sandpiper Connecticut River, 5\/27\/2018<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3849\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/spotted-sandpiper-5227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/spotted-sandpiper-5227.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/spotted-sandpiper-5227-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/spotted-sandpiper-5227-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/spotted-sandpiper-5227-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/spotted-sandpiper-5227-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spotted sandpiper &#8212; Connecticut River, 5\/27\/2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We also saw a variety of song birds,<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3845\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/grackle-5273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/grackle-5273.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/grackle-5273-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/grackle-5273-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/grackle-5273-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grackle<br \/>Connecticut River, 5\/27\/2018<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3842\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/catbird-5297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/catbird-5297.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/catbird-5297-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/catbird-5297-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/catbird-5297-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cat bird<br \/>Connecticut River, 5\/27\/2018<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3841\" style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/blue-jay-5251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/blue-jay-5251.jpg 695w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/blue-jay-5251-130x150.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/blue-jay-5251-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue jay with nesting material. Connecticut River, 5\/27\/2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>and other critters.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3846\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gray-squirrel-5243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gray-squirrel-5243.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gray-squirrel-5243-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gray-squirrel-5243-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gray-squirrel-5243-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gray squirrel. Connecticut River, 5\/27\/2018<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Many spots on the rivers were noisy with frogs croaking<br \/>\nand I finally spotted one.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3844\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/frog-5300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/frog-5300.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/frog-5300-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/frog-5300-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/frog-5300-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frog<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We put the kayaks in the Connecticut River for the first time this year. We were surprised to see more sandpipers than ducks. We also saw a variety of song birds, and other critters. Many spots on the rivers were noisy with frogs croaking and I finally spotted one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3S4pT-106","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850","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=3850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3851,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions\/3851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindpictures.com\/corner\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}