{"id":1384,"date":"2021-05-14T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2021-05-14T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T17:03:00","slug":"a-splash-of-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/14\/a-splash-of-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"A Splash of Colour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In recent weeks we\u2019ve added spring song to our outdoor experience and now comes the colour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping pace with the blooming of spring wildflowers, the return of a rich variety of brightly-coloured songbirds from their tropical vacation is what we have been waiting for. Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Buntings and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks brighten up our yards and our parks as they prepare for another busy breeding season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beloved Baltimore Oriole has both a rich, pure song as well as striking colours. The dull-coloured female will construct a carefully woven sock-like hanging nest of slender fibres, displaying her craft in the drooping branches of tall trees such as willows and maples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Birding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Morin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher of Ontario Birding News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks we\u2019ve added spring song to our outdoor experience and now comes the colour. Keeping pace with the blooming of spring wildflowers, the return of a rich variety of brightly-coloured songbirds from their tropical vacation is what we have been waiting for. Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Buntings and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks brighten up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[76,30,17],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uns-birding-blog","tag-unsbirds","tag-unsblogs","tag-urbannaturestore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}