{"id":1969,"date":"2023-05-03T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2023-05-03T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T23:00:00","slug":"the-breeding-season-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/03\/the-breeding-season-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The Breeding Season Has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When birds return from the South, they don\u2019t waste any time establishing a territory and preparing for the hectic breeding season ahead. Some birds appreciate a helping hand and will readily take to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbannaturestore.ca\/pages\/search?q=roosting\">nest boxes<\/a> we put out for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tree-swallow.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tree-swallow.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tree-swallow-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tree-swallow-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tree-swallow-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/tree-swallow-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The two most common tenants are Tree Swallows and House Wrens. While some people use a smaller wren box, it is not uncommon to see wrens setting up shop in the larger boxes as well. Of course, everyone would love to have a pair of bluebirds nesting on their property but they are uncommon to rare and are normally found in rural settings whereas Tree Swallows will also nest within communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Birding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Brian Morin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher of Ontario Birding News <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When birds return from the South, they don\u2019t waste any time establishing a territory and preparing for the hectic breeding season ahead. Some birds appreciate a helping hand and will readily take to the nest boxes we put out for them. The two most common tenants are Tree Swallows and House Wrens. While some people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[60,61,76,30,17],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uns-birding-blog","tag-birdwatching","tag-canadawildbirding","tag-unsbirds","tag-unsblogs","tag-urbannaturestore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","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=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}