{"id":3036,"date":"2020-01-07T11:36:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T19:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2020-01-07T11:36:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T19:36:39","slug":"more-wildlife-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/?p=3036","title":{"rendered":"More Wildlife Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I thought I&#8217;d share a few more photos of wildlife from my good camera over the past year or so.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think most people think of Blue Jays as pesky pests, but I love watching them.  Their blue color lights up the gray of our late fall and winters, and their sneaky antics are kinda fun to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This one is trying to figure out how to get to our bird feeder!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0212-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3038\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0205-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3039\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1364-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3051\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blue Jay has some competition for our bird feeder thievery from the woodpecker that hangs around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0218-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3047\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_9985-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3049\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We get quite a few hummingbirds off and on &#8211; sometimes all at once.  It&#8217;s quite a feat (for me, with my amateur status) to get my camera to focus on something so small that&#8217;s moving so fast.  Most of my attempts are blurred messes, but every once in awhile, I get it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0228-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3040\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0226-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3041\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0577-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3042\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0585-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3043\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0586-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3044\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1033-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3045\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1038-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3046\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We bought one of Wayne Wendell&#8217;s famous bird houses at one of my Makers and Growers Markets last summer, and it&#8217;s been fun to see birds checking it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1175-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3065\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1179-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3067\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1182-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3069\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And&#8230; we have eagles, too!  They sit at the very tippy top of a few of the trees and I love to watch them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0643-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3053\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_0645-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3055\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1125-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3059\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1135-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3061\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a cool one&#8230; there were smaller birds flying around the eagle&#8230; I don&#8217;t think they were swooping at it, they were just flying around up there, and I caught one with my camera! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1253-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3063\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1474-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3071\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1469-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3073\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, we could hear the eagles making their eagle sound, and we could see a hawk hanging around kind of swooping low in the trees (not high where they usually do).  It took a few minutes for us to figure out where the sound was coming from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1345-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3075\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1346-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3077\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if they were guarding a kill or a nest or something, but they were definitely upset that the hawk was around.  They were in two different trees and were communicating with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1356-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3079\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1348-scaled.jpg?fit=960%2C720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3081\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I love that I get to see this stuff in my own back yard!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More of the wildlife photos I&#8217;ve taken on our homestead in the past year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[40,52],"tags":[74,76,100,158,193,223,245,249],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_1474-scaled-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevenshomestead.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}