{"id":221,"date":"2017-05-16T20:53:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T20:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/?p=221"},"modified":"2017-06-13T15:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:16:40","slug":"great-blue-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/great-blue-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.\u201d <strong>\u2013 Carl Sagan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"st\"><em>Great<\/em> blue <em>herons<\/em> are waders, typically seen along coastlines, in marshes, or near the shores of ponds or streams. Shown here at <em>Oliver Mill Park<\/em>, Nemasket St. Middleboro, Massachusetts. The herring are scarce now as the run is almost complete, but there are still enough to snack on. <a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/2017\/04\/30\/oliver-mill-park-herring\/\">Click here<\/a> or scroll down to see what the Heron may see.\u00a0 Even the common water snake couldn&#8217;t resist the sun. (below)\u00a0 click on an image to enlarge.\u00a0 Or, for a different view, click <a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/heron\/\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/her33.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-222 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5474-1024x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5474-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5474-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5474-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5474.jpg 1135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/her22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5475-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5475-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5475-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5475-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5475.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/her11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-224 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5476.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1137\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5476.jpg 1137w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5476-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5476-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_5476-1024x720.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/herringlookdown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-242 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0014-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0014-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0014-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0014-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0014.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/tailupheron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-243 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0030.jpg 770w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0030-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0030-768x798.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/herontasty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-244 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0031.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0031-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0031-768x613.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/heronnofish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-245 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0043.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1496\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0043.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0043-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0043-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0043-1024x548.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/heronflight1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-248 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0061.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1486\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0061.jpg 1486w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0061-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0061-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0061-1024x551.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/threemileriver.org\/herons\/album\/large\/0003.jpg\">Red Wing Black Bird Chase Heron <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.\u201d \u2013 Carl Sagan Great blue herons are waders, typically seen along coastlines, in marshes, or near the shores of ponds or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/great-blue-heron\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Great Blue Heron&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-blue-heron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/threemileriver.org\/species-mapping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}