{"id":1149,"date":"2006-04-01T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-01T02:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2006-04-01T07:51:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-01T02:51:00","slug":"goldfinch-goldfinch-goldfinch-goldfinch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=1149","title":{"rendered":"Goldfinch goldfinch goldfinch goldfinch&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cdwan.org\/pics\/temp\/goldfinch.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cdwan.org\/pics\/temp\/goldfinch.jpg\" width=400 ismap align=right><\/a>I was watering the seedlings this morning when Jen called out to me from the dining room.  It didn&#8217;t sound urgent, so I continued watering.  She said it again, but I was nearly done.  By the time I came back off the porch, she was pointing and saying &#8220;goldfinch goldfinch goldfinch&#8221; over and over.  This cute little guy was on the feeder we&#8217;ve got right outside the dining room window.<\/p>\n<p>The observer is invited to note that he is in mid-moult, losing his drab winter plumage in favor of the bright colors of spring.  During the winter, goldfinches assume a disguise and go around as ordinary LBBs.  His wing stripes are &#8216;worn&#8217; from weather and use.  He was quite hungry, and ate at the feeder for several minutes.   <\/p>\n<p>Anyone who is considering the application of any April Fools hackery to me is invited to consider the story of the person who did so last year, and got punched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was watering the seedlings this morning when Jen called out to me from the dining room. It didn&#8217;t sound urgent, so I continued watering. She said it again, but I was nearly done. By the time I came back off the porch, she was pointing and saying &#8220;goldfinch goldfinch goldfinch&#8221; over and over. This <span style=\"color:#777\"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=1149\">Goldfinch goldfinch goldfinch goldfinch&#8230;.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}