{"id":1258,"date":"2013-10-27T20:55:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T10:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2013-10-27T20:57:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T10:57:23","slug":"more-from-the-botanical-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"More from the Botanical Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I can&#8217;t possibly top the <a href=\"http:\/\/burblechaz.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/conflict\/\">moorhen\/cormorant fight<\/a>, there were other interesting things to see today at the Botanical Gardens. <\/p>\n<p>First up, a heron, spotted before we had even got as far as the front gates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204335.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204335.jpg\" alt=\"20131027-204335.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some beautiful flowers. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204505.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204505.jpg\" alt=\"20131027-204505.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204513.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204513.jpg\" alt=\"20131027-204513.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a bud&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204610.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204610.jpg\" alt=\"20131027-204610.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; with aspirations:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204650.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204650.jpg\" alt=\"20131027-204650.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The grebe is still, after more than two weeks, sitting on its nest. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204757.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-204757.jpg\" alt=\"20131027-204757.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A noisy miner is trying to escape its nearly-grown chick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-205015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-205015.jpg\" alt=\"20131027-205015.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, we had been wondering why seven car parking spaces in the car park have been cordoned off for weeks, so we had a closer look on foot. We found a big sign saying &#8220;Warning, Birds Nesting&#8221; and approached the tree carefully, camera in hand. What we found was indeed a nesting Masked Lapwing. On the ground. Having chosen to build a nest at ground level in a busy car park. Right next to beautiful, safe, landscaped gardens. Poor risk-assessment skills. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-205424.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131027-205424.jpg\" alt=\"20131027-205424.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I can&#8217;t possibly top the moorhen\/cormorant fight, there were other interesting things to see today at the Botanical Gardens. First up, a heron, spotted before we had even got as far as the front gates. Some beautiful flowers. And a bud&#8230; &#8230; with aspirations: The grebe is still, after more than two weeks, sitting &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=1258\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More from the Botanical Gardens<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}