{"id":1610,"date":"2014-12-21T14:57:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T04:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2014-12-21T14:57:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T04:57:13","slug":"owls-and-possums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=1610","title":{"rendered":"Owls and Possums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been incredibly lucky in the past couple of days to see some unusual wildlife that would normally be nocturnal in broad daylight. First, a juvenile possum, being harassed by two currawongs and a noisy miner. I&#8217;m guessing it got too close to a bird&#8217;s nest. While the birds couldn&#8217;t hurt it, it sat on the branch, looking somewhat puzzled as to how to get away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1611\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1611\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1611\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4175-590x590.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4175\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4175-590x590.jpg 590w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4175-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4175-950x950.jpg 950w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4175.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1612\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1612\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1612\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4203-590x590.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4203\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4203-590x590.jpg 590w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4203-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4203-950x950.jpg 950w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4203.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, an owl just outside my window! I think it&#8217;s a Tawny Frogmouth. We&#8217;ve seen one once before on our balcony, but never in the middle of the day. It&#8217;s still sitting there. A most cooperative photographic subject.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1613\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1613\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4215-590x590.jpg\" alt=\"Owl\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4215-590x590.jpg 590w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4215-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4215-950x950.jpg 950w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4215.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1614\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1614\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1614\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4217-590x590.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4217\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4217-590x590.jpg 590w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4217-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4217-950x950.jpg 950w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4217.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1615\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4235-590x590.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4235\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4235-590x590.jpg 590w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4235-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4235-950x950.jpg 950w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4235.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1616\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1616\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1616\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4236-590x590.jpg\" alt=\"Owl\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4236-590x590.jpg 590w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4236-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4236-950x950.jpg 950w, http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_4236.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been incredibly lucky in the past couple of days to see some unusual wildlife that would normally be nocturnal in broad daylight. First, a juvenile possum, being harassed by two currawongs and a noisy miner. I&#8217;m guessing it got too close to a bird&#8217;s nest. While the birds couldn&#8217;t hurt it, it sat &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=1610\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Owls and Possums<\/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-1610","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\/1610","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=1610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}