{"id":335,"date":"2011-08-15T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2011-08-15T10:17:40","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:17:40","slug":"wildlife-spotlight-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=335","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Spotlight: Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I put up a teaser for this post on Facebook yesterday but for reasons only known to itself, Facebook decided to eat the status update. Never mind, here is the shot that I wanted to show you: A heron in flight. I got only one chance at this shot, and certainly had no time to adjust camera settings etc. Dead pleased.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-336\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=336\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-336\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-336\" title=\"Heron in Flight\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Heron-in-Flight-950x633.jpg\" alt=\"flying heron\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A heron, flying straight over my head.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We went to Karawatha Forest again, this time to the &#8216;wet&#8217; section in the south, totally different landscape from the eucalyptus forest in the &#8216;dry&#8217; section further north, where we went last weekend. The hiking trail went past paperbarks, billabongs and a lagoon. The flying heron was a sign of more to come: We also found a heron fishing in a shallow pool. I hope you enjoy the gallery!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-335 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=343'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Heron.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heron\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-343\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-343'>\n\t\t\t\tA heron, fishing.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=338'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Lagoon.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Lagoon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-338\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-338'>\n\t\t\t\tExcellent reflections to be had\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=341'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Knobbly-Tree.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Knobbly Tree\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-341\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-341'>\n\t\t\t\tTree covered with growths\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=340'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Paper-Bark.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"paper bark\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-340\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-340'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is where the tree gets its name from\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=345'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Boardwalk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Boardwalk\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-345\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-345'>\n\t\t\t\tBoardwalk through Paperbark trees\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=339'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Spring-Flowers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Spring Flowers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-339\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-339'>\n\t\t\t\tSpring Flowers\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=342'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Wattle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Wattle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-342\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-342'>\n\t\t\t\tA wattle that had fallen to the ground.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=344'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Hedge-Flowers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hedge Flowers\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-344\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-344'>\n\t\t\t\tHedge Flowers\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I put up a teaser for this post on Facebook yesterday but for reasons only known to itself, Facebook decided to eat the status update. Never mind, here is the shot that I wanted to show you: A heron in flight. I got only one chance at this shot, and certainly had no time to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/?p=335\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wildlife Spotlight: Heron<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335","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\/335","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fractalthoughts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}