{"id":7528,"date":"2020-11-30T09:02:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T14:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=7528"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:56:34","slug":"mergansers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/30\/mergansers\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Mergansers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The hooded mergansers have begun arriving for the winter. We often find them on small retention ponds around the area until February. They are typically wary but this flock of around 15 birds found a small little pond to their liking next to a very busy intersection. I seldom get an opportunity for a decent photo of a bird that is sharply backlit, but the reflections worked this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201124-4-hooded-merganser-female-backlit-on-small-pond-with-reflection.jpg\" alt=\"Hooded Merganser Female Backlit On Small Pond With Reflection\" class=\"wp-image-99104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201124-4-hooded-merganser-female-backlit-on-small-pond-with-reflection.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201124-4-hooded-merganser-female-backlit-on-small-pond-with-reflection-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201124-4-hooded-merganser-female-backlit-on-small-pond-with-reflection-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201124-4-hooded-merganser-female-backlit-on-small-pond-with-reflection-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201124-4-hooded-merganser-female-backlit-on-small-pond-with-reflection-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201124-4-hooded-merganser-female-backlit-on-small-pond-with-reflection-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Female Hooded Merganser Swimming in a Pond with Backlighting<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>For a larger selection of photos, go to the galleries listed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/mergansers\/\">Mergansers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hooded mergansers have begun arriving for the winter. We often find them on small retention ponds around the area until February. They are typically wary but this flock of around 15 birds found a small little pond to their liking next to a very busy intersection. I seldom get an opportunity for a decent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-7528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","tag-nature"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201124-4-hooded-merganser-male-backlit-on-small-pond-with-reflection.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109180,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7528\/revisions\/109180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}