{"id":7733,"date":"2021-01-06T06:25:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T11:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=7733"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:56:34","slug":"rarely-seen-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/06\/rarely-seen-birds\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Rarely Seen Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It seems each year we are seeing more birds that are seldom seen in Florida. Most of the birds are typically found much farther west. This year has been no exception. A few of the uncommon sightings include a black-chinned hummingbird, black scoter ducks, ash-throated flycatcher, scissor-tailed flycatcher and scaly-breasted munias. We even had a juvenile munia visit our millet feeder last week. Thanks to my good friend Art Nadelman for help with the identification!<\/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\/201217-3-female-black-scoter-duck-riding-the-waves.jpg\" alt=\"Female Black Scoter Duck Riding The Waves\" class=\"wp-image-98844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201217-3-female-black-scoter-duck-riding-the-waves.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201217-3-female-black-scoter-duck-riding-the-waves-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201217-3-female-black-scoter-duck-riding-the-waves-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201217-3-female-black-scoter-duck-riding-the-waves-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201217-3-female-black-scoter-duck-riding-the-waves-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/201217-3-female-black-scoter-duck-riding-the-waves-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Female Black Scoter Duck Riding the Waves<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems each year we are seeing more birds that are seldom seen in Florida. Most of the birds are typically found much farther west. This year has been no exception. A few of the uncommon sightings include a black-chinned hummingbird, black scoter ducks, ash-throated flycatcher, scissor-tailed flycatcher and scaly-breasted munias. We even had a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-7733","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\/201217-4-black-scoter-female-swimming-along-breakwaters.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7733","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=7733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109176,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7733\/revisions\/109176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}