{"id":9413,"date":"2022-01-27T08:12:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=9413"},"modified":"2026-05-30T07:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:03:00","slug":"marsh-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/27\/marsh-birds\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsh Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The area marshes have become vacation destinations for many migratory birds. Again, this year we have been so fortunate to see yellow-headed blackbirds and bronzed cowbirds, among the many species enjoying their temporary stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/211204-4-yellow-headed-blackbird-perched-in-reeds.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Headed Blackbird Perched In Reeds\" class=\"wp-image-99534\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yellow-headed Blackbird Perched in the Reeds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/211204-4-Red-winged-Blackbird-Singing-in-Reeds.jpg\" alt=\"Red Winged Blackbird Singing In Reeds\" class=\"wp-image-99538\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Red-winged Blackbird Male Singing in the Reeds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another bird that has managed to work its way into the area from the southeastern part of the state is the grey-headed swamp hen. It\u2019s a relative to the brilliant-colored purple gallinule. The swamp hens are also very colorful. They are actually native to Asia but found their way to south Florida about 30 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/211203-4-grey-headed-swamphen-looking-out-from-reeds.jpg\" alt=\"Grey Headed Swamphen Looking Out From Reeds\" class=\"wp-image-99182\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Grey-headed Swamphen Looking Out from the Reeds<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More photos have been uploaded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/other-water-birds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Other Water Birds<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/gary-walker-photography\/galleries\/nature\/birds\/songbirds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Songbirds<\/strong><\/a> galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The area marshes have become vacation destinations for many migratory birds. Again, this year we have been so fortunate to see yellow-headed blackbirds and bronzed cowbirds, among the many species enjoying their temporary stays. Another bird that has managed to work its way into the area from the southeastern part of the state is the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-9413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","tag-nature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/211204-4-yellow-headed-blackbird-sitting-in-reeds-in-morning-sun.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9413","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=9413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109910,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9413\/revisions\/109910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}