{"id":986,"date":"2013-04-09T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=986"},"modified":"2013-03-31T21:14:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T21:14:29","slug":"home-is-where-the-hole-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Home is where the hole is"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Rose-ringed Parakeet emerging from nest hole\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Rose-ringed Parakeet emerging from nest hole\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/P1000248.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"404\" \/>&#160; <br \/>Rose-ringed Parakeet in Didsbury. One of at least 3 pairs breeding in the local park (and another dodgy digiscoped effort).           <\/p>\n<p>Although technically feral they seem to have found a niche in south Manchester and the population is now circa 30 birds. One of the few birds guaranteed to get a reaction from park users and children when flying through the woods. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Dipper on the River Mersey collecting nesting material\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dipper on the River Mersey collecting nesting material\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_4749.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" \/>           <br \/>In contrast to the Parakeets the Dippers on the River Mersey are largely ignored. Stunning little birds and fantastic to watch as they walk under water looking for Cadisfly larvae and freshwater shrimps. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Dipper on the River Mersey \" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dipper on the River Mersey \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_4762.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" \/>           <br \/>Good to see an old lorry tyre being re-used as a convenient perch. Strangely despite the constant downpours of last summer and the frequent flooding somehow the tyre hasn\u2019t been dislodged. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Dipper on the River Mersey about to take flight with nesting material\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dipper on the River Mersey about to take flight with nesting material\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_4766.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" \/>           <br \/>Hopefully the Dippers will have a more successful breeding season this year. Last year the nest was washed out at least twice. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#160; Rose-ringed Parakeet in Didsbury. One of at least 3 pairs breeding in the local park (and another dodgy digiscoped effort). Although technically feral they seem to have found a niche in south Manchester and the population is now circa 30 birds. One of the <span class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"more-link btn btn-transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=986\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[300,130,298,299,69,257],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","tag-didsbury","tag-dipper","tag-nest-building","tag-ring-necked-parakeet","tag-river-mersey","tag-rose-ringed-parakeet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}