{"id":367,"date":"2013-04-01T21:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T21:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplechickadee.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2013-04-01T21:30:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T21:30:17","slug":"saw-whet-owl-life-bird-central-park-4113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplechickadee.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"Saw-whet Owl life bird, Central Park, 4\/1\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw the cutest owl ever today, a Northern Saw-whet Owl, in Central Park. This was one of my most wanted life birds. I had a good spot standing on a bench peering through a gap in the tree about 30 to 35 feet away. I zoomed all the way in, but still these are cropped and maybe just a tad blurry. Click on ANY photo to take you to the full album &#8211; more photos than are shown here:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lifer NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, 4\/1\/13, Central Park\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CutestOwlEver#5861988852330872002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/-7lJOwdpYVWk\/UVn3zZR7PMI\/AAAAAAAAQcU\/bagygUh8Xl4\/P1110195%252520-%252520Version%2525202.jpg?imgmax=512\" alt=\"Lifer NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, 4\/1\/13, Central Park\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a><a title=\"It has apparently been in Central Park for some months now\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CutestOwlEver#5861987878862212066\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/--K89OK2SK1o\/UVn26u06S-I\/AAAAAAAAQb8\/lER-KvF9cwY\/P1110182.jpg?imgmax=288\" alt=\"It has apparently been in Central Park for some months now\" width=\"288\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Hello there\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CutestOwlEver#5861989624524479618\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-LGmmRtq-2IM\/UVn4gV7OnII\/AAAAAAAAQdI\/uTZcXvwY8Rk\/P1110170.jpg?imgmax=288\" alt=\"Hello there\" width=\"288\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went to the front of the path to snap a few quick ones, but didn&#8217;t want to stay and bother it:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"P1110174\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CutestOwlEver#5861989463900239218\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/-zNktlDo2lzM\/UVn4W_jbNXI\/AAAAAAAAQdA\/9lAb88Ckrjk\/P1110174.jpg?imgmax=512\" alt=\"P1110174\" width=\"512\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I went back to my original spot:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Back in my original spot. A bit blurry because my camera kept wanting to focus on the branches, but not bad...\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CutestOwlEver#5861989860533836546\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-nhIxAoD6o-4\/UVn4uFIPmwI\/AAAAAAAAQdQ\/GmPgagR3-tM\/P1110171.jpg?imgmax=512\" alt=\"Back in my original spot. A bit blurry because my camera kept wanting to focus on the branches, but not bad...\" width=\"512\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw the cutest owl ever today, a Northern Saw-whet Owl, in Central Park. This was one of my most wanted life birds. 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