{"id":1107,"date":"2014-05-11T19:01:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T02:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2014-05-11T19:01:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T02:01:03","slug":"feeding-the-barred-owl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=1107","title":{"rendered":"Feeding the Barred Owl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/azelea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1106\" alt=\"azelea\" src=\"http:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/azelea-291x300.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/azelea-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/azelea.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a>The displaced Barred Owl from next door seems to have adopted our trees as a fly-through and we are thrilled.\u00a0 We had the oddest bird call happening the past few days and finally found that it was the call of a female Barred Owl.<\/p>\n<p>The frog migration continues as we relocate loads of frogs.\u00a0 There are literally hundreds of them around the house foundation.\u00a0 It is not a good place for them and so we have moved them on to the wetlands, the stream and such.<\/p>\n<p>Hummingbird feeders (3) are up and being refilled on a daily basis.\u00a0 We have Rufous and Anna&#8217;s.\u00a0 The slugs have discovered the plants on the deck and that battle is on.<\/p>\n<p>We are playing with opening and closing windows as the weather warms.\u00a0 What to do with the thermostats?\u00a0 Up and down, but it is all good thus far.\u00a0 The solar panels are cranking up some serious energy and I would be more specific, but I just know it is good!\u00a0 Zero-energy &#8211; bring it on!<\/p>\n<p>Today, we both realized that we need to slow down and just enjoy this wonderful place.\u00a0 There is, and will always be, something to get done.\u00a0 But at this point in our lives, it is time to slow down and really, really smell the forest and the flowers and the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The displaced Barred Owl from next door seems to have adopted our trees as a fly-through and we are thrilled.\u00a0 We had the oddest bird call happening the past few days and finally found that it was the call of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/?p=1107\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1108,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions\/1108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smugglerscove.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}