{"id":1933,"date":"2011-06-29T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2011-06-28T21:14:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T01:14:37","slug":"willet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/willet\/","title":{"rendered":"Willet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really enjoyed watching this Willet last summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1935\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/willet\/bswe_00016-as-smart-object-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSWE_00016-as-Smart-Object-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BSWE_00016 as Smart Object copy\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSWE_00016-as-Smart-Object-copy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSWE_00016-as-Smart-Object-copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willet Calling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I was amazed at how habituated to people this bird was.  Maybe my birding skills are improving and he really didn&#8217;t see me!  I have not come across any other Willet that was not bothered by my approach or presence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1934\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/willet\/bswe_00009-as-smart-object-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSWE_00009-as-Smart-Object-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BSWE_00009 as Smart Object copy\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSWE_00009-as-Smart-Object-copy.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/BSWE_00009-as-Smart-Object-copy-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With any luck I will find another just like him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really enjoyed watching this Willet last summer. 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