{"id":19760,"date":"2014-01-23T23:44:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T23:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=19760"},"modified":"2014-01-23T23:44:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T23:44:16","slug":"flying-muscovy-plus-misty-sunrise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/flying-muscovy-plus-misty-sunrise\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Muscovy (plus misty sunrise)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A post is two parts tonight, the first section comprising a couple of shots taken early this morning as the sun was competing with the mists over the South Downs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sunrise_2301148218.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sunrise_2301148218-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"sunrise through mist\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sunrise_2301148218-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sunrise_2301148218-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/sunrise_2301148218.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At ground level things weren&#8217;t so bad&#8230; two moorhens racing across the pond (and dodging gulls) as the light filtered through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moorhen_2301148203.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moorhen_2301148203-600x364.jpg\" alt=\"Moorhens racing on pond at sunrise\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moorhen_2301148203-600x364.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moorhen_2301148203-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/moorhen_2301148203.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the post is a short sequence of that most ungainly of the local water birds, the male Muscovy duck. Looking at him, it&#8217;s hard to believe he could possibly fly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148233-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Muscovy duck\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148233-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148233-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148233.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But he can, and here&#8217;s the proof.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148257-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Muscovy duck\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148257-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148257-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148257.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148260.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148260-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Muscovy duck\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148260-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148260-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148260.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148263.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148263-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Muscovy duck\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148263-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148263-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148263.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148272.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148272-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Muscovy duck\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148272-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148272-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148272.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148279.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148279-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Muscovy duck\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148279-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148279-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/muscovy_duck_2301148279.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post is two parts tonight, the first section comprising a couple of shots taken early this morning as the sun was competing with the mists over the South Downs. At ground level things weren&#8217;t so bad&#8230; two moorhens racing across the pond (and dodging gulls) as the light filtered through. The remainder of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[813,989],"tags":[1172,977,1199],"class_list":["post-19760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sunrise","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-moorhen","tag-muscovy-duck","tag-sunrise","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}