{"id":1211,"date":"2014-10-19T11:10:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T18:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2014-10-22T00:43:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T07:43:10","slug":"new-added-black-throated-sparrow-to-the-photo-gallery-on-october-19-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"*New &#8211; added Black-throated Sparrow &#038; Scott&#8217;s Oriole to the Photo Gallery on October 19, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These two birds are infrequent visitors to Orange County however I was able to capture images of both of these striking species at Joshua Tree National Park on the Pine City Trail on April 24, 2013.\u00a0 For those unfamiliar, Joshua Tree is approximately a 2 hour drive from Orange County.<\/p>\n<p>A shortcut to the Black-throated Sparrow and Scott&#8217;s Oriole gallery page can be found here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Black-throated Sparrow\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/gallery\/black-throated-sparrow\">Black-throated Sparrow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scott's Oriole\" href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/gallery\/scotts-oriole\">Scott&#8217;s Oriole<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a title=\"Pine City Trail - Joshua Tree National Park map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/jotr\/planyourvisit\/upload\/pinecity.pdf\">Pine City trail<\/a> was a most desolate location in the park.\u00a0 This particular hike lasted an hour in each direction from the foot of the main trail.\u00a0 Below are several photos along the way to the rock formation.\u00a0 We also encountered a Scott&#8217;s Oriole.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1216\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8237-2_HDR-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1216 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8237-2_HDR-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"The arid desert Pine City Trail located in Joshua Tree National Park, California.  Photo taken with Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens (HDR processed) taken on April 24, 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8237-2_HDR-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8237-2_HDR-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The arid desert Pine City Trail located in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Photo taken with Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens (HDR processed) taken on April 24, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1218\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8203-Jack-Rabbit-Pine-City-Joshua-Tree-RSZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1218 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8203-Jack-Rabbit-Pine-City-Joshua-Tree-RSZ-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Fairly large in size as compared to the White-tailed rabbits commonly found in Orange County\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8203-Jack-Rabbit-Pine-City-Joshua-Tree-RSZ-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8203-Jack-Rabbit-Pine-City-Joshua-Tree-RSZ-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8203-Jack-Rabbit-Pine-City-Joshua-Tree-RSZ.jpg 1738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">A black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus). Fairly large in size as compared to the White-tailed rabbits commonly found in Orange County. Thanks to Ryan Winkleman for the rabbit ID.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1217\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8234-2_HDR-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1217 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8234-2_HDR-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"A slight cooling reprieve can be found as the sun casts it shadows against taller objects such as these Joshua Trees\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8234-2_HDR-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8234-2_HDR-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">A slight cooling reprieve can be found as the sun casts it shadows against taller objects such as these Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1219\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8174-Pine-City-trail-Hedgehog-Cactus_Joshua-Tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1219 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8174-Pine-City-trail-Hedgehog-Cactus_Joshua-Tree-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Spring bloom of the Hedgehog Cactus on the Pine City Trail at Joshua Tree National Park.  Photo take on Paril 24, 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8174-Pine-City-trail-Hedgehog-Cactus_Joshua-Tree-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/M5D8174-Pine-City-trail-Hedgehog-Cactus_Joshua-Tree.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Spring bloom of the Hedgehog Cactus on the Pine City Trail at Joshua Tree National Park. Photo take on Paril 24, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These two birds are infrequent visitors to Orange County however I was able to capture images of both of these striking species at Joshua Tree National Park on the Pine City Trail on April 24, 2013.\u00a0 For those unfamiliar, Joshua &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/?p=1211\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-species","category-perching-birds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Rhss-jx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1236,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions\/1236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbirds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}