![\"Finch](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Finch-Chick02-02-12-12-lo-res.jpg?w=281&h=187&ssl=1\" "\\"Finch")
<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A little, yellow Finch chick banged itself into our living room window this morning and then flopped down onto the patio. It seemed a bit stunned but otherwise none the worse for its mishap. After a few minutes of sitting long enough for me to get some photos, it flew first onto our barbecue and … <\/p>\n
Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-2Zv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8528,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/09\/finch-chick\/","url_meta":{"origin":11501,"position":0},"title":"Finch Chick","date":"September 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Came across a finch chick when I was refilling the feeder this morning. All the adults flew away to a nearby bush and this little guy stayed on the ground munching away on fallen seeds. It even looked up at me a few times but never considered me a threat.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick01-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8560,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/10\/what-a-difference-a-day-makes\/","url_meta":{"origin":11501,"position":1},"title":"What A Difference A Day Makes","date":"September 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"After finding a baby Finch chick\u00a0yesterday morning\u00a0feeding under the feeder, this morning I was greeted by a lifeless Finch near the very same spot. Had a makeshift burial for it close to where the other birds will be spending their days eating and chirping. Life is fickle. One day it's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Death01-09-10-11a-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11516,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/13\/finch-and-felines\/","url_meta":{"origin":11501,"position":2},"title":"Finch And Felines","date":"February 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"While house-sitting for friends of mine in Chula Vista I got these images of their two cats showing more than a passing interest in their Zebra Finches. Nature's frenemies.","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Heathers-House01-02-14-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14308,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/06\/21\/a-bird-in-the-hand\/","url_meta":{"origin":11501,"position":3},"title":"A Bird In The Hand","date":"June 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"While I was taking a shower this morning my neighbor from across the street came running over and started chatting with me through the bathroom window (something that I will never be able to come back from) and said that a chick had dropped out of its nest in front\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Swallow-Chick01-06-21-13-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12376,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/04\/10\/growing-hummingbird-chick\/","url_meta":{"origin":11501,"position":4},"title":"Growing Hummingbird Chick","date":"April 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Latest update photo of the Hummingbird chick growing in the Tapias' backyard patio. This photo unfortunately confirms that a second chick did not survive. Not unusual, but sad. It also shows the surviving chick doing really well so far.","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Tapia-Hummingbird-04-10-12-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13326,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/29\/natures-unfortunate-side\/","url_meta":{"origin":11501,"position":5},"title":"Nature’s Unfortunate Side","date":"June 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Today I watched a Phoebe chick die. Yesterday afternoon, while I was busy enjoying my annual visit to the San Diego County Fair with Rodrigo and Sylvia, I got a call from my mom saying that she found two Phoebe chicks on the ground after they had fallen about eight\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Chick-Burial01-06-29-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11504,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11501\/revisions\/11504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Finch](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Finch-Chick01-02-12-12-lo-res.jpg?ssl=1\" "\\"Finch")
<\/a> <\/div> <\/div>