{"id":14467,"date":"2013-07-04T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T16:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=14467"},"modified":"2013-07-05T18:05:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T02:05:01","slug":"fly-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/07\/04\/fly-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly No More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started my Independence Day on a really down note. My neighbor sent a text, asking me to check on a bird she found in her front yard before I headed out for the day. She said it seemed to be hurt.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I got there (less than half an hour later), I found the bird had unfortunately already shuffled off its feathered mortal coil.<\/p>\n<p>No more just resting. No more being stunned. And definitely no more pining for the fjords.<\/p>\n<p>I gently picked it up and brought it home to be buried in our backyard, near the other four or five that we&#8217;ve buried over the months.<\/p>\n<p>No question the worst part of appreciating nature and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bird-Death-07-04-13-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[14467]\"><img data-attachment-id=\"14469\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/07\/04\/fly-no-more\/bird-death-07-04-13-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bird-Death-07-04-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1372927341&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bird Death 07-04-13 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bird-Death-07-04-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=580%2C386&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bird-Death-07-04-13-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14469\" alt=\"Bird Death 07-04-13 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bird-Death-07-04-13-lo-res-580x386.jpg?resize=570%2C379\" width=\"570\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bird-Death-07-04-13-lo-res.jpg?resize=580%2C386&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Bird-Death-07-04-13-lo-res.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started my Independence Day on a really down note. My neighbor sent a text, asking me to check on a bird she found in her front yard before I headed out for the day. She said it seemed to be hurt. By the time I got there (less than half an hour later), I found &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/07\/04\/fly-no-more\/\">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":[14,168],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3Ll","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14308,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2013\/06\/21\/a-bird-in-the-hand\/","url_meta":{"origin":14467,"position":0},"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 &quot;Fauna&quot;","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":6083,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/04\/19\/beautiful-hooded-oriole\/","url_meta":{"origin":14467,"position":1},"title":"Beautiful Hooded Oriole","date":"April 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"While shooting photos of a family of seven squirrels in the backyard today, this amazingly colorful bird landed on one of our plumeria plants. After searching online to try and identify it, I finally found a site that helped me identify it as a male Hooded Oriole.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Hooded-Oriole-04-19-11-lo-res-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3249,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/11\/13\/appropriately-titled-bird-themed-tweet-up-at-the-zoo\/","url_meta":{"origin":14467,"position":2},"title":"Appropriately Titled Bird-Theme Tweet-Up At The Zoo","date":"November 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Attended my second tweet-up at the San Diego Zoo. This one was at the Owen's Aviary and was bird-themed. 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In the presentation she used a photograph by our\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/How-To-Draw-Animals-Webinar01-10-16-13.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":255,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/05\/21\/a-squirrel-and-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":14467,"position":4},"title":"A Squirrel and Me","date":"May 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Was crouching near the bird feeders when a female squirrel, who shows up at least once a day, scampered through the fence and started to gorge itself on bird seed. It didn't seem at all afraid as I sat down close to it. It sees us walking around the backyard\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Squirrel-Me-05-21-10-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9513,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/10\/23\/not-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":14467,"position":5},"title":"Not Well","date":"October 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Because of a stupid cold, not very much happened with me today. 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