{"id":8528,"date":"2011-09-09T17:53:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T00:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=8528"},"modified":"2011-09-09T17:53:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T00:53:04","slug":"finch-chick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/09\/finch-chick\/","title":{"rendered":"Finch Chick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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. Wish the adults could learn from this brave little kid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"570\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pacsworlds.com\\\/blogs\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/09\\\/finch-chick\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:21460605}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 570px; height: 263px;\" data-original-width=\"570\" data-original-height=\"263\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 177px; height: 263px;\" data-original-width=\"177\" data-original-height=\"263\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick01-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"lightbox[8528]\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"173\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"259\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"8529\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick01-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1315553834&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Finch Chick01 09-09-11 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick01-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?fit=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick01-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?fit=480%2C720&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick01-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?w=173&#038;h=259&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"173\" height=\"259\" data-original-width=\"173\" data-original-height=\"259\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Finch Chick01 09-09-11 lo-res\" alt=\"Chick under feeder\" style=\"width: 173px; height: 259px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Chick under feeder <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 393px; height: 263px;\" data-original-width=\"393\" data-original-height=\"263\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick02-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"lightbox[8528]\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"389\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"259\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"8530\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick02-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1315553842&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Finch Chick02 09-09-11 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick02-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick02-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Finch-Chick02-09-09-11-lo-res.jpg?w=389&#038;h=259&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"389\" height=\"259\" data-original-width=\"389\" data-original-height=\"259\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Finch Chick02 09-09-11 lo-res\" alt=\"Finch chick\" style=\"width: 389px; height: 259px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Finch chick <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Wish the adults could learn &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/09\/09\/finch-chick\/\">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-2dy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11501,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/12\/stunned-finch-chick\/","url_meta":{"origin":8528,"position":0},"title":"Stunned Finch Chick","date":"February 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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