{"id":2712,"date":"2013-06-15T00:12:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T06:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2017-02-08T23:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T06:28:10","slug":"nuthatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/backyard\/nuthatches\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuthatches"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" title=\"Nuthatch\" alt=\"Nuthatch\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/holemaker.jpg?resize=385%2C600\" width=\"385\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">making a home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" title=\"nesting\" alt=\"momma nuthatch\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/mommanuthatch_0.jpg?resize=450%2C450\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">nuthatch nesting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" title=\"nuthatch feeding\" alt=\"nuthatch feeding\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fauna\/nuthatch.jpg?resize=450%2C450\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">nuthatch feeding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Related Images:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[381,298],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","category-backyard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nuthatches - M. 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