{"id":1150,"date":"2014-03-29T16:39:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T20:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohe.5c7.myftpupload.com\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2014-03-29T17:01:28","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T21:01:28","slug":"todays-silver-lining-is-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s silver lining is gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ohe.5c7.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/goldfinch-in-transit-2-3.14.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1154\" title=\"goldfinch in transit 2 3.14\" src=\"http:\/\/ohe.5c7.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/goldfinch-in-transit-2-3.14-170x170.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>As anyone in north America knows, this has been a long and difficult winter. Even now, 10 days into spring, the thermometer is hovering around 35, rain falls steadily from a leaden sky, and 3 more inches of white stuff are due tonight.<\/p>\n<p>BUT &#8230; the nyjer feeders, bustling with traffic, offer up one unmistakable sign of spring: the male goldfinches are molting their dull winter plumage and donning the brilliant lemon &#8220;gold&#8221; of mating season. A great lining for a leaden day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to John Rakestraw for the photo above. Check out his latest,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Birding-Oregon-Guide-Sites-Across\/dp\/1492157066\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1396125235&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=birding+oregon\" target=\"_blank\">Birding Oregon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As anyone in north America knows, this has been a long and difficult winter. Even now, 10 days into spring, the thermometer is hovering around 35, rain falls steadily from a leaden sky, and 3 more inches of white stuff are due tonight. BUT &#8230; the nyjer feeders, bustling with traffic, offer up one unmistakable&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-business","category-whimsy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inourrightmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}