{"id":16,"date":"2018-07-18T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-04-02T18:52:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:52:09","slug":"an-afternoon-with-a-loon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/18\/an-afternoon-with-a-loon\/","title":{"rendered":"An Afternoon with a Loon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went kayaking on McDaniels Marsh on a sunny July afternoon. There was a lone male loon hunting. The marsh is very shallow which allowed me to see the movement of the loon under the water. The loon began to take care of some personal grooming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travispaigephotography.com\/Animals\/An-Afternoon-with-a-Loon\/i-jsWwGQ9\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TravisPaigePhotography-3-M-300x200.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TravisPaigePhotography-3-M-300x200.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travispaigephotography.com\/Animals\/An-Afternoon-with-a-Loon\/i-DKfxXXF\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/TravisPaigePhotography-4-M-300x200.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; 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