{"id":9169,"date":"2023-01-31T20:10:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T01:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=9169"},"modified":"2023-01-31T20:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T01:10:40","slug":"wild-azalea-and-wood-storks-2023-01-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/wild-azalea-and-wood-storks-2023-01-31.html","title":{"rendered":"Wild Azalea and Wood Storks 2023-01-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nAn early spring sight, and something more unusual.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Wood Storks and Wild Azalea, OPF 2023-01-31\" name=\"M:Wood-Storks-and-Wild-Azalea-OPF-20230131\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/many.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/many.jpg\"  alt=\"[Wood Storks and Wild Azalea, OPF 2023-01-31]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/many.html\">Wood Storks and Wild Azalea, OPF 2023-01-31<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nWe&#8217;re used to wild azaleas, \r\n<em>Rhododendron canescens<\/em>, blooming around now.\r\nPlenty of buds promise more flowers after this first one.\r\n<p>\r\nBut the other sight was more unusual.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Wild Azalea, Rhododendron canescens,\" name=\"WA:Wild-Azalea-Rhododendron-canescens\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165257.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165257.jpg\"  alt=\"[Wild Azalea, Rhododendron canescens,]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165257.html\">Wild Azalea, Rhododendron canescens,<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nA pair of wood storks, roosting on a dead tree.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Wood Storks, Mycteria Americana\" name=\"WS:Wood-Storks-Mycteria-Americana\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165547.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165547.jpg\"  alt=\"[Wood Storks, Mycteria Americana]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165547.html\">Wood Storks, Mycteria Americana<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>These\r\n<em>Mycteria Americana<\/em>\r\nseem to like this beaver pond.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: Preening Wood Storks (21M)\" name=\"WS:Movie-Preening-Wood-Storks-21M\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165727.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165727.jpg\"  alt=\"[Movie: Preening Wood Storks (21M)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165727.html\">Movie: Preening Wood Storks (21M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe beavers killed that tree when they made this pond on Redeye Creek.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Movie: Wood Storks and beaver pond (36M)\" name=\"WS:Movie-Wood-Storks-and-beaver-pond-36M\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165807.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165807.jpg\"  alt=\"[Movie: Wood Storks and beaver pond (36M)]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_165807.html\">Movie: Wood Storks and beaver pond (36M)<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<H4><a name=\"BP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/#BP\">BP<\/a><\/H4>\r\n<p>\r\nNo birds of unusual size in the next beaver pond upstream.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Another beaver pond\" name=\"BP:Another-beaver-pond\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_170305.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_170305.jpg\"  alt=\"[Another beaver pond]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_170305.html\">Another beaver pond<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Left\" name=\"BP:Left\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_170414.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_170414.jpg\"  alt=\"[Left]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/pictures\/2023-01-31--wild-azalea-wood-storks\/20230131_170414.html\">Left<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Across\" name=\"BP:Across\" 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