{"id":9120,"date":"2011-03-07T22:40:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T06:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=9120"},"modified":"2011-03-07T22:40:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T06:40:44","slug":"dating-bufflehead-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=9120","title":{"rendered":"Dating, Bufflehead Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wish I&#8217;d been closer than the far reach of my lens, struggling for focus in the thick of weather. I snapped these from the shore, capturing the distant dynamics of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.org\/wherewework\/northamerica\/states\/washington\/misc\/art27163.html\">Bufflehead courtship<\/a> ritual. 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I snapped these from the shore, capturing the distant dynamics of a Bufflehead courtship ritual. 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