{"id":4459,"date":"2014-04-21T20:01:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T00:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2014-04-21T20:01:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T00:01:24","slug":"earth-day-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2014\/04\/earth-day-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"easter<\/a>Tuesday, April 22 is Earth Day.\u00a0 In observance of this day and the ongoing imperative of stewardship of God’s Creation as part of social justice, enjoy these portraits of the creatures who share this small planet with us — taken at my favorite spots at the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland and the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware.<\/p>\n

Above:\u00a0 Osprey parent stands guard over nest at sunrise at Blackwater.<\/p>\n

Below:\u00a0 Portrait of a Great Blue Heron<\/p>\n

\"gbh<\/a>Below:\u00a0 Eagle soars at Blackwater<\/p>\n

\"eagle<\/a>Below:\u00a0 Egrets huddle in the brush ready to pounce on minnows<\/p>\n

\"egret\"<\/a>Below:\u00a0 a young buck with antlers just starting to sprout<\/p>\n

\"young<\/a>Below:\u00a0 “Eagle eye” is true!\u00a0 Eagles perch high on branches and never stop watching….<\/p>\n

\"eagle\"<\/a>Below:\u00a0 Osprey hover over water with talons extended ready to pounce on fish dinner<\/p>\n

\"osprey\"<\/a>Below:\u00a0 This snapping turtle just wanted to cross the road to get away from some bikers who were threatening to pick it up… do not touch!<\/p>\n

\"tortoise<\/a>Below:\u00a0 just watch your step!\u00a0 That branch might be slithering…<\/p>\n

\"snake\"<\/a>Below:\u00a0 blue-winged teal at Bombay Hook<\/p>\n

\"duck\"<\/a>Below:\u00a0 Great white egrets are at their most beautiful when flying<\/p>\n

\"great<\/a>Below:\u00a0 Even the carp deserve a little respect on Earth Day!<\/p>\n

\"fishface\"<\/a>Well, ok, maybe not carp… Darwin was right!<\/p>\n

\"lunch\"<\/a>Happy Earth Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 22 is Earth Day, time to think about the social justice theme of stewardship of God’s Creation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-4459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-earth-day"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}