{"id":170,"date":"2009-03-29T13:18:21","date_gmt":"2009-03-29T17:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/?p=170"},"modified":"2009-03-29T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2009-03-29T17:21:23","slug":"ice-leaves-buffleheads-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/ice-leaves-buffleheads-take-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice leaves, buffleheads take over"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/ice-leaves-buffleheads-take-over\/2009-03-28\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/2009-03-28.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2009-03-28\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The ice that yesterday filled the cove has floated out to sea.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/2009-03-28.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-169\" title=\"2009-03-28\" src=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/2009-03-28.jpg\" alt=\"The ice that yesterday filled the cove has floated out to sea.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/2009-03-28.jpg 500w, https:\/\/novascotiaphotoalbum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/2009-03-28-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ice that yesterday filled the cove has floated out to sea. 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