{"id":1420650,"date":"2020-04-22T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T22:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=995884"},"modified":"2020-04-22T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T22:33:02","slug":"photo-essay-spring-on-the-ponds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/photos\/photo-essay-spring-on-the-ponds\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: Spring on the Ponds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the Roan Plateau looming in the background, anglers enjoy the warm late April temperatures at the Rifle Ponds along I-70. (Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram)<\/strong>
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With empty talons an adult Osprey shakes off the water from a dive into the Rifle Ponds looking for some afternoon prey Tuesday in Rifle. The large fish-eating raptor also know as a sea hawk, can be found stalking the waters of Garfield County. (Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram)<\/strong>
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With the warm weather and recent showers a tree begins to show shades of green as spring takes hold in western Garfield County. (Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram)<\/strong>
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Tuesday\u2019s 60 degree temperatures had residents flocking to the Rifle Ponds testing their luck try to snag the catch of the day. (Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram)<\/strong>
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A few geese take up residence on a small island in the middle of one of the Rifle ponds Monday in Rifle. (Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram)<\/strong>
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The sunshine an d a little breeze Tuesday provided ideal conditions for a stroll around the pond. (Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram)<\/strong>
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With the Roan Plateau looming in the background, anglers enjoy the warm late April temperatures at the Rifle Ponds along I-70. (Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram)PhotoEssay-rct-042320-1 Buy Photo With empty talons an adult Osprey shakes off the water from a dive into the Rifle Ponds looking for some afternoon prey Tuesday in Rifle. The large […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1420650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news","7":"category-photos"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 15:00:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KKCH - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}