{"id":2519,"date":"2023-12-21T07:52:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2023-12-18T11:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:54:18","slug":"birding-in-spain-advent-calendar-december-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/birding-in-spain-advent-calendar-december-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Birding In Spain Advent Calendar December 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello again<\/p>\n<p><em>Open post in our advent calendar series. If you would like to see those which are password protected please subscribe and then send us a request by email or comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This turtle is a survivor, like all of us.<\/p>\n<p>This turtle survived a hellish struggle as a mere hatchling, flailing its flippers in a desperate bid to get to the sea. It made it, but it couldn\u2019t have done so without the sacrifice of most of its brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p>We are here, now, as we are, largely as a result of what our forebears did, but also of what our brothers and sisters of the human race do for us every day. Even if you, like the turtle, are a solitary creature, you have the responsibility of bearing the sacrifice of others with the dignity their memory deserves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2527\" style=\"width: 381px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2527\" data-attachment-id=\"2527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/birding-in-spain-advent-calendar-december-21st\/attachment\/advent-21-wexor-turtle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent-21-wexor-turtle.gif?fit=610%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"610,416\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Turtle\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Turtle in the sea&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Turtle in the sea&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent-21-wexor-turtle.gif?fit=610%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-2527\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent-21-wexor-turtle.gif?resize=371%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"253\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Turtle in the sea<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> I\u2019ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p> Michael Jordan <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello again Open post in our advent calendar series. If you would like to see those which are password protected please subscribe and then send us a request by email or comment. This turtle is a survivor, like all of us. 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