Sunday Shots, 01/14/24

Aside from the excitement of the Snow Geese during the OC Winter Waterfowl Survey, the rest of the weekend was pretty much the usuals for me.. Of note was two large flocks of gulls in the black dirt – one on Missionland Road and the other on Glenwood Road. The Missionland birds were quite distant, so I couldn’t really go through them. The gulls on Glenwood Road were mostly Ring-billed, with 10 or so Herring Gulls mixed in. Also noteworthy, the Snow Geese seemed to be a one-day-wonder (at least for the time being), as I didn’t see them or any reports of them on Sunday. And finally, after seeing John Haas’ post from Friday, I tried for winter finches in the Reservoir 3 area on Sunday morning. Unfortunately it was a bust for me; I will have to try again another day soon; my goal is to get photos of Red Crossbills which aren’t flyovers.. Anyways, here’s some photos from my birding over the past couple of days.

~Northern Harrier in flight at Wallkill River NWR’s Liberty Marsh, 01/13/24.~
~Horned Lark showing off its namesake in the black dirt, 01/13/24.~
~Snow Geese at the Camel Farm, 01/13/24.~
~Red-tailed Hawk in the BDR, 01/13/24.~
~NOHA at Liberty Marsh during the waterfowl survey, 01/13/24.~
~HOLA in the black dirt, 01/13/24.~
~A young Northern Harrier protects its catch from a pesky American Crow in the black dirt, 01/13/24.~

2 thoughts on “Sunday Shots, 01/14/24”

  1. GREAT shots!
    That Horned Lark!!! And, I Love the Crow and Harrier.
    Crows are a personal favorite of mine….they usually come here in the morning for peanuts.
    Thanks for sharing your awesome images 🙂
    Patty

    1. Thanks Patty, I love the Horned Lark images too – both of them. Nice that you have crows visiting you in the mornings, I’d like that. Matt

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