{"id":10303,"date":"2020-09-02T20:08:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T00:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10303"},"modified":"2020-09-02T20:08:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T00:08:53","slug":"sullivan-co-shorebird-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10303","title":{"rendered":"Sullivan Co. Shorebird Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I usually like to get my posts out in timely fashion, but I’ve had some problems with my computer and then when I sorted it out, it just took ages to get through all my photos and edit them. So, this post is from Sunday evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday afternoon I was home for the day, done birding, relaxing. Then I read a post by Bashakill Birder<\/a> and birding bud John Haas. He kayaked at Morningside Park, as he does most days this time of the year; he’d had a number of good birds there recently and they all were continuing. What got my attention was his excellent photo of a fabulous-looking American Golden-Plover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~The American Golden-Plover did not disappoint. What a bird! Morningside Park on 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With that, I got up off the sofa and loaded the kayak onto my car! What followed was a gorgeous night of paddling around the islands at Morningside Park with some very accommodating shorebirds. I’ve written about it before, but it is an incredible experience; it’s as if they don’t even know you are there. At one point, I had “docked” my kayak against one of the islands and I was just relaxing and watching some Least Sandpipers. They worked their way around island, towards me until they were close enough that I could reach out and touch them if I wanted! I sat motionless and just enjoyed their company. What a great evening, I have to thank John for his inspiration, it certainly beats sitting on the sofa watching the tube. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~On the prowl. AMGP at Morningside Park, 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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~A Spotted Sandpiper in the wind, right as the sun was setting. Morningside Park, 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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~AMGP at Morningside Park, 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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~What a cutie. Least Sandpiper at Morningside Park, 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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~This bird fooled me. It was tucked into the wood and looked so comfortable that I just kept my distance and cruised by, taking a few shots. When I got home and looked at the pics, I realized that this was the BAIRD’S SANDPIPER. Morningside Park, 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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~I like this shot. Solitary Sandpiper looking, well, solitary. Morningside Park 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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~AMGP reflecting on things. Morningside Park, 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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~I wanted to include one shot that showed how beautiful this bird was from the back. American Golden-Plover at Morningside Park, 08\/30\/20.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I usually like to get my posts out in timely fashion, but I’ve had some problems with my computer and then when I sorted it out, it just took ages to get through all my photos and edit them. So, this post is from Sunday evening. Sunday afternoon I was home for the day, done … Continue reading “Sullivan Co. Shorebird Shots”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sullivancounty","category-walkingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-2Gb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10318,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10303\/revisions\/10318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}