{"id":10580,"date":"2021-01-10T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10580"},"modified":"2021-01-10T13:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T18:42:01","slug":"sunday-shots-01-10-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10580","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 01\/10\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Other than the gulls at the Hudson  River, it was a relatively uneventful weekend of birding. I tooled around the black dirt region both mornings and had less than the usuals. Even large flocks of geese were hard to come by. But, as always, especially on these cold, sunny, crisp mornings, it was just good to be out. A slow day of birding beats a day at the office any day of the week, no doubt about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-COME.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-COME-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-COME-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-COME-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-COME-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-COME-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-COME-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-COME-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Common Merganser on the Wallkill River off Celery Avenue, 01\/09\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-RLHA.jpg 1558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~This morning I got my first Rough-legged Hawk of 2021.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/011021-BLVU-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Black Vulture in the black dirt, 01\/10\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-BCCH-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Black-capped Chickadee at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary, 01\/09\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010921-GHOW.jpg 1606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~My first Great Horned Owl of the year, 01\/09\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010121-BRCR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010121-BRCR-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010121-BRCR-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010121-BRCR-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010121-BRCR-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010121-BRCR-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/010121-BRCR-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, 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Brown Creeper at Reservoir 3, 01\/01\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other than the gulls at the Hudson River, it was a relatively uneventful weekend of birding. I tooled around the black dirt region both mornings and had less than the usuals. Even large flocks of geese were hard to come by. But, as always, especially on these cold, sunny, crisp mornings, it was just good &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10580\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 01\/10\/21&#8221;<\/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_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":[11,23,6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-612sanct","category-black-dirt","category-orangecounty","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-2KE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580","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=10580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10588,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10580\/revisions\/10588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}