{"id":10676,"date":"2021-02-21T18:54:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T23:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10676"},"modified":"2021-02-21T18:54:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T23:54:44","slug":"sunday-shots-02-21-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10676","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 02\/21\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t the most exciting Sunday morning, especially after getting so many birds so easily yesterday in Rye. I tooled around the black for while first thing, highlights included my first two Merlins of the year and a Lapland Longspur in very nice plumage. Afterwards, I headed to Beacon to try for gulls, but it was too early in the day and gull numbers were down and I only had the three expected species. Anyways, here&#8217;s a handful shots from the morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO5.tif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO5.tif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10681\"\/><\/a><figcaption>~Lapland Longspur showing off its namesake. Black Dirt Region, 02\/21\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-MERL.tif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-MERL.tif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10677\"\/><\/a><figcaption>~Merlin in the black dirt, 02\/21\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-LALO.jpg 1871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~LALO with a HOLA in the background, black dirt 02\/21\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-HOLA-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Horned Lark in the black dirt this morning, 02\/21\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-NOMO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-NOMO-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-NOMO-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-NOMO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-NOMO-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-NOMO-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-NOMO-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/022121-NOMO-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~I never pass on an opportunity to shoot a Northern Mockingbird. Black dirt 02\/21\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t the most exciting Sunday morning, especially after getting so many birds so easily yesterday in Rye. I tooled around the black for while first thing, highlights included my first two Merlins of the year and a Lapland Longspur in very nice plumage. Afterwards, I headed to Beacon to try for gulls, but it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10676\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 02\/21\/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_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":[6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-2Mc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10676","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=10676"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10684,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10676\/revisions\/10684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}