{"id":10758,"date":"2021-04-10T18:57:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T22:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10758"},"modified":"2021-04-10T18:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T22:57:52","slug":"good-birding-04-10-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10758","title":{"rendered":"Good Birding 04\/10\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve enjoyed some good birding in recent days. I got out on both Thursday and Friday evenings after work and a couple of times today. In those three days I was able to add 10 species to my Orange County 2021 list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Barn Swallow, 4\/8 at Wickham Lake<\/li><li>Osprey, 4\/8 at Wickham Lake<\/li><li>Palm Warbler, 4\/9 at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary<\/li><li>Swamp Sparrow, 4\/9 at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary<\/li><li>American Coot, 4\/9 at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary<\/li><li>Virginia Rail, 4\/9 at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary<\/li><li>Eastern Meadowlark, 4\/10 at Wisner Road<\/li><li>Chipping Sparrow, 4\/10 at Greenwood Lake<\/li><li>BONAPARTE&#8217;S GULL, 4\/10 at Washington Lake<\/li><li>PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 4\/10 at Lynch Road in the black dirt<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/040821-PESA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/040821-PESA-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/040821-PESA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/040821-PESA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/040821-PESA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/040821-PESA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/040821-PESA-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/040821-PESA.jpg 1374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Beautiful bird. I almost forgot how jazzed I get about shorebirds. Pectoral Sandpiper at Lynch Avenue, 4\/10\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other good birds included a distant Common Loon at Greenwood Lake this morning, and excellent looks at an immature ICELAND GULL at the Newburgh Waterfront. Huge thanks to Bruce Nott for reporting both the Bonaparte&#8217;s and the Iceland Gulls. Also thanks to Maria Loukeris for letting me know about the post regarding the Pectoral Sandpiper on the Mearns Facebook page &#8211; thanks to Amy Klein for posting it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-ICGU-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-ICGU-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-ICGU-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-ICGU-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-ICGU-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-ICGU-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-ICGU-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-ICGU-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~My new lens (Canon 500m Mark I) is still a work in progress. I took all of my photos of the Iceland Gull with the 1.4x extender attached and they were all quite soft. I was also using a monopod with a gimbal head. That&#8217;s a lot of new things at once. I exchanged texts with Kyle Dudgeon and he advised that I leave the 1.4x for now and just get used to the lens\/monopod\/gimbal head. Good advice, I think. ICELAND GULL at the Newburgh Waterfront, 04\/10\/21.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-EAME.jpg 1694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Singing Eastern Meadowlark at Wisner Road, 04\/10\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-WITU.jpg 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Boy, I never really thought about what a Wild Turkey actually looked like until today. Crazy looking bird.. Wisner Road 04\/10\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Tree Swallow at Wisner Road, 04\/10\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/041021-TRSW-2.jpg 1719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>~Mute Swan at Wickham Lake, 04\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve enjoyed some good birding in recent days. I got out on both Thursday and Friday evenings after work and a couple of times today. In those three days I was able to add 10 species to my Orange County 2021 list: Barn Swallow, 4\/8 at Wickham Lake Osprey, 4\/8 at Wickham Lake Palm Warbler, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=10758\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Good Birding 04\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[6,19,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos","category-walkingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-2Nw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10758","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=10758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10765,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10758\/revisions\/10765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}