{"id":11197,"date":"2021-11-06T20:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T00:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=11197"},"modified":"2021-11-07T06:43:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T11:43:25","slug":"super-saturday-morning-11-06-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=11197","title":{"rendered":"Super Saturday Morning, 11\/06\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What a morning! My first stop was Wickham Lake, which I thought was going to be a total bust because the lake was completely obscured by fog. But, I located a Greater Yellowlegs feeding in the puddles along the shore. The light was beautiful and the bird was very accommodating. I also had a Great Blue Heron in some interesting light, so I got some photos of that bird as well. From there, I was heading up to Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, where I was to be the official counter for the day. On my way there, I had a lovely, close encounter with a beautiful coyote. This was the first coyote I’ve ever seen that showed some curiosity towards me as I pulled my car to the side of the road. It’s been a good while since I’ve seen a coyote, and to get one this confiding was a thrill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~Coyote on the frosty grass, Orange County NY 11\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once I was at Mt. Pete, I was getting the feeling it might be a slow day. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, and although the wind was from the northwest, it was just the slightest breeze. I had no raptors at all for nearly 2 hours. Then, I picked up a bird to the northeast of the platform – I immediately recognized it as a young GOLDEN EAGLE! I was so happy, the bird circled up and eventually migrated directly over the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~GOLDEN EAGLE! Mt. Peter Hawkwatch 11\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the excitement of the Golden, my prediction came true and it was an incredibly slow flight. I had a total of only (8) migrating raptors in 6.75 hours of counting. I did have one other highlight though, I found a Purple Finch, which was a new 2021 county bird for me, bringing my total to 203 species this year in Orange County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~Greater Yellowlegs at Wickham Lake, 11\/06\/21. This bird had a bum foot, but seemed to be feeding very well. I feel like I see a lot of shorebirds hopping around on one foot, but it doesn’t seem to hold them back too much.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Beautiful beast. Coyote in OC, 11\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Coyote in OC, 11\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Coyote in the OC, 11\/06\/21.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~This was actually on my way home this evening; I stopped at Beaver Pond to look for ducks. The markings on this Northern Harrier are just gorgeous to me.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~An unexpected surprise at Wickham Lake this morning, Greater Yellowlegs 11\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Great Blue Heron first thing this morning at Wickham Lake, 11\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~The Golden Eagle streams out over the platform at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 11\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Purple Finch at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch, 11\/06\/21.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What a morning! My first stop was Wickham Lake, which I thought was going to be a total bust because the lake was completely obscured by fog. But, I located a Greater Yellowlegs feeding in the puddles along the shore. The light was beautiful and the bird was very accommodating. I also had a Great … Continue reading “Super Saturday Morning, 11\/06\/21”<\/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":[6,19,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos","category-raptors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-2UB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11197","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=11197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11215,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11197\/revisions\/11215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}