{"id":1137,"date":"2013-04-03T21:37:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T01:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2013-04-03T21:37:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T01:37:29","slug":"playing-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=1137","title":{"rendered":"Playing Catch Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derby Hill Bird Observatory 3-30-13<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tricia and I spent the holiday weekend with her family in Baldwinsville New York, which is just outside of Syracuse. Shortly after we arrived on Saturday we took a family excursion to Derby Hill Bird Observatory<\/a>, which is a good hawk watch for spring raptor migration. Turkey Vultures and Red-tail Hawks were the most numerous migrants, but we saw a good variety of migrating raptors. Highlights included a young Bald Eagle that flew over soon after our arrival, and a low flying Merlin that we saw while we were exploring the shore of Lake Ontario.<\/p>\n

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An immature Bald Eagle flies over Derby Hill Hawk Watch in Mexico, NY 3-30-13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Turkey Vulture – many<\/p>\n

Bald Eagle – 1<\/p>\n

Red-tailed Hawk – many<\/p>\n

Red-shouldered Hawk – 1<\/p>\n

Cooper’s Hawk – 1<\/p>\n

Northern Harrier – 1<\/p>\n

Merlin – 1<\/p>\n

Canada Goose – many<\/p>\n

Snow Goose – many<\/p>\n

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Later that evening we had a large skein of Canada Geese, a large skein of Snow Geese, and a smaller group of swans fly over the house at the same time. I went running for my camera and managed a shot of the swans:<\/p>\n

\"Although<\/a>
Although I don’t think there is any way to tell, I am thinking that these are Tundra Swans because of the number of birds. Apparently Trumpeter Swans tend to be in smaller groups.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Song<\/a>
Song Sparrows were plentiful at 6 1\/2 Station Road, 4-1-13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Monday after work I stopped by 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary where it was pretty dead. I did not stay long as I was under-dressed for the cold; for some reason I thought it was much warmer out. Song Sparrow numbers were up, as were Green-winged Teal \u00a0numbers, and the Ring-necked Ducks are still hanging around.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a>
I really enjoy the Killdeer. I’ve been trying to get a good flight photo of one, but no luck yet. Wallkill River NWR, 4-2-13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wallkill River NWR<\/strong><\/p>\n

I met Karen Miller out at Wallkill River NWR after work on Tuesday. We walked the Liberty Loop, it was cold but very enjoyable. We put together a respectable species list and took a lot of photos.\u00a0\"_MG_4915\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Canada Goose \u00a0X
\nMute Swan \u00a02 (photo right)
\nWood Duck \u00a017
\nAmerican Black Duck \u00a02
\nMallard \u00a0X
\nBlue-winged Teal \u00a04
\nNorthern Pintail \u00a08
\nGreen-winged Teal \u00a0150
\nGreat Blue Heron \u00a02
\nBlack Vulture \u00a02
\nTurkey Vulture \u00a03
\nNorthern Harrier \u00a03
\nSharp-shinned Hawk \u00a01\"_MG_5029\"<\/a>
\nRed-tailed Hawk \u00a03
\nKilldeer \u00a02
\nMourning Dove \u00a01
\nBelted Kingfisher \u00a01
\nEastern Phoebe \u00a01 (photo right)
\nAmerican Crow \u00a0X
\nCommon Raven \u00a01
\nTree Swallow \u00a03
\nBlack-capped Chickadee \u00a01
\nTufted Titmouse \u00a01
\nAmerican Robin \u00a06
\nSong Sparrow \u00a0X
\nNorthern Cardinal \u00a01<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A couple of the many Mallards seen out at Wallkill River NWR, 4-2-13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Green-winged<\/a>
Green-winged Teals were easily the most numerous bird at Wallkill River NWR 4-2-13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A male American Kestrel shows off his “string of pearls”. Wallkill River NWR 4-2-13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Blue-winged Teal is a BEAUTIFUL bird. I can’t wait to get a good photo…Wallkill River NWR 4-2-13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Derby Hill Bird Observatory 3-30-13 Tricia and I spent the holiday weekend with her family in Baldwinsville New York, which is just outside of Syracuse. Shortly after we arrived on Saturday we took a family excursion to Derby Hill Bird Observatory, which is a good hawk watch for spring raptor migration. Turkey Vultures and Red-tail … Continue reading “Playing Catch Up”<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,6,19,12,3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-612sanct","category-orangecounty","category-photos","category-raptors","category-swimmingwaterbirds","category-wallkillwildlife"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-il","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137","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=1137"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1137\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}