{"id":11591,"date":"2022-03-26T18:28:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T22:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2022-03-26T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T22:28:07","slug":"the-last-few-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=11591","title":{"rendered":"The Last Few Days…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been on a little bit of a roll, getting some pretty good birds the last few days. Thursday evening after work I went to Wickham Lake, where I found four distant Red-necked Grebes. I put the word out and a friend responded by saying they had an Eastern Screech-Owl in their yard and I should come over. I don’t mind if I do! It was a beautiful bird and I got some decent photos in spite of the low light conditions. It’s been a while since I’ve had either of those birds, so that was quite a night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~Eastern Screech-Owl in Orange County, 03\/24\/22.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Friday I went into the office for work and decided to stop by the Newburgh Waterfront on my way home. I had a hunch about Bonaparte’s Gull – the timing is just about right – and I wasn’t disappointed. On a night where I had mostly Ring-billed and Herring Gulls and just a couple of Great Black-backed Gulls, the BOGU was a welcome find. The bird spent most of the time feeding on the water; I was enjoying the elegant manner in which it picked things off the surface of the water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~Bonaparte’s Gull in flight at the Newburgh Waterfront, 03\/25\/22.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This morning I headed to Cooley Bog in Sullivan County, to try for the Red Crossbills located there by John Haas<\/a> last week. While I didn’t enjoy the great looks that folks had earlier in the week, I did get to hear one bird singing and I witnessed a couple calling flyovers. There were plenty of good birds around, but unfortunately not being very accommodating. Highlights included loads of Pine Siskins, several Red-breasted Nuthatches, a singing Winter Wren, a Red-shouldered Hawk, and a couple of Brown Creepers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~On my way to the Beechwoods, I passed this Osprey in the snow at Swan Lake. It’s my first Osprey of the year. ~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Red-necked Grebes at Wickham Lake, 03\/24\/22.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~One more shot of the Bonaparte’s Gull, Newburgh Waterfront 03\/25\/22.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From there I went to the area known as the Beechwoods Area. It’s located in the area between Jeffersonville and Hortonville New York, and it’s a good spot for some car birding, which was just what I was looking for since it was snowing and raining on and off. In his book A Birding Guide to Sullivan County NY<\/a>, John Haas provides directions for a nice birding loop you can drive. My target bird was Eastern Meadowlark, which I found almost as soon as I arrived, on Reum Road. Otherwise it was an enjoyable drive with plenty of the usuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I added 3 Sullivan County life birds (Red Crossbill, Brown Creeper, and Eastern Meadowlark) for the day, moving me a little bit closer to my goal of breaking 200 birds in SC this year. My total is now at 197. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yard Birds 2022: Holding steady at 33 – I didn’t add any new birds this week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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