{"id":12317,"date":"2023-02-26T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T22:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2023-02-26T17:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T22:33:21","slug":"sunday-shots-02-26-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12317","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 02\/26\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My best birding today was first thing at Wickham Lake. It was a little bit cold, but the wind was down, making it relatively comfortable. I joined Kyle Knapp, who was there when I arrived. Of course I got zero photos, as the birds were distant, but we tallied an enjoyable 15 species of waterfowl:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canada Goose<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mute Swan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wood Duck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Shoveler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Wigeon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mallard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Wood Duck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Pintail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green-winged Teal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wood Duck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ring-necked Duck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bufflehead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hooded Merganser<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Merganser<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Coot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-MINK-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-MINK-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-MINK-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-MINK-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-MINK-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-MINK-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-MINK-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-MINK-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Orange County Mink, 02\/26\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, I checked on various other lakes in the region. The single CANVASBACK continues at Greenwood Lake; I thought its days were numbered as an adult Bald Eagle tried to take it &#8211; the Canvasback went under just before the eagle hit the water. At Round Lake I found both Lesser and Greater Scaup. I also had two exciting water mammals in my travels &#8211; a river otter (no pics) and a mink, see above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-3-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-3-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-3-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-3-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-3-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-3-2048x1638.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-3-1200x960.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Blue morph Snow Goose in the black dirt, 02\/26\/23.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also briefly cruised the black dirt region; it was mostly the usuals. I was happy to see some of the Snow Geese are still hanging in there. The ones in this photo were hanging out with a large flock of Canada Geese that I sifted through but didn&#8217;t find any rarities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-4.jpg 1737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Snow Goose in the black dirt, 02\/26\/23.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/022623-SNGO-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~It was pretty cool to see these birds so relaxed, even though they were within photo range. SNGOs in the BD, 02\/26\/23.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My best birding today was first thing at Wickham Lake. It was a little bit cold, but the wind was down, making it relatively comfortable. I joined Kyle Knapp, who was there when I arrived. Of course I got zero photos, as the birds were distant, but we tallied an enjoyable 15 species of waterfowl: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12317\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 02\/26\/23&#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":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-swimmingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3cF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317","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=12317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12324,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions\/12324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}