{"id":12418,"date":"2023-04-16T18:59:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T22:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12418"},"modified":"2023-04-16T18:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T22:59:42","slug":"sunday-shots-04-16-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12418","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 04\/16\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good birds in the county continued today to a lesser degree. I was able to locate three female Red-breasted Mergansers at Greenwood Lake early in the morning, and remarkably they were close enough for photos. A little later I joined Rob Stone at the Newburgh Waterfront, where he had located six Bonaparte&#8217;s Gulls. We were hoping the 6 were just the beginning, but after scanning for a good while, no additional gulls would join them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041623-RBME-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041623-RBME-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041623-RBME-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041623-RBME-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041623-RBME-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041623-RBME-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041623-RBME-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041623-RBME-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Two of three Red-breasted Mergansers at Greenwood Lake, 04\/16\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-COHA2.jpg 1853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~I was trying to shoot Tree Swallow in flight (see below) when this  Cooper&#8217;s Hawk flew in and perched in the beautiful evening light.  Wickham Lake earlier this week, 04\/13\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-2.jpg 1633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Tree Swallow at Wickham Lake, 04\/13\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-3-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-3.jpg 1486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Tree Swallows at Wickham Lake, 04\/13\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041123-DCCO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041123-DCCO-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041123-DCCO-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041123-DCCO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041123-DCCO-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041123-DCCO-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041123-DCCO-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041123-DCCO-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Double-crested Cormorant at Wickham Lake 04\/11\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW-1200x1500.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/041323-TRSW.jpg 1513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Tree Swallows at Wickham Lake, 04\/13\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good birds in the county continued today to a lesser degree. I was able to locate three female Red-breasted Mergansers at Greenwood Lake early in the morning, and remarkably they were close enough for photos. A little later I joined Rob Stone at the Newburgh Waterfront, where he had located six Bonaparte&#8217;s Gulls. We were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12418\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 04\/16\/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_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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3ei","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418","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=12418"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12428,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12418\/revisions\/12428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}