{"id":12605,"date":"2023-07-22T17:52:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T21:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12605"},"modified":"2023-07-22T17:52:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T21:52:06","slug":"black-rock-forest-07-22-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12605","title":{"rendered":"Black Rock Forest, 07\/22\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I woke up nice and early and I started my hike at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackrockforest.org\">Black Rock Forest <\/a>right around 6:30 am. I enjoyed a very birdy and extremely peaceful hike of just a hair under eight miles. I tallied 47 species and a I had a few surprises: I heard a calling Winter Wren, a first for me at that location. I also had a singing Cerulean Warbler high in the trees that I was eventually able to get on with my binoculars. I&#8217;m not 100% sure, but again, I believe that is a first for me at this location. Other surprises included the lack of certain species: I had only one single, silent Ovenbird &#8211; they are typically numerous. And I also had only one single Yellow-throated Vireo, when typically I have 3 or 4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-LEFL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-LEFL-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-LEFL-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-LEFL-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-LEFL-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-LEFL-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-LEFL-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-LEFL-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Least Flycatcher at Black Rock Forest, 07\/22\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-INPI-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Indian Pipe (also called Ghost Plant or Corpse Plant) at Black Rock Forest. I&#8217;ve only ever seen this plant one other time, at Hickok Brook back in 2017. It was strange because I was walking along and I saw some mushrooms; I immediately thought about Indian Pipe, and don&#8217;t you know about a minute later I found this.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-REVI-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-REVI-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-REVI-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-REVI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-REVI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-REVI-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-REVI-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-REVI-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~I believe this is a Red-eyed Vireo fledgling. I&#8217;d never seen one before today. BRF, 07\/22\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/072223-WEWA.jpg 1856w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Worm-eating Warbler at BRF, 07\/22\/23.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up nice and early and I started my hike at Black Rock Forest right around 6:30 am. 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