{"id":12709,"date":"2023-08-27T17:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T21:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12709"},"modified":"2023-08-27T17:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T21:57:26","slug":"sunday-shots-08-27-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12709","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 08\/27\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First thing this morning, I went to Bullville Pond to see if anything was going on. I had shorebirds (of course) and Little Blue Heron on my mind. Unfortunately it was a bust, so I headed back out to the black dirt, where I eventually joined up with several other birders and finally got the Baird&#8217;s Sandpiper. After missing that species last year, I wanted to see one &#8211; it had been nearly 2 years! Also present were 50+ Least Sandpipers, a Semipalmated Sandpiper, 5 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, many Killdeer, and a flyover of a Semipalmated Plover. Photos were tough today, so I&#8217;m mostly posting more photos from yesterday&#8217;s shorebirds and a couple of cowbirds from this morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-13-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-13-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-13-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-13-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-13-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-13-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-13-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-13-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Semipalmated Plover in the black dirt, 08\/26\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-LESA-3.jpg 1874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Least Sandpiper in the black dirt region, 08\/26\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-3-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-3-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-3-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-3-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-3-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-3-2048x1639.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-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\">I love all the varieties of plumage you can see on Brown-headed Cowbirds at this time of the year. Black dirt, 08\/27\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-10-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SEPL in BDR, 08\/26\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-2-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-2-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-2-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-2-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-2-2048x1280.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082723-BHCO-2-1200x750.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Another good looking cowbird in the black dirt today, 08\/27\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/082623-SEPL-11.jpg 1951w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Semiplover in the black dirt, 08\/26\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First thing this morning, I went to Bullville Pond to see if anything was going on. I had shorebirds (of course) and Little Blue Heron on my mind. Unfortunately it was a bust, so I headed back out to the black dirt, where I eventually joined up with several other birders and finally got the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12709\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 08\/27\/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":[23,6,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-dirt","category-orangecounty","category-shorebirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3iZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12709","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=12709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12719,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12709\/revisions\/12719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}