{"id":12915,"date":"2023-12-03T17:21:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12915"},"modified":"2023-12-03T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:21:15","slug":"sunday-shots-12-03-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12915","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 12\/03\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I spent a good amount of my birding time this weekend trying for waterfowl. One bird in particular was on my mind: Red-throated Loon. I tried Wickham Lake on Saturday morning; I found a Common Loon that was close enough to shore for some decent shots, but no RTLO. This morning, I met up with birding bud Bruce Nott at Plum Point, where there was not much happening BUT we did locate a single, distant Red-throated Loon. The RT Loon was definitely my best bird of the weekend, all the other waterfowl I observed were expected species for this time of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-COLO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-COLO-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-COLO-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-COLO-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-COLO-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-COLO-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-COLO-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-COLO.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Common Loon at Wickham Lake, 12\/01\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m also playing a little catch up today, I&#8217;m including several photos from last weekend that I did not post, due to my excitement over <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12902\">my Sunday at the Grasslands. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-NOPI-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-NOPI-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-NOPI-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-NOPI-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-NOPI-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-NOPI-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-NOPI-2048x1638.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-NOPI-1200x960.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~An assortment of waterfowl at the Liberty Loop, 12\/02\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMCO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMCO-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMCO-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMCO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMCO-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMCO-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMCO-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMCO-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Three of five American Coots at the Liberty Loop. This shot is from last weekend, however these birds were still present on Saturday morning.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMKE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMKE-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMKE-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMKE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMKE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMKE-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMKE-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-AMKE.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~American Kestrel at Missionland Road, 11\/24.23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-LALO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-LALO-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-LALO-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-LALO-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-LALO-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-LALO-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-LALO-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/112423-LALO.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Lapland Longspur in the black dirt, from last weekend, 11\/24\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/120223-MALL-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\">~Five American Black Ducks surround a male Mallard. Liberty Loop, 12\/02\/23.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a good amount of my birding time this weekend trying for waterfowl. One bird in particular was on my mind: Red-throated Loon. I tried Wickham Lake on Saturday morning; I found a Common Loon that was close enough to shore for some decent shots, but no RTLO. This morning, I met up with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=12915\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 12\/03\/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":[6,19,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos","category-swimmingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3mj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12915","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=12915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12922,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12915\/revisions\/12922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}