{"id":13089,"date":"2024-01-28T17:48:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T22:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=13089"},"modified":"2024-01-28T17:48:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T22:48:52","slug":"sunday-shots-01-28-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=13089","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 01\/28\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I enjoyed a pretty full weekend of birding. Saturday was definitely the more productive of the two days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First thing, I went to Greenwood Lake and saw the Redheads which have been reported there recently. Redhead used to be a very good bird for Orange County &#8211; there was no guarantee that you would get one. In recent years, however, for some reason it&#8217;s been a little bit easier to observe in the county. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Later in the morning, I went to Winding Waters trail, where the Northern Shrike continues. The bird was distant, so I did not get any photos, but the bird was calling in the distance, which was really cool. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also at Winding Waters &#8211; I observed my first Rough-legged Hawk of the season. This is far and away the latest I&#8217;ve ever gotten my first of season for this species.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I enjoyed my first multiple-owl day in a LONG time. I was in the black dirt in the morning when some American Crows kicked up and then mobbed a Short-eared Owl, my first of 2024. Then, around 10:30 on Saturday night, our cat Fern let me know there was a Great Horned Owl calling in the yard &#8211; she was growling, and growling, and growling, until I finally turned down the volume of my movie and heard a GHOW calling right outside. I went on the back porch and saw the bird fly out of the evergreens, across the street, where it perched for a short time in a deciduous tree. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-REDH-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-REDH-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-REDH-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-REDH-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-REDH-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-REDH-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-REDH-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-REDH-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\">~Redheads at Greenwood Lake, 01\/27\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday was less productive and less fun. The weather was terrible; just cold and rainy for the whole day long. Often bad weather = good birds, but that was not the case for me on this day. I had very few birds in the black dirt (I was trying to relocate the Greater White-fronted Goose that Kyle Knapp found earlier in the week). Then I went to the Newburgh Waterfront and had only the expected (3) species of gull. I tried for the Glacucous-winged Gull both afternoons, with no luck., which wasn&#8217;t all that surprising since the bird had been relocated on Friday in Ulster County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-SEOW.jpg 1906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~It&#8217;s always good to see a Shorty. Short-eared Owl in the black dirt 01\/27\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-RTHA.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~One of many Red-tailed Hawks observed in the black dirt over the weekend.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-HEGU.jpg 1905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Herring Gull up close and personal. Newburgh Waterfront, 01\/27\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/012724-COHA.jpg 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Cooper&#8217;s hawk in the black dirt, 01\/27\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed a pretty full weekend of birding. Saturday was definitely the more productive of the two days: Sunday was less productive and less fun. The weather was terrible; just cold and rainy for the whole day long. Often bad weather = good birds, but that was not the case for me on this day. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=13089\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 01\/28\/24&#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":[23,33,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-dirt","category-newburgh-waterfront","category-orangecounty"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3p7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089","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=13089"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13100,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089\/revisions\/13100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}