{"id":13215,"date":"2024-03-03T20:32:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T01:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=13215"},"modified":"2024-03-03T20:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T01:32:47","slug":"sunday-shots-03-03-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=13215","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 03\/03\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today was good day of birding – I stuck to the black dirt region, and although I had mostly the usuals, there were plenty of birds around and I enjoyed some good photo ops. I also walked Wallkill River NWR’s Winding Waters Trail. It was a pleasant and very birdy walk. I had distant looks at the recently returned Sandhill Cranes, which was pretty cool. There were thousands of blackbirds on the trail; they never sat still for very long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon, I got word from Linda Scrima that she had a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Camel Farm, of all places. I ran for the bird, and when I arrived, I found that it had been joined by a second LBBG, out in a field, among over 300 Ring-billed and a handful of Herring Gulls. It was a terrible look at the birds (distant and starkly backlit), but I was happy to add this species to my Orange County list for the year. Huge thanks to Linda for the heads up on an excellent find. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~It was nice to spend s0me time with this Peregrine Falcon in the black dirt, 03\/03\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Singing Eastern Meadowlark in the black dirt region, 03\/03\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~This Short-eared Owl made a brief appearance this morning, and unfortunately stayed on the backlit side of me. Black dirt region, 03\/03\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Turkey Vulture, Westtown NY, 03\/03\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Bald Eagle at the Camel Farm, 03\/03\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~A pair of female Common Mergansers in the rain on Beaver Dam Lake, 03\/02\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Blackbird flock on Winding Waters Trail, 03\/03\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Male Common Merganser on Celery Avenue, 03\/03\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~One of two Lesser Black-backed Gulls at the Camel Farm, 03\/03\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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