{"id":13579,"date":"2024-07-28T19:02:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T23:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=13579"},"modified":"2024-07-28T19:02:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T23:02:37","slug":"sunday-shots-07-28-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=13579","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 07\/28\/24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wish I was reporting on a fabulous bird today, but alas, it wasn&#8217;t in the cards this weekend. I birded both mornings, staying local, and trying mostly for shorebirds. Killdeer, Least Sandpipers, Solitary Sandpipers, and Spotted Sandpipers were all I could come up with. I heard (but did not see) the Blue Grosbeak in the black dirt on Saturday morning. Anyways, here are several shots from the weekend, a couple from the black dirt,  couple from the backyard, and I&#8217;m even throwing a selfie in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072624-NOCA-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Northern Cardinal in our yard, o7\/26\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~A young Horned Lark in the black dirt, 07\/28\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072824-HOLA-1-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Killdeer enjoying a snack. Black Dirt Region, 07\/28\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072724-HOFI-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072724-HOFI-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072724-HOFI-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072724-HOFI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072724-HOFI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072724-HOFI-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072724-HOFI-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/072724-HOFI-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~House Finch cuteness in our backyard, 07\/27\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_5269.heic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_5269.heic\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13584\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Beautiful morning in the black dirt, 07\/28\/24.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wish I was reporting on a fabulous bird today, but alas, it wasn&#8217;t in the cards this weekend. I birded both mornings, staying local, and trying mostly for shorebirds. Killdeer, Least Sandpipers, Solitary Sandpipers, and Spotted Sandpipers were all I could come up with. I heard (but did not see) the Blue Grosbeak in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=13579\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 07\/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":[23,6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-dirt","category-orangecounty","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3x1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13579","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=13579"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13587,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13579\/revisions\/13587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}