{"id":14247,"date":"2025-06-29T16:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14247"},"modified":"2025-06-29T16:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T20:35:17","slug":"sunday-shots-06-29-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14247","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 06\/29\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At my first stop this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find two young Barred Owls. They were being mobbed by Common Grackles, which is the only reason I found them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my second stop, I’d nearly forgotten about one of the best summer birding spots in Orange County: the Mongaup River Trail<\/a>. It’s an easy hike that, as the name indicates, runs along the Mongaup River. I find that it’s not a great spot first thing in the morning because everything is still in dark shadows. I arrived around 9:00 am, and that seemed to be a good time to arrive. I was in some shade on the way out and mostly in sun on the way back. My first bird was a Pine Warbler, followed shortly by a high, calling Blackburnian Warbler. There were a good number Louisana Waterthrush, Ovenbirds, and Black-throated Green Warblers. I usually get Magnolia Warbler at this location, but did not today. I also had a single Northern Parula and an adult Bald Eagle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my way home, I took the long way and went through the Rio Dam area. I had a Red Fox cross the road in front of my car. They disappeared into the woods quicker than you can imagine! And, a little later I had a Winter Wren singing just off the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~Young Barred Owl in Orange County, NY 06\/29\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~A Louisiana Waterthrush with a mouthful of insects. Mongaup River Trail, 06\/29\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Ovenbird at Mongaup River Trail, 06\/29\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Young Barred Owl in Orange County NY, 06\/29\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~A Green Heron cuts a nice figure on a dead tree limb, 06\/29\/25.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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At my first stop this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find two young Barred Owls. They were being mobbed by Common Grackles, which is the only reason I found them. For my second stop, I’d nearly forgotten about one of the best summer birding spots in Orange County: the Mongaup River Trail. It’s an … Continue reading “Sunday Shots, 06\/29\/25”<\/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":[6,19,12,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos","category-raptors","category-songbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3HN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14247","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=14247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14253,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14247\/revisions\/14253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}