{"id":14448,"date":"2025-10-19T20:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14448"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T00:59:53","slug":"sunday-shots-10-19-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14448","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 10\/19\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First thing this morning I checked a few local lakes but didn&#8217;t have much luck so I switched gears and went the Liberty Loop and then continued birding through a bit of the black dirt region, and I finished up at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary. It was a pleasant but mostly uneventful morning of birding. There were plenty of birds around, but nothing exciting. I did manage to get a few shots to share this evening. though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-BLVU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-BLVU-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-BLVU-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-BLVU-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-BLVU-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-BLVU-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-BLVU-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-BLVU-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Black Vulture in the Black Dirt Region, 10\/19\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-MUSW.jpg 1796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~I don&#8217;t photograph Mute Swans very often, but the light was pleasant first thing this morning at Wickham Lake, 10\/19\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-3.jpg 1569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Eastern Bluebird at Wickham Lake, 10\/19\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-2.jpg 1492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Eastern Bluebird at Wickham Lake, 10\/19\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/101925-EABL.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~And one more Eastern Bluebird shot. I enjoyed a few minutes with a small flock at Wickham Lake before they moved on.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First thing this morning I checked a few local lakes but didn&#8217;t have much luck so I switched gears and went the Liberty Loop and then continued birding through a bit of the black dirt region, and I finished up at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary. It was a pleasant but mostly uneventful morning of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14448\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 10\/19\/25&#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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3L2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14448","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=14448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14454,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14448\/revisions\/14454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}