{"id":14479,"date":"2025-11-02T17:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T22:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14479"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T22:11:21","slug":"sunday-shots-11-02-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14479","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 11\/02\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning I checked Wickham Lake and Glenmere Lake. There wasn&#8217;t much exciting going on at either lake, so I headed over to the Black Dirt Region, where I found my first Lapland Longspur, Snow Buntings, and Cackling Goose of the season. Other than that, I was just hoping to get some photos for the day &#8211; I finally got lucky with some American Pipits in the nice morning light, and I thought a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds in a field of dead sunflowers made for some interesting images. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~American Pipit in the black dirt, 11\/02\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-AMPI-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~One more pipit image from the Black Dirt Region this morning, 11\/02\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-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\">~Red-winged Blackbirds in the black dirt, 11\/02\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-RWBL-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~RWBL in the BDR, 11\/02\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-MUSW-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-MUSW-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-MUSW-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-MUSW-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-MUSW-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-MUSW-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-MUSW-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110225-MUSW-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Mute Swans on a foggy morning at Wickham Lake, 11\/02\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110125-COYO-2.jpg 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~And finally, one more image of the Coyote I saw yesterday at Wickham Woodlands TP, 11\/01\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I checked Wickham Lake and Glenmere Lake. There wasn&#8217;t much exciting going on at either lake, so I headed over to the Black Dirt Region, where I found my first Lapland Longspur, Snow Buntings, and Cackling Goose of the season. Other than that, I was just hoping to get some photos for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14479\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday Shots, 11\/02\/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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-3Lx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14479","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=14479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14487,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14479\/revisions\/14487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}