{"id":14550,"date":"2025-12-07T16:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14550"},"modified":"2025-12-07T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:57:12","slug":"sunday-shots-12-07-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14550","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Shots, 12\/07\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well it was quite a weekend of birding! The big excitement was, of course, the <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=14541\">record-breaking number of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE<\/a> on Saturday. It was an exciting find for me, and it seems like a lot of birders have gotten to see them in the past day and a half. Other notable observations included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(13) Sandhill Cranes at the Liberty Loop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel&#8217;s subspecies, also at the Liberty Loop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Horned Owl in the Black Dirt Region<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Loon at Wickham Lake, just after sunrise Sunday morning, complete with beautiful calling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Yellow Warbler and Blackpoll Warbler at Newburgh Waterfront<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loads of Horned Larks, a large flock of Snow Buntings, and a single Lapland Longspur (still no photo this season!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-BPWA-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-BPWA-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-BPWA-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-BPWA-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-BPWA-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-BPWA-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-BPWA-2048x1639.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-BPWA-1200x960.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~I didn&#8217;t think I would be posting a colorful warbler photo in early December. Blackpoll Warbler at the Newburgh Waterfront, 12\/078\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-GH0W-2.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Great Horned Owl in the black dirt, 12\/06\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Common Loon at Wickham Lake, 12\/07\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2-1200x960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-2.jpg 1664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~COLO at Wickham Lake, 12\/07\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-3-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-COLO-3.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Common Loon at Wickham Lake, 12\/07\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-RNDU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-RNDU-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-RNDU-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-RNDU-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-RNDU-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-RNDU-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-RNDU-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-RNDU.jpg 1841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Ring-necked Duck at Round Lake, 12\/07\/25.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-NOMO-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-NOMO-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-NOMO-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-NOMO-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-NOMO-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-NOMO-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-NOMO-2048x1582.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-NOMO-1200x927.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~I love this pose! Northern Mockingbird at the Newburgh Waterfront, 12\/07\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-HOME.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-HOME-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-HOME-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-HOME-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-HOME-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-HOME-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-HOME-1200x857.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120725-HOME.jpg 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~I haven&#8217;t photographed one of these dudes in a while. Hooded Merganser at Round Lake, 12\/07\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-SACR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-SACR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-SACR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-SACR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-SACR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-SACR-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-SACR-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/120625-SACR-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">~Terrible photo of a remarkable 13 Sandhill Cranes at the Liberty Loop, 12\/06\/25.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well it was quite a weekend of birding! The big excitement was, of course, the record-breaking number of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE on Saturday. It was an exciting find for me, and it seems like a lot of birders have gotten to see them in the past day and a half. Other notable observations included:<\/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-14550","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-3MG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14550","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=14550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14561,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14550\/revisions\/14561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}