{"id":2017,"date":"2013-11-23T18:43:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T23:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2013-11-23T20:13:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T01:13:38","slug":"just-ducky-in-orange-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2017","title":{"rendered":"Just Ducky in Orange County"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"It's<\/a>
It’s tough to get close enough to most waterfowl to get photos. One of 24 Ring-necked Ducks at Orange-Rockland Lake, 11\/23\/13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I covered a lot of ground today in search of waterfowl in Orange County. I started early and headed north and worked my way south as the morning progressed.<\/p>\n

Chadwick Lake Park:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canada Goose \u00a030
\nMute Swan \u00a02
\nMallard \u00a05
\nLesser Scaup \u00a04
\nRing-billed Gull \u00a01
\nGreat Black-backed Gull \u00a01<\/p>\n

**I received a phone call from Bruce Nott in the afternoon – 4 Common Goldeneye<\/strong> continue at Chadwick Lake Park (I failed to locate them while I was there).**<\/p>\n

Lake Washington and Masterson Memorial Park:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canada Goose \u00a09
\nMute Swan \u00a02
\nGadwall \u00a032
\nMallard \u00a02
\nHooded Merganser \u00a028
\nBald Eagle \u00a01
\nRing-billed Gull \u00a075
\nYellow-bellied Sapsucker \u00a01<\/p>\n

\"One<\/a>
One day I will get a good close up of a Hooded Merganser. Until then there is this. Hooded Mergansers at Masterson Memorial Park,, 11\/23\/13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brown’s Pond:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canada Goose \u00a0145
\nMute Swan \u00a05
\nAmerican Wigeon \u00a04
\nRing-necked Duck \u00a018
\nHooded Merganser \u00a015
\nCommon Merganser \u00a036
\nRuddy Duck \u00a048
\nBald Eagle \u00a01
\nRed-tailed Hawk \u00a01
\nRing-billed Gull \u00a07
\nBelted Kingfisher \u00a01
\nNorthern Flicker \u00a01<\/p>\n

\"These<\/a>
These Ruddy Ducks were close by, but all tucked away. Brown’s Pond, 11\/23\/13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Orange-Rockland Lake:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canada Goose \u00a018
\nRing-necked Duck \u00a024
\nRuddy Duck \u00a07
\nPied-billed Grebe \u00a02
\nDowny Woodpecker \u00a01<\/p>\n

\"Orange-Rockland<\/a>
Orange-Rockland Lake was the best stop for photos by far. A pair of Ring-necked Ducks swims by, 11\/23\/13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Glenmere Lake:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mute Swan \u00a01
\nRuddy Duck \u00a04
\nPied-billed Grebe \u00a03
\nDark-eyed Junco \u00a02<\/p>\n

In the evening I decided to try for the Short-eared Owls again. It was sunny and beautiful when I left the house. By the time the owls got up, which was early at 3:30, it was very gray and dark out.\u00a0Here’s my best effort:<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A very grainy shot of a SEOW. My ISO was at 3200 for this shot! Shawangunk Grasslands, 11\/23\/13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I covered a lot of ground today in search of waterfowl in Orange County. I started early and headed north and worked my way south as the morning progressed. Chadwick Lake Park: Canada Goose \u00a030 Mute Swan \u00a02 Mallard \u00a05 Lesser Scaup \u00a04 Ring-billed Gull \u00a01 Great Black-backed Gull \u00a01 **I received a phone call … Continue reading “Just Ducky in Orange County”<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-swimmingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-wx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017","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=2017"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}