{"id":2990,"date":"2014-07-20T16:41:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2014-07-20T17:35:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T21:35:49","slug":"playing-catch-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=2990","title":{"rendered":"Playing Catch Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Green Heron strikes a pose at Denning’s Point in Beacon NY, 7\/20\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, I have gotten out a number of times this week but have not had time to post. For the most part it was the expected cast of characters, but there were some exceptions. My best bird of the week was the PURPLE MARTIN, <\/strong>four of which were\u00a0observed at Stewart State Forest on both 7\/17 and 7\/20. A close second place was a single HORNED LARK<\/strong> in the black dirt region on 7\/16, and it was also really great to see some shorebird movement with \u00a0three\u00a0LEAST SANDPIPERS<\/strong> and two\u00a0LESSER YELLOWLEGS<\/strong> at the Camel Farm on 7\/15 and three more LESA<\/strong> out in Sullivan County on 7\/18. So, things are starting to happen, which is exciting. Here are my shots from the week:<\/p>\n

BLACK DIRT REGION, WEDNESDAY 7\/16\/14<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I don’t normally crop this tightly, but it seems to hold up for me with this shot. Horned Lark in the Black Dirt Region, 7\/16\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"HOLA<\/a>
HOLA in the Black Dirt, 7\/16\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

STEWART FOREST, THURSDAY 7\/17\/14 & SUNDAY 7\/20\/14<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Purple<\/a>
Purple Martins in flight overhead at Stewart Forest, 7\/17\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"COYE<\/a>
COYE at Stewart Forest, 7\/20\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eastern<\/a>
Eastern Wood Peewee, a bird that I don’t get many photos of. Stewart Forest, 7\/20\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eastern<\/a>
Eastern Towhee in the tree tops at Stewart Forest, 7\/20\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BASHAKILL WMA, FRIDAY 7\/18\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I flushed this (and many more) Wood Duck while kayaking the Bash in the early morning fog. The \u00a0fog was so thick that it pretty much prohibited any good photos for most of the morning. Later this week, however, I will be posting a series of Great Blue Heron shots taken as the fog started to lift.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SULLIVAN COUNTY, FRIDAY 7\/18\/14<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Least<\/a>
Least Sandpiper in Sullivan County, 7\/18\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
This Killdeer kept looking skyward, I’m not sure why. Sullivan County 7\/18\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DENNING’S POINT, SATURDAY 7\/19\/14<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Two Great Blue Herons spar just off of Denning’s Point, with Bannerman Island Arsenal\u00a0in the background, 7\/19\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I have gotten out a number of times this week but have not had time to post. For the most part it was the expected cast of characters, but there were some exceptions. My best bird of the week was the PURPLE MARTIN, four of which were\u00a0observed at Stewart State Forest on both 7\/17 … Continue reading “Playing Catch Up”<\/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":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-Me","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990","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=2990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3005,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}