{"id":3340,"date":"2014-10-06T20:48:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T00:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2014-10-06T20:53:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T00:53:18","slug":"blue-winged-teals-and-northern-shovelers-at-6-12-station-road-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=3340","title":{"rendered":"Blue-winged Teals and Northern Shovelers at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"One<\/a>
One of four Northern Shovelers takes a lap around the Citgo Trail pond at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary, 10\/6\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had an appointment cancelled, so I got to do some unexpected birding after work this afternoon. I had forgotten my binoculars at home, so I stopped by to pick them up and headed to the closest spot – 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary. I was thinking about sparrows as I took the Citgo Trail, but the wind had picked up pretty good and sparrows were scarce. I had a few pleasant surprises when I got to the pond – a nice sized collection of shorebirds: 22 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, and 1 Solitary Sandpiper.\u00a0The highlight, however, was seeing my first Northern Shovelers<\/strong> (4) and Blue-winged Teal<\/strong> (3) of the fall. A Northern Harrier cruised through at one point and picked up many of the waterfowl and shorebirds. I think it was about 3 years ago that I would get a harrier at this location regularly, but this is the first one I have seen there in a while. It was a gorgeous night and I had some decent birds, which made me happy. Here’s some more photos and my list for the night:<\/p>\n

\"Eastern<\/a>
Eastern Bluebird, 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary, 10\/6\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A Lesser Yellowlegs takes flight when a Northern Harrier flew over. 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary, 10\/6\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I had nearly 20 Tree Swallows tonight. 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary, 10\/6\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canada Goose 65
\nMute Swan 4
\nAmerican Black Duck 2
\nMallard 16
\nBlue-winged Teal 3
\nNorthern Shoveler 4
\nGreen-winged Teal 25
\nGreat Blue Heron 1
\nGreat Egret 8
\nNorthern Harrier 1
\nKilldeer 9
\nSolitary Sandpiper 1
\nGreater Yellowlegs 3
\nLesser Yellowlegs 22
\nBlue Jay 4
\nAmerican Crow 8
\nTree Swallow 18
\nBlack-capped Chickadee 1
\nEastern Bluebird 2
\nAmerican Robin 4
\nGray Catbird 1
\nNorthern Mockingbird 1
\nEuropean Starling 85
\nCommon Yellowthroat 1
\nPalm Warbler 1
\nYellow-rumped Warbler 12
\nSong Sparrow 2
\nRed-winged Blackbird 12
\nCommon Grackle 20
\nHouse Sparrow 25<\/p>\n

**One Year Ago at Orangebirding.com:<\/strong> Long-billed Dowitchers at 6 1\/2 Station Road<\/a>\u00a0and Black Scoters in Orange County<\/a>. **<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had an appointment cancelled, so I got to do some unexpected birding after work this afternoon. I had forgotten my binoculars at home, so I stopped by to pick them up and headed to the closest spot – 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary. I was thinking about sparrows as I took the Citgo Trail, … Continue reading “Blue-winged Teals and Northern Shovelers at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary”<\/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":[11,6,3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-612sanct","category-orangecounty","category-swimmingwaterbirds","category-walkingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-RS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340","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=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3349,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions\/3349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}