{"id":3629,"date":"2014-12-15T21:10:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T02:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=3629"},"modified":"2014-12-15T21:39:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T02:39:29","slug":"sunday-121414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=3629","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 12\/14\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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-Short-eared Owl hunting at the Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So, as I mentioned in my post yesterday, I had a full day of birding in before the Short-eared Owl extravaganza at the Shawangunk Grasslands. In the morning I did a tour of the Black Dirt Region, mostly hoping to\u00a0find\u00a0a Snowy Owl or perhaps an interesting goose. I failed to locate either, but instead had an interesting morning with a good number of passerines at various locations. I had nearly 30 species in the black dirt, and for me the hightlight was a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker which was seen on Onion Avenue in Goshen.<\/p>\n

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A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker climbs the trunk of a tree, Black Dirt Region, Orange County NY 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BLACK DIRT REGION 12\/14\/14<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I haven’t posted\u00a0a shot of a goldfinch in a while. Black dirt, 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canada Goose
\nMallard
\nGreat Blue Heron
\nBlack Vulture
\nNorthern Harrier
\nBald Eagle
\nRed-tailed Hawk
\nRough-legged Hawk
\nRock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
\nMourning Dove
\nRed-bellied Woodpecker
\nYellow-bellied Sapsucker
\nDowny Woodpecker
\nAmerican Kestrel
\nBlue Jay
\nAmerican Crow
\nHorned Lark
\nBlack-capped Chickadee
\nWhite-breasted Nuthatch
\nEuropean Starling
\nAmerican Tree Sparrow
\nSong Sparrow
\nWhite-throated Sparrow
\nDark-eyed Junco
\nNorthern Cardinal
\nRed-winged Blackbird
\nBrown-headed Cowbird
\nAmerican Goldfinch<\/p>\n

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-Ring-billed Gull, head on. Newburgh Waterfront, 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In the early afternoon I headed over the Newburgh Waterfront to try and pick up a couple of county birds that I needed – with the end of the year looming, I am trying to maximize my Orange County species list. I was looking for a Great Black-backed Gull and a Great Cormorant (both of which Bruce Nott had reported being there earlier in the week), and I was successful on both counts:<\/p>\n

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Great Cormorant at the Newburgh Waterfront, 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Great Black-backed Gull flies over the Hudson River, Newburgh Waterfront 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After Newburgh,\u00a0I headed over to the Shawangunk Grasslands as I wrote about in yesterday’s post<\/a>. I stopped at Blue Chip Farms\u00a0long enough to get this shot of a European Starling:<\/p>\n

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I’m still trying for a good European Starling photo. Blue Chip Farms, 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And finally, here are a few\u00a0more shots of the Short-eared Owls at the Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, all on 12\/14\/14:<\/p>\n

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A Short-eared Owl and a Northern Harrier tangle, Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I believe this SEOW was trying to make itself seem bigger (and meaner!) because it was being buzzed repeatedly by a Northern Harrier. Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, 12\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Head on Short-eared Owl, Shawangunk Grasslands NWR, 13\/14\/14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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So, as I mentioned in my post yesterday, I had a full day of birding in before the Short-eared Owl extravaganza at the Shawangunk Grasslands. In the morning I did a tour of the Black Dirt Region, mostly hoping to\u00a0find\u00a0a Snowy Owl or perhaps an interesting goose. I failed to locate either, but instead had … Continue reading “Sunday 12\/14\/14”<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23,6,19,21,18,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-black-dirt","category-orangecounty","category-photos","category-shawangunk-grasslands-nwr","category-songbirds","category-ulster-county"],"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\/3629","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=3629"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3651,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629\/revisions\/3651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}