{"id":4041,"date":"2015-02-21T18:38:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2015-02-21T18:56:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T23:56:48","slug":"i-got-birds-rye-ny-22115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=4041","title":{"rendered":"I Got Birds! Rye, NY 2\/21\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~A Gadwall stands on the frozen Long Island Sound at the Edith G Read Wildlife Sanctuary in Rye, NY 2\/21\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This extended cold snap has made for some difficult birding. The obvious reason is that the cold has made it uncomfortable to be outside for extended periods of time, but\u00a0this\u00a0I can handle. What I can’t handle is staying out in this cold for extended periods of time and not getting birds. Birds have been pretty scarce at the spots I’ve visited in Orange County this week, so with that in mind, I headed to the coast this morning to see if I could do any better there. The answer is a resounding YES!<\/strong> I got an early start this morning and birded the Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a> and the Rye Town Park and Beach<\/a>. I finished the morning having seen 44 species, which for me is pretty good at this time of the year. Highlights for me included a half dozen PURPLE SANDPIPERS <\/strong>and\u00a014 different species of waterfowl\u00a0including distant but good looks at one my favorites, Long-tailed Ducks, of which I saw close to a couple dozen. I also did better with raptors than I have in Rye in the past: I had a Red-tailed Hawk just as I was getting off the highway, and then an adult Bald Eagle, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, and a pair of Red-tailed Hawks at the sanctuary, and finally, I had a Turkey Vulture as I was getting back onto the highway heading home.<\/p>\n

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~Female Bufflehead at the Edith G Read Wildlife Sanctuary, 2\/21\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It takes just over an hour to get to Rye from Goshen, which is really not too bad at all, and it’s definitely worth the trip.<\/p>\n

Here’s my list for the morning:<\/p>\n

\"~A<\/a>
\u00a0~A Lesser Scaup gets all tucked in. Edith G Read WS, 2\/21\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brant
\nCanada Goose
\nMute Swan
\nGadwall
\nAmerican Wigeon
\nAmerican Black Duck
\nMallard
\nLesser Scaup
\nLong-tailed Duck
\nBufflehead
\nCommon Goldeneye
\nHooded Merganser
\nRed-breasted Merg.
\nGreat Cormorant
\nTurkey Vulture
\nSharp-shinned Hk.
\nBald Eagle
\nRed-tailed Hawk
\nPurple Sandpiper
\nRing-billed Gull
\nHerring Gull
\nGreat B-b Gull
\nRock Pigeon
\nMourning Dove
\nRed-bellied Wood.
\nDowny Woodpecker
\nBlue Jay
\nAmerican Crow
\nFish Crow
\nBlack-cap. Chickadee
\nTufted Titmouse
\nWhite-breast. Nuthatch
\nCarolina Wren
\nAmerican Robin
\nEuropean Starling
\nAmerican Tree Sp.
\nSavannah Sparrow
\nSong Sparrow
\nWhite-throated Sp.
\nDark-eyed Junco
\nNorthern Cardinal
\nRed-winged Blackbird
\nAmerican Goldfinch
\nHouse Sparrow<\/p>\n

\"~Gadwall<\/a>
~Gadwall at the Edith G Read Wildlife Sanctuary in Rye, NY 2\/21\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Brant<\/a>
Brant are expected at this location, but for some reason I have always missed them until today. Edith G Read WS, 2\/21\/15.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"~One<\/a>
~One of a pair of Red-tailed Hawks that flew over while I walked the trails of the Edith G Read Wildlife Sanctuary, 2\/21\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"~A<\/a>
~A pair of Lesser Scaup coming in for a landing. Edith G Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Rye NY 2\/21\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This extended cold snap has made for some difficult birding. The obvious reason is that the cold has made it uncomfortable to be outside for extended periods of time, but\u00a0this\u00a0I can handle. What I can’t handle is staying out in this cold for extended periods of time and not getting birds. Birds have been pretty … Continue reading “I Got Birds! Rye, NY 2\/21\/15”<\/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":[19,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","category-swimmingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-13b","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041","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=4041"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4062,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041\/revisions\/4062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}