{"id":4120,"date":"2015-03-09T21:34:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T01:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=4120"},"modified":"2015-03-09T21:34:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T01:34:24","slug":"signs-of-life-in-orange-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=4120","title":{"rendered":"Signs of Life in Orange County"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4121\" style=\"width: 1490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3593.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4121\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3593.jpg\" alt=\"~A couple of Ring-necked Ducks made my day today. Glenmere Lake, 3\/9\/15.~\" width=\"1490\" height=\"993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3593.jpg 1490w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3593-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3593-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3593-1000x666.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">~A couple of Ring-necked Ducks made my day today. Glenmere Lake, 3\/9\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>QUICK POST:<\/strong> It\u2019s not much, but it&#8217;s a start. I stopped by Glenmere Lake after work today and I was pleased to find two <strong>Ring-necked Ducks<\/strong> (first of the year for me) and one Common Merganser in one of the thawed areas in the lake. Afterwards, I made my way over to the Liberty Loop viewing platform. Kyle Dudgeon was there already, Linda Scrima and Maria Loukeris showed up not too long after I arrived. It was nice to be out in the warmer temperatures, and we enjoyed watching a male American Kestrel hunting. The bird went two for two, successfully catching (and then eating) what I assume were voles on his first two attempts. Also of note, we heard my first Orange County <strong>Killdeer<\/strong> of the year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4122\" style=\"width: 1527px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4122\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3709.jpg\" alt=\"~American Kestrel with prey at the Wallkill River NWR Liberty Loop viewing platform, 3\/9\/15.~\" width=\"1527\" height=\"1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3709.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3709-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3709-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3709-1000x667.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">~American Kestrel with prey at the Wallkill River NWR Liberty Loop viewing platform, 3\/9\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4123\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3625.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4123\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3625.jpg\" alt=\"~Common Merganser at Glenmere Lake, 3\/9\/15.~\" width=\"863\" height=\"1078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3625.jpg 863w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3625-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/MG_3625-820x1024.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">~Common Merganser at Glenmere Lake, 3\/9\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUICK POST: It\u2019s not much, but it&#8217;s a start. I stopped by Glenmere Lake after work today and I was pleased to find two Ring-necked Ducks (first of the year for me) and one Common Merganser in one of the thawed areas in the lake. Afterwards, I made my way over to the Liberty Loop &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=4120\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Signs of Life in Orange County&#8221;<\/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":[6,12,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-raptors","category-walkingwaterbirds","category-wallkillwildlife"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-14s","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120","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=4120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4125,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120\/revisions\/4125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}