{"id":4198,"date":"2015-03-28T20:42:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T00:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2015-03-28T20:42:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T00:42:37","slug":"saturday-32815","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=4198","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 3\/28\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"~One<\/a>
~One of 9 Bald Eagles at the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area, 3\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On this cold, windy Saturday morning, I left the house without much of a game plan. I wandered around, hitting several spots in southern Orange County before ending up at the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area.<\/p>\n

GLENMERE LAKE:\u00a0<\/strong>Highlights included 42 Ring-necked Ducks and 4 Common Mergansers.<\/p>\n

SCHERVIER PAVILLION, WARWICK:<\/strong> 10 Hooded Mergansers, 2 Common Mergansers, Canada Geese, and Mallards.<\/p>\n

\"~<\/a>
~ A pair of male Hooded Mergansers at Schervier Pavilion in Warwick NY, 3\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WARWICK TOWN HALL PONDS:<\/strong> Ring-necked Ducks too spread out and numerous to count (maybe 60+?), Gadwall, American Wigeon, Canada Geese, and a single American Coot<\/p>\n

SANFORDVILLE ROAD, WARWICK NY:<\/strong> 1 American Kestrel and 2 Red-tailed Hawks (including the one pictured below with some super markings).<\/p>\n

\"~Red-tailed<\/a>
~Red-tailed Hawk perched on a dirt pile off of Sanfordville Road in Warwick, NY 3\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LAUREL GROVE CEMETERY, PORT JERVIS NY:<\/strong> Highlights included 4 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Common Goldeneyes, and over 40 Tree Swallows,<\/strong> my first ones of the year!<\/p>\n

\"~It<\/a>
~It was great to not only see the Tree Swallows, but to also get a decent photo of one. Laurel Grove Cemetery, 3\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BASHAKILL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, SULLIVAN COUNTY NY:<\/strong> I got my best bird of the day here – a pair of FOX SPARROWS<\/strong> located at the Deli Fields. I tried desperately for photos because I haven’t had a Fox Sparrow since sometime in 2013! The birds would not cooperate and in the end this was my best shot:<\/p>\n

\"~Fox<\/a>
~Fox Sparrow at the Bashakill Deli Fields, 3\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other highlights included 9 (!) Bald Eagles including one cooperative one that seemed to be playing while flying above Haven Road. And I also had 4 Tree Swallows and I able to get a decent photo of an Eastern Bluebird.<\/p>\n

\"~An<\/a>
~An immature Bald Eagle flies over Haven Road at the Bashakill, 3\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"~Eastern<\/a>
~Eastern Bluebird at the Deli Fields, 3\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"~This<\/a>
~This eagle seemed to be playing as it flew. Bald Eagle over Haven Road at the Bashakill, 3\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On this cold, windy Saturday morning, I left the house without much of a game plan. I wandered around, hitting several spots in southern Orange County before ending up at the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area. GLENMERE LAKE:\u00a0Highlights included 42 Ring-necked Ducks and 4 Common Mergansers. SCHERVIER PAVILLION, WARWICK: 10 Hooded Mergansers, 2 Common Mergansers, Canada … Continue reading “Saturday 3\/28\/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":[6,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-sullivancounty","category-bashakill"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-15I","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198","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=4198"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4212,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions\/4212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}