{"id":5284,"date":"2015-12-28T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T23:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2015-12-28T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T23:24:18","slug":"catch-up-hodge-podge-122815","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=5284","title":{"rendered":"Catch Up Hodge-podge, 12\/28\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"~I<\/a>
~I am totally loving the Tree Sparrows this year, I just think they are a super looking sparrow. Walked River National Wildlife Refuge, 12\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the birding has been less than outstanding, I have gotten out and birded Orange County several times in the past week or so. Of note, I finally got a Brown Creeper<\/strong> for the county yesterday (#197 on my county list) just outside of Port Jervis. And then today I finally got my first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK<\/strong> of the season in Pine Island. Not much else has been noteworthy, but it has still been good to get out. I’ve included\u00a0several photos from the past week or so.<\/p>\n

\"~Adult<\/a>
~Adult Bald Eagle in Pine Island, 12\/19\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Always<\/a>
Always a favorite and usually not in such good light – Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Wickham Woodlands Town Park, 12\/19\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"An<\/a>
An American Kestrel fans its tail in an effort to keep its balance on a windy day. Pine Island, 12\/27\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"I<\/a>
I am pushing the limits of cropping an image here. Rough-legged Hawk, my first of the season, moments before successfully hunting prey. Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, 12\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"~There<\/a>
~There are still approximately 20 American Coots right near the viewing platform at the Liberty Loop, Wallkill River NWR, 12\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"~Red-tailed<\/a>
~Red-tailed Hawk at Wallkill River NWR, 12\/28\/15.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although the birding has been less than outstanding, I have gotten out and birded Orange County several times in the past week or so. Of note, I finally got a Brown Creeper for the county yesterday (#197 on my county list) just outside of Port Jervis. And then today I finally got my first ROUGH-LEGGED … Continue reading “Catch Up Hodge-podge, 12\/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":[6,19,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-photos","category-wallkillwildlife"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-1ne","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284","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=5284"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5295,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284\/revisions\/5295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}