{"id":540,"date":"2012-09-30T19:30:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T23:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2012-09-30T19:30:08","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T23:30:08","slug":"wallkill-river-nwr-sparrows-and-sparrow-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Wallkill River NWR – Sparrows and Sparrow Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At times referred to as the American Sparrow Hawk, this male was one of five American Kestrels at Wallkill River NWR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I went out to the Wallkill River NWR on Saturday morning, planning on walking the Liberty Loop. It was a gray rainy morning, but I was still\u00a0 hoping to get some flight photos of the Northern Harriers that have been cruising the loop lately and I also had 3 Pied-billed Grebes out there on Thursday evening and I wanted to see if they were still at the refuge. When I arrived I took a quick look around from the viewing platform and noticed a Red-tailed Hawk perched in a tree north of Oil City Road. I decided to walk up Liberty Lane and check it out and leave the Liberty Loop for another day. I was not disappointed, especially in the raptor department:<\/p>\n