{"id":6238,"date":"2016-08-28T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T19:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6238"},"modified":"2016-08-28T15:21:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T19:21:55","slug":"good-oc-shorebirding-continues-82816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6238","title":{"rendered":"Good OC Shorebirding Continues, 8\/28\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~A Lesser Yellowlegs feeds at 6 1\/2 Station Road Sanctuary’s Citgo Pond, 8\/27\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I spent nearly all my birding time this weekend looking for shorebirds in Orange County. Saturday was a bit of a bust, in spite of favorable overnight winds. Today was another story. I got out to the black dirt early while it was still on the cool side. At my first stop I had a small shorebird flyover with a small flock of Killdeer. I watched the bird in my binoculars until it was out of sight,\u00a0never to be identified. At my second stop, I had a similar experience, but this time the bird put down about three fields over. I got on it with my scope and it looked like a\u00a0BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER<\/strong>! I followed the bird, walking on the road as the bird worked the field. I would stop every so often when the bird would come to an area unobstructed by grasses and put down my scope for a look or to take some photos, becoming more and more convinced that it was a BBSA. I eventually lost the bird, so I walked the road to the other side of the field to try and relocate it. At first I could not find it, but I did see in the middle of the field, a\u00a0single\u00a0AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER<\/strong>! Very exciting! Of course, at the time I wasn’t sure exactly which plover it was (American Golden or Black-bellied), I figured that out later. I eventually relocated the Buff-breasted Sandpiper and it was with a second Buffie. Then I heard a call I was unfamiliar with – I looked away from the scope to see 3 more American Golden-Plovers coming in! I took photos as the birds came in to land on the field – showing clear wing pits (not black as would be seen in Black-bellied). I had put the word out earlier, but unfortunately, before anyone arrived to see the birds, a low flying plane flushed first the plovers, followed shortly afterwards by the Buffies. Kathy, Scotty, Bruce, and I combed the area but came up empty. Sorry for the poor photos of these birds, but they were extremely\u00a0distant and the heat shimmer was terrible.<\/p>\n

I did check 6 1\/2 Station Road’s Citgo Pond in the early afternoon, but I did not locate any new birds – I found basically the same birds as were present on Thursday<\/a>, minus the Baird’s Sandiper and the Greater Yellowlegs.<\/p>\n

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~One of the hundreds of Killdeer in the black dirt, 8\/28\/16.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~American Golden-Plover in the black dirt, 8\/28\/16.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~Three American Golden-Plovers coming in for a landing. Notice the lack of black wing pits, indicating AMGP. Black Dirt 8\/28\/16.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~A distant partially obstructed shot of \u00a0a Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Note the small squarish head on a slim neck and the bird’s erect stance. Black Dirt 8\/28\/16.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~In the scope the bird’s yellowish legs could be made out. BBSA in the black dirt, 8\/28\/16.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~A young Cooper’s Hawk seen while searching for shorebirds. No wonder there were none at this location. Black Dirt 8\/27\/16.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~It was good to see some Horned Larks this weekend. Black Dirt 8\/28\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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