{"id":6372,"date":"2016-10-02T16:24:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T20:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6372"},"modified":"2016-10-02T16:52:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T20:52:19","slug":"weekend-wrap-up-10216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6372","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Wrap Up, 10\/2\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~A beautiful American Golden-Plover in the Black Dirt today, 10\/2\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I got out and did a fair amount of birding this weekend, especially because I didn’t count hawks at Mt. Peter Hawkwatch on Saturday, due to the fog and light rain that persisted throughout the day.<\/p>\n

BLACK DIRT REGION:<\/strong> I received reports from Bruce Nott and Ken and Curt McDermott on Saturday that the collection of plovers in the black dirt continued. Curt and Ken had a very nice count of 41 American Golden-Plovers and 5 Black-bellied Plovers. On Sunday, I met Linda Scrima in the late morning. The plovers were present, but distant. We lingered, and eventually they flew in closer, with a couple even landing on the road. We had a total of 34 AMGPs and 3 BBPLs. The highlight, however, was when a Killdeer flew over being chased by another smaller bird. Linda picked it up and got me on the birds. I stayed on the smaller bird and\u00a0when it landed,\u00a0I was thrilled to see it was an AMERICAN PIPIT! We eventually saw 3 more for a total of 4 AMPIs. The pipits were my 204th species\u00a0in Orange County this year.<\/p>\n

WICKHAM WOODLANDS TOWN PARK:<\/strong> I birded here on Saturday morning so I could stay close to Mt. Peter, in case the weather cleared up. The highlight for me was a trio of Ruddy Ducks. I also had a nice look at a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and Mockingbirds and Northern Flickers were present in numbers.<\/p>\n

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~American Golden-Plovers in flight with one Killdeer. Black Dirt Region, 10\/2\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~Yes! AMERICAN PIPIT in the Black Dirt, 10\/2\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~A Killdeer takes a bath in a puddle in the road. Black Dirt, 10\/2\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6 1\/2 STATION ROAD, CITGO POND:<\/strong> I made three trips to the pond this weekend and finally on Sunday I had some new shorebirds:<\/p>\n

4 Pectoral Sandpipers (one new bird)
\n3 Lesser Yellowlegs (one new bird)
\n1 Greater Yellowlegs (new bird)
\n11 Least Sandpiper (same number)<\/p>\n

On Friday evening I had a Northern Harrier fly over the pond and a Sharp-shinned Hawk as well. Both kinglets were present on the trail into the pond. On Saturday I also went over to the Heritage Trail side of the sanctuary, where I had many Yellow-rumped Warblers and a pair of Black-throated Green Warblers.<\/p>\n

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~One of 4 Pectoral Sandpipers at Citgo Pond on Saturday\u00a010\/1\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~Swamp Sparrow on the Citgo Pond Trail, 10\/1\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

HIGHLAND LAKES STATE PARK:<\/strong> I made it out here for early Sunday morning. The place was very birdy and I had 27 species plus one unidentified flycatcher in just over an hour. Yellow-rumped Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and White-throated Sparrows were all\u00a0quite numerous. Again, I had a couple of Black-throated Green Warblers, but besides that, not many noteworthy birds.<\/p>\n

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~Yellow-rumped Warbler on the Citgo Pond Trail, 10\/1\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Highland Lakes State Park, 10\/2\/16.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~Not a great photo, but I wanted to show the black wing-pits of one of the Black-bellied Plovers in the Black Dirt Region, 10\/2\/16. Also notice that the bird is slightly larger than the neighboring AMGPs.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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