{"id":866,"date":"2013-01-27T09:10:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T14:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=866"},"modified":"2013-01-29T05:46:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T10:46:23","slug":"shawangunk-grasslands-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=866","title":{"rendered":"Shawangunk Grasslands NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I made it out to the grasslands yesterday afternoon into the evening and spent some time in one of the blinds. I am finding it hard to resist going there when the light is good because you all but guaranteed to get some birds up close and plenty of good photo opportunities. I knew the day had some possibilities when I got this Merlin from the parking area.<\/p>\n

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This Merlin was preening in one of the trees closest to the parking area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And this Northern Harrier flew right over head as I made my way to the blind.<\/p>\n

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I wasn’t in the blind for more than ten minutes when the Gray Ghost came pretty close \u00a0by. As both of these photos are a little soft, I feel like I still haven’t gotten a good photo of a male Northern Harrier.<\/p>\n

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The Northern Harriers were really flying, at one point I counted eight that I could see in one sweep. Some where flying VERY close to the blind.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a sequence of a NOHA chasing a Red-tailed Hawk that dared to perch in one of the trees near the blind.<\/p>\n

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\"_MG_9699\"<\/a>\"_MG_9700\"<\/a>\"_MG_9701\"<\/a>\"_MG_9702\"<\/a>\"_MG_9703\"<\/a>I was hoping the Short-eared Owls would come out early, but they did not. I spoke to Ralph, who opens and closes the gate there every day (among many other responsibilities), and he said they haven’t come up early in a couple of weeks. I’ve noticed the same thing with the SEOWs in Orange County as well. I’m not sure why this would be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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