{"id":9062,"date":"2019-03-13T21:40:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T01:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=9062"},"modified":"2019-03-13T21:40:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T01:40:51","slug":"the-return-of-weekday-birding-03-13-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=9062","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Weekday Birding, 03\/13\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-LESC-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-LESC-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-LESC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-LESC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-LESC-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-LESC-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-LESC.jpg 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Lesser Scaup at Greenwood Lake, 01\/13\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the beginning of Daylight Savings Time over the weekend, I&#8217;ve finally been able to get some after work evening birding in this week. Tonight I stopped at Greenwood Lake and had a really great night of birding. I did really well with waterfowl, with 9 species:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mallard<\/li><li>Canada Goose<\/li><li>Mute Swan<\/li><li>Lesser Scaup<\/li><li>Greater Scaup<\/li><li>Bufflehead<\/li><li>Hooded Merganser<\/li><li>Common Merganser<\/li><li>Common Goldeneye<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1.jpg 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Lesser Black-backed Gull at Greenwood Lake, 03\/13\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The real highlight came when I located a gull with darker gray coloring. The bird was out on the ice and quite distant, but I was thinking it looked good for a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. At the distance and the low light (it was getting late), I could not pick up the coloring on the legs. But, the size looked good to me and the head was smudgy. Rob Stone ran to join me, but as fate would have it, the bird flew literally just as he put his eye to my spotting scope. When I got home, I reviewed my pics and became more convinced that is was a Lesser Black-backed Gull; it looked to me like it might be a 2nd year with a dark bill tip as seen in The Crossley Guide. I emailed the photos to <a href=\"https:\/\/bashakillbirder.wordpress.com\/#!\/cover\">John Haas<\/a>, he reviewed them and agreed with my ID! That&#8217;s a good bird for the county! And it&#8217;s great to be out during the week again! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-GULL-2.jpg 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Lesser Black-backed Gull with its back to me. Picture included to give a sense of the size of the bird. Greenwood Lake, 03\/13\/19.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-COGO-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-COGO-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-COGO-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-COGO-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-COGO-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-COGO-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/031319-COGO.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Another good bird for OC &#8211; Common Goldeneye at Greenwood Lake, 03\/13\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the beginning of Daylight Savings Time over the weekend, I&#8217;ve finally been able to get some after work evening birding in this week. Tonight I stopped at Greenwood Lake and had a really great night of birding. I did really well with waterfowl, with 9 species: Mallard Canada Goose Mute Swan Lesser Scaup Greater &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=9062\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Return of Weekday Birding, 03\/13\/19&#8221;<\/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":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-rarities"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-2ma","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9062","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=9062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9067,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9062\/revisions\/9067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}