{"id":9177,"date":"2019-05-04T19:48:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2019-05-04T19:48:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T23:48:34","slug":"a-good-couple-of-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=9177","title":{"rendered":"A Good Couple of Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-EAKI-Edit-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-EAKI-Edit-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-EAKI-Edit-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-EAKI-Edit-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-EAKI-Edit.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>~My first Eastern Kingbird of the year in Orange County, at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge, 05\/04\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The last couple of days were very busy birding-wise, with many birds moving into and through our area. On Friday after work I went to Sterling Forest State Park. I birded the Ironwood Drive area and I did pretty well, getting 15 new county birds for the year: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eastern Whip-poor-will<\/li><li>Yellow-throated Vireo<\/li><li>Wood Thrush<\/li><li>Gray Catbird<\/li><li>Baltimore Oriole<\/li><li>Ovenbird<\/li><li>KENTUCKY WARBLER<\/li><li>Common Yellowthroat<\/li><li>Hooded Warbler<\/li><li>American Redstart<\/li><li>Cerulean Warbler<\/li><li>Black-throated Blue Warbler<\/li><li>Prairie Warbler<\/li><li>Scarlet Tanager<\/li><li>Rose-breasted Grosbeak<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/enlargeCI3A3523-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/enlargeCI3A3523-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/enlargeCI3A3523-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/enlargeCI3A3523-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/enlargeCI3A3523-1200x960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/enlargeCI3A3523.jpg 1906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Wood Thrush at Pochuck Mountain State Forest, 05\/04\/19. Photo by Linda Scrima.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning I met up with Linda Scrima and we birded Pochuck Mountain State Forest. It was a slow start, but then it got pretty busy; at times it was hard to know which bird to look at there were so many. We had a total of 37 species;  highlights included my FOY Great-crested Flycatchers and Veery, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and 10 Species of Warbler:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ovenbird<\/li><li>Worm-eating Warbler (FOY)<\/li><li>Black-and-white Warbler<\/li><li>American Redstart<\/li><li>Northern Parula (FOY)<\/li><li>Magnolia Warbler (FOY)<\/li><li>Black-throated Blue Warbler<\/li><li>Yellow-rumped Warbler<\/li><li>Prairie Warbler<\/li><li>Black-throated Green Warbler<\/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\/05\/050419-SCTA-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SCTA-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SCTA-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SCTA-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SCTA-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SCTA-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SCTA-2.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Scarlet Tanager at Pochuck Mountain SF, 05\/04\/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\/05\/050419-YRWA-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-YRWA-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-YRWA-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-YRWA-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-YRWA-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-YRWA-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-YRWA-2.jpg 1758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Yellow-rumped Warbler at the Route 207 Marsh at Stewart Forest, 05\/04\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, we went over to the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge. Highlights included my first Orange County Eastern Kingbirds of the year, a flyover of 2 SANDHILL CRANES, hearing a couple of SORA calling, and a handful of shorebirds (Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Wilson&#8217;s Snipe, and Killdeer). <\/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\/05\/050419-SACR-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SACR-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SACR-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SACR-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SACR-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SACR-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-SACR-2.jpg 1637w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~It was nice to see the Sandhill Cranes at Wallkill River NWR, 05\/04\/19.~ <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent the afternoon trying to find more shorebirds. At the Camel Farm I had more yellowlegs and although they were distant, I believe I had 3 Pectoral Sandpipers. On Lynch Avenue in the black dirt I had the same shorebirds that we had at Wallkill River NWR, plus I added my FOY Spotted Sandpiper. My final stop was at Stewart Forest; I stopped quickly at Ridge Road (one Solitary and one Spotted), and then spent some time at the 207 Marsh, where there were many shorebirds present, but I did not add any new species. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the day today, I added 9 more county year birds &#8211; that&#8217;s a total of 24 new birds in 2 days, which sure makes for some fun birding. <\/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\/05\/050419-GRYE-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-2.jpg 1282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Greater Yellowlegs at Lynch Avenue in the black dirt, 05\/04\/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\/05\/050419-GRYE-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/050419-GRYE.jpg 1308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>~Here&#8217;s a nice comparison of a Greater Yellowlegs and a Lesser Yellowlegs, in flight at Wallkill River NWR, 05\/04\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last couple of days were very busy birding-wise, with many birds moving into and through our area. On Friday after work I went to Sterling Forest State Park. I birded the Ironwood Drive area and I did pretty well, getting 15 new county birds for the year: Eastern Whip-poor-will Yellow-throated Vireo Wood Thrush Gray &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=9177\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Good Couple of Days&#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":[6,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orangecounty","category-songbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-2o1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177","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=9177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9187,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177\/revisions\/9187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}