{"id":9288,"date":"2019-06-29T14:15:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T18:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=9288"},"modified":"2019-06-29T14:15:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T18:15:19","slug":"wallkill-river-nwr-06-29-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=9288","title":{"rendered":"Wallkill River NWR, 06\/29\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I enjoyed a really nice morning birding at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge. I started at Owens Station Road, where I was surprised to find a SNOW GOOSE in the parking area as I pulled in. Well, I actually wasn’t surprised about there being a Snow Goose present, as there had been 6 reported there recently – it was more that it was in the front parking area and it proceeded to walk down Owens Station Road, apparently heading to New York on foot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~SNOW GOOSE literally on Owens Station Road early this morning, 06\/29\/19.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I hiked in from Owens Station Road and walked a portion of the Liberty Loop Trail in Sussex County. Afterwards, I drove around and parked on Oil City Road and birded part of the loop in Orange County. I had a total of 45 species seen or heard. Highlights included several LEAST BITTERNS; I had distant but nice looks at 3 birds and heard a fourth. Common Gallinules are plentiful in both counties. Mostly I just enjoyed being out early to beat the heat. The light was nice for photos too, so that never hurts. All in all, a very pleasant morning of birding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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~I’ve been hoping for a decent Red-winged Blackbird shot lately. Wallkill River NWR, 06\/29\/19.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~One of my first birds of the morning, this Rose-breasted Grosbeak flew in and perched nicely right in front of me. Wallkill River NWR, 09\/29\/19.~
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~Always a favorite – Common Gallinule at Wallkill River NWR, 06\/29\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~I haven’t posted an Indigo Bunting shot in ages I don’t think. Wallkill River NWR, 06\/29\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~I cruised the black dirt for a bit on my way home. Savannah Sparrow in the black dirt 06\/29\/19.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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~Red-tailed Hawk in flight, Black Dirt Region 06\/29\/19.~ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I enjoyed a really nice morning birding at Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge. I started at Owens Station Road, where I was surprised to find a SNOW GOOSE in the parking area as I pulled in. Well, I actually wasn’t surprised about there being a Snow Goose present, as there had been 6 reported there … Continue reading “Wallkill River NWR, 06\/29\/19”<\/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":[28,25,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-jersey","category-new-york-state","category-wallkillwildlife"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-2pO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9288","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=9288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9297,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9288\/revisions\/9297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}