Greater Yellowlegs and Iceland Gulls in Northampton County ~ November 21, 2021

An extremely late Greater Yellowlegs was spotted by Scott Singer and Jessica McNally at the Meyer Lane pond in Bethlehem Township. I went over, saw the bird, and got some nice photos of it. I stood as still as I could as the bird fed, bathed, preened, and eventually walked within ten feet of me!

Greater Yellowlegs

Later in the day, I stopped at the Nazareth Quarry. There, I found two Iceland Gulls in a raft of gulls made up of mostly Lesser Black-backeds and several Herring Gulls. Due to the long distance and the failing light, I was only able to get documentation photos of the two.

Two Iceland Gulls (first-winter at center on left; adult at center on right).

First-winter Iceland Gull at center.

Just inside the fence, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet perched for a whole second or two.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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