Killdeer chicks and the Night-Heron at Green Pond ~ April 30, 2022

This morning, there were Palm, Yellow, and Yellow-rumped Warblers by Green Pond. I got some fairly nice photos of Yellow and Palm and have added a photo of a Yellow-rumped that I got there yesterday.

Yellow Warbler

Palm Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

A Great Blue Heron was at the edge of the pond as was a Green Heron, which hid before I could get a photo of it.

Great Blue Heron

The adult Black-crowned Night-Heron continued in the northwest corner of the pond, but was hidden a little more than usual.

Black-crowned Night-Heron

The flooded field area held a few adult Killdeer including one with chicks.

Killdeer

Adult Killdeer with one of her three chicks

The three Killdeer chicks are a little over a week old now. They were running and feeding along the edge of the pool.

Killdeer chicks

The pair of Blue-winged Teal continued to be seen in the flooded area on the south side of Green Pond Road.

Blue-winged Teal

A Northern Waterthrush played hide-and-seek in the thick brush along the small pond next to the house.

Northern Waterthrush

Other notables among the 38 species included Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, a 'fly-by' Merlin, and Swamp Sparrow.

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Blue-winged Teal and Night-Heron again at Green Pond ~ April 28, 2022

During my morning stop at Green Pond, I saw the pair of Blue-winged Teal that were also there yesterday. They were spending time in both Green Pond and the flooded grassy area just across the road northeast of the pond. It was nice to get some photos of the powder blue wing patches that give this bird its name.

Blue-winged Teal

Later, I noticed an adult Black-crowned Night-Heron in the northwest corner of Green Pond. This is most likely the same bird that has been sporadically seen there during this past week.

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Other notables among the 39 species seen there included Wood Duck, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Rough-winged, Tree, and Barn Swallow, and Palm, Yellow, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.

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Red-headed Woodpecker from the yard ~ April 27, 2022

I was watching the backyard while eating breakfast and happened to notice a bird with white wing patches fly into the neighbor's oak tree. I grabbed my binoculars and realized that it was a nice adult male Red-headed Woodpecker! I grabbed the camera to hopefully get a photo of it. Only the head was visible in a crotch in the tree.

Male Red-headed Woodpecker

I tried to work my way towards the other side of the tree, but the bird took off. Luckily, it landed on another tree two yards to the west and stayed long enough to get these photos.

Male Red-headed Woodpecker

It was a nice new addition to my yard list.

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Clapper Rail at Green Lane Reservoir! ~ April 26, 2022

Michael Lyman discovered a rail at the Walt Road area of Green Lane Reservoir, which was later confirmed to be a Clapper Rail! When I got there, it was tucked in under a bush near the boat launch area.

A very well hidden Clapper Rail

Luckily, it later came out to drink, bathe, and preen, allowing me to get some nice photos of this often secretive bird that is normally found in coastal marshes.

Clapper Rail

It was a new Pennsylvania bird for me and one that I never had gotten a photograph of before, so it was a really good day.

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Sandhill Crane at Green Pond ~ April 25, 2022

Joe Zajacek scored again when he found a Sandhill Crane in the flooded field by Green Pond this morning. I was heading over there anyway, so it was good timing for a change. The bird was still there when I arrived.

Sandhill Crane

My check of the flooded field on the north side of Green Pond Road only yielded a solitary Solitary Sandpiper. When I turned around, the crane was gone. Jeff Kaboly was there, too, and told me that the crane took off and headed south. Birds around the edge of Green Pond itself included Great Blue and Green Heron, Chimney Swift, Northern Rough-winged and Barn Swallow, and Palm, Yellow, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.

Yellow Warbler

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

A Broad-winged Hawk flew in and circled over the pond in the gray skies as did an Osprey and two Cooper's Hawks.

Broad-winged Hawk

A Red Fox was 'chilling out' in the grass on the north side of the pond.

Red Fox

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