Saturday, April 30, 2022

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.

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.
The adult Black-crowned Night-Heron continued in the northwest corner of the pond, but was hidden a little more than usual.
The flooded field area held a few adult Killdeer including one with chicks.
The three Killdeer chicks are a little over a week old now. They were running and feeding along the edge of the pool.

The pair of Blue-winged Teal continued to be seen in the flooded area on the south side of Green Pond Road.
A Northern Waterthrush played hide-and-seek in the thick brush along the small pond next to the house.

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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