Baird's Sandpiper at West Gremar Road plus Regency Boulevard birds ~ August 14, 2022

I stopped at the West Gremar retention pond on the way to my daughter's in Bath and found a Baird's Sandpiper there in the north end of it! I quickly snapped a few long-distance photos of it, but that was all I would get because two people, walking the path and approaching that end of the pond, flushed the bird and it took off towards the southeast with a few Killdeer. The photos don't do a very good job of showing the long wings extending past the tail, the black legs, the scaled back, and the tan-colored upper breast and throat, but I've included them here for documentation.

Baird's Sandpiper

A very distant in-flight photo shows its long, pointed wings as it's flying away.

Baird's Sandpiper in flight

After leaving my daughter's, I drove the short distance down to the Regency Boulevard ponds and checked them out. Swallows were again very evident with the majority of them being Banks, but I spotted two Cliff Swallows mixed in among them. Shorebirds there in the north pond included 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, a few Least Sandpipers, and a Solitary Sandpiper. This photo has all three species in it.

Lesser Yellowlegs (top left), Least Sandpiper (just above center right), and Solitary Sandpiper (bottom left)

Here are some individual photos of the Solitary Sandpiper and the Lesser Yellowlegs.

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

A Great Blue Heron was in the south pond.

Great Blue Heron

Several Brown-headed Cowbirds perched on the fence there, including this young male transitioning into the darker, adult plumage.

Brown-headed Cowbird

The Pied-billed Grebe was present, but I was unable to find the Blue-winged Teal or the Hooded Merganser.
On the way back home, I drove by Green Pond and counted 83 Northern Rough-winged Swallows perched on the wires along Farmersville Road at the pond itself.

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