Highlights were 3 Bald Eagles, 29 Broad-winged Hawks, and 3 Common Ravens that were being blown around by wind gusts over 30 miles per hour.
On the way home, I decided to check out some of the local ponds. In mid-afternoon, I stopped at the Regency Boulevard retention ponds and was surprised to find a small group of warblers along the edge of the woods that included Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, and a Cape May with a deformed bill resembling that of a crossbill.
The north pond held the Hooded Merganser, the Pied-billed Grebe, and one Blue-winged and one Green-winged Teal.
A good number of swallows were zipping around. There were a couple lingering Barn Swallows and some Northern Rough-winged Swallows among mostly Tree Swallows.
The Newburg Road retention pond produced a Great Blue Heron, 9 Killdeer, and 46 Horned Larks.
At Green Pond, a Merlin zoomed over the field and got behind some trees before I could get a photo, but the Great Egret in the retention pond along Green Pond Road was more accommodating.
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