The Regency and Newburg Road Ponds ~ October 7, 2022

The woods edge at the Regency Boulevard retention ponds was pretty empty this morning, but I did find a Dark-eyed Junco, two White-throated Sparrows, a Blackpoll Warbler, and what appeared to be the same young male Wilson's Warbler that I saw there on the 3rd.

Dark-eyed Junco

Wilson's Warbler

I saw one Savannah Sparrow in the field area and ended up with a count of 146 Blue Jays that were constantly flying through. The north pond held the Pied-billed Grebe, the Hooded Merganser, a Great Blue Heron, a Killdeer, and about a hundred Tree Swallows.

The south pond held three Blue-winged Teal and an American Black Duck, which was my 100th species for the Regency ponds area.

American Black Duck

From there, I drove over to the Newburg Road retention ponds. The smaller, grassy, western pond was pretty full of water from the heavy rains and held one Lesser and one Greater Yellowlegs. They flew off together to the south.

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs (lower left) and Greater Yellowlegs (top right)

There were six Eastern Bluebirds, several Savannah Sparrows, and four Eastern Phoebes on the fence surrounding the larger, eastern pond.

Eastern Bluebird

Three Savannah Sparrows and an Eastern Phoebe

Three Palm Warblers and a Common Yellowthroat were in the overgrown field east of the pond. There were several more Savannah Sparrows on the west side of the pond. I was a little surprised to find a Swamp Sparrow in the long, skinny cattail patch along the fence by Koch 33 Toyota, but as is typical, it wouldn't perch for a photo. The large, grassy field between the pond and the hospital held 6 Killdeer, 5 Horned Larks, and an American Pipit.

Horned Larks

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