An immature Bald Eagle was circling over the nearby Hollo Road pines, probably making them all a little nervous.
A brief stop at the Silver Crest Road pond near Bath revealed 8 Ruddy Ducks and one Snow Goose among hundreds of Canadas.
I got to the nearby Regency Boulevard retention ponds just after noon. I scoped the north pond and found the two Greater White-fronted Geese in the southeastern corner as they were a couple days before.
A quick walk along the edge of the woods scored two Field Sparrows among the usual Songs, White-throateds, and Dark-eyed Juncos.
From there, I drove over to the Albert Road ponds and pretty quickly spotted the Barnacle Goose in the private north pond. It was swimming around and periodically sleeping on and off among the Canadas.
Two Common Mergansers were still there in the north pond, but the Ring-necked Ducks had moved over to the largest, middle pond next to the parking area.
It ended up being an exceptional goose day with 2 Greater White-fronteds, a Barnacle Goose, and thousands of Snow Geese seen. The only drawback was that I was unable to pick out a Cackling Goose among the expected Canadas.
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