Stop 1) Hollo Road pines. This was an unplanned stop where I saw two Wild Turkeys feeding in the stubbled cornfield next to the pines.
Stop 2) Hollo Road near Route 191. This was another unplanned stop where I saw four Turkey Vultures feeding on a deer carcass next to the road.
Stop 3) Sickle Road pond. Mike Schall had reported 6 Gadwall at a private pond along Sickle Road, west of Bath. I stopped there and quickly found all six still present.
Just up the road from there were 22 domesticated Graylag Geese, commonly known as "barnyard geese". Many of the hybrids seen at duck-feeding areas are derived from this species mating with Mallards and others.
Stop 4) Seiple's farm pond. A male Common Merganser was in the pond with a group of 58 Canada Geese while 2 Black Vultures and 2 Turkey Vultures were overhead.
Stop 5) Arrowhead Road. I was hoping to find some Horned Larks here but, instead, I found 6 Turkey Vultures feeding on what was left of an animal carcass. Some of the more than 250 American Crows were taking turns at it and, soon after, harassed a Red-tailed Hawk that came in for a bite, but the big highlight here was a Peregrine Falcon that swooped in and grabbed one of the 200 European Starlings and carried it off to the north before I even had the chance to get out of the car and try for a photo.
Stop 6) Silver Crest Road pond. Here, I found 2 Ring-necked Ducks, a Common Merganser, and a Great Blue Heron among the roughly 300 Canada Geese.
Stop 7) Regency Boulevard retention ponds. The large field just to the west behind the houses held around 1500 Snow Geese. The ponds held 24 Snow Geese (one of them a "Blue" Goose) among around 800 Canada Geese, plus a Great Blue Heron. I was able to find a Cackling Goose swimming with them in the north pond.
Stop 8) I stopped along Green Pond Road where the high-tension wires cross the fields when I spotted an adult Bald Eagle flapping westward just north of Route 22. Unfortunately, it was too distant for photos. A Red-tailed Hawk was perched on one of the towers and about a thousand Snow Geese were winging it overhead.
Stop 9) My last stop was at the Green Pond area. A total of 41 Mallards were in the retention pond along Farmersville Road, and 5 American Black Ducks and 2 Snow Geese were among around 200 Canadas in the retention pond along Green Pond Road. I was back home by 4:00.
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