Shorebirds at Regency Boulevard Ponds and Steuben Road ~ May 11, 2023

After golfing with my friend, I headed over to the Regency Boulevard retention ponds and got there around noon. Along the woods edge, I saw Baltimore Oriole and two Yellow Warblers and heard Wood Thrush, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat.

Yellow Warbler

A Red-tailed Hawk circled overhead with prey before taking it to the nest.

Red-tailed Hawk with prey

Over at the north pond, shorebirds were evident all around the perimeter. As I scanned the edges, I counted 14 Killdeer, 11 Lesser Yellowlegs, 12 Spotted Sandpipers, 6 Solitary Sandpipers, 56 Least Sandpipers, and two Semipalmated Plovers.

Semipalmated Plover

The fairly late female Ring-necked Duck also continued there.

A fairly late female Ring-necked Duck

At the nearby Steuben Road and Monocacy Creek flooded field, one White-rumped Sandpiper remained along with a Semipalmated Plover and a few other more common shorebirds.

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