Three American Black Ducks were also on Green Pond. 'Fly-by' birds included a Merlin and a group of 48 Ring-billed Gulls.
Over at the Newburg Road retention ponds, I saw a Swamp Sparrow among the Song and Savannah Sparrows and spotted an Eastern Meadowlark in a very distant tree.
As I turned into the driveway at home, I noticed a bird at the bottom of it. It was a Hermit Thrush! With all the birding I had done in 2023, I hadn't come across one all year, and now there was one right there in the driveway! I stopped the car and got a couple photos of it before it flew off into the neighbor's yard.
While photographing the thrush, I realized there were a lot of other birds working the area. I ended up finding a Northern Flicker, an Eastern Phoebe, a Tufted Titmouse, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a Carolina Wren, 7 American Robins, 5 White-throated Sparrows, a Chipping Sparrow, and 2 Dark-eyed Juncos.
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