Killdeer, American Pipits, a Canvasback, and more on President's Day ~ February 19, 2024

I drove by Green Pond and found two Killdeer in the flooded field on the north side of Green Pond Road.

One of the two Killdeer present.

Eleven American Black Ducks and a Common Merganser were on Green Pond along with 26 Mallards.

As I headed west, a Peregrine Falcon was perched atop one of the smokestacks at the old cement mill by the Dutch Springs Quarry. I got one very distant photo of it.

Peregrine Falcon

I stopped at the intersection of Steuben Road and Little Creek Drive to check the flooded, corn-stubble field there for more Killdeer and was surprised to find 4 American Pipits instead.

American Pipit

I caught one of the pipits doing a wing and tail stretch, which revealed the white in the outer tail feathers.

An American Pipit doing a wing and tail stretch.

Over at the Regency Boulevard retention ponds, I saw the male Canvasback, although it was in the north pond today with 3 Buffleheads because there is construction going on at the "cove area" by the south pond. A resident there told me that they are repairing a sinkhole that was partly draining the ponds.

Canvasback

The nearby Silver Crest Road pond held 2 Ruddy Ducks, a Great Blue Heron, and 3 Snow Geese among around 800 Canada Geese.

At the Trio Farms Boulevard retention ponds, I counted 19 Red-winged Blackbirds that included some singing birds. There were likely more than that there.

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