Green Pond, Hollo Road, and a Leucistic White-throated Sparrow at the Nazareth Quarry ~ October 31, 2024

I birded the afternoon starting with Green Pond. The southeastern-most retention pond held 7 American Black Ducks. Three Green-winged Teal were in the pond closest to Farmersville Road as were 5 Eastern Bluebirds, but there wasn't much else happening there.

American Black Ducks

The next stop was at the Hollo Road retention pond to see if the Least Sandpiper was still there, which it was.

Least Sandpiper

The 2 Pectoral Sandpipers were also still there actively feeding in the diminishing puddles caused by the continuing drought along with one Killdeer.

Pectoral Sandpipers

Over at the Nazareth Quarry, I found 15 Ruddy Ducks, 9 American Black Ducks, 2 Ring-necked Ducks, and an American Coot in among about 1000 Canada Geese, but the real surprise was along the woods edge when a leucistic White-throated Sparrow popped up out of the brush and allowed me to get photos of it.

A leucistic White-throated Sparrow.

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