I got a text with a photo of a Tundra Swan at the Regency Boulevard retention ponds from Ann Coote this morning. Although I wasn't able to get over there until the early afternoon, luckily the bird was still there in the north pond when I arrived. It surprisingly came to the near shore and preened right in front of me where I got these photos of it.
The grayish head and neck points to this bird being a first-year bird. This fairly late-migrating swan was my 142nd species seen at the Regency site. Also in the north pond were 3 Wood Ducks, 2 Buffleheads, and 3 Greater and 3 Lesser Yellowlegs.
The south pond held 8 Green-winged Teal, 3 Blue-winged Teal, and a Northern Shoveler plus 2 Killdeer.
On the way to Green Pond, I stopped at the flooded field at Little Creek Drive where I was surprised to find a pair of Rusty Blackbirds.
At Green Pond, the Great Egret was nowhere in sight, but I got a quick glimpse of what was probably a Green Heron before it disappeared behind the tangles along the north edge of the pond. A walk along the gravel path at the edge of the golf course produced 3 Eastern Phoebes, an Eastern Bluebird, 2 Chipping Sparrows, 2 Palm Warblers, and my first Pine Warbler of the year.
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