For a change of pace, I decided to head up and walk the Sober's Run area of Jacobsburg State Park. Like yesterday, there was a lack of migrants. With the exception of a Cape May Warbler, some White-throated Sparrows, and high 'fly-by's of a Common Loon and a Northern Harrier, all of the birds I found were breeders. They included Wood Duck, Great Blue Heron, Pileated Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated and Red-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Wood Thrush, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Baltimore Oriole, Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-throated Blue and Blue-winged Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, and Indigo Bunting.
I left there and headed for the Point Phillips area to look for grassland birds. I found several Horned Larks and a Vesper Sparrow along Schlegel Road.
It always amazes me how many of the birds' plumages camouflage them in their natural habitat. Note how this Vesper Sparrow blends in with its surroundings in these wide shots followed by the telephoto shots.
Over at Graver's Hill, I found a distant Savannah Sparrow singing from a fence post.
South of Bath, I checked out the Regency Boulevard ponds. A pair of Canada Geese were guarding their goslings.
The only birds of note there were one Greater and one Lesser Yellowlegs, a Spotted Sandpiper, a Great Blue Heron, and an Eastern Kingbird.
The flooded area along Steuben Road held 3 Solitary Sandpipers and 4 Least Sandpipers.
The Newburg Park pond held one Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, and 2 Killdeer.
The Common Gallinule that I found back on April 19th continued in the smaller Trio Farm Boulevard retention pond.
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