A good count of 7 Eastern Wood-Pewees were present. Other probable migrants included 2 Red-eyed Vireos, 2 Baltimore Orioles, and an American Redstart.
Other species on the list included a Green Heron, a Belted Kingfisher, a Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Phoebe, Barn Swallow, Gray Catbird, American Goldfinch, Field Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, and Common Yellowthroat.
I checked the Tatamy Exit retention pond on the way back home, but it was empty.
I went to Green Pond about an hour before sunset. My main goal was to look for migrating Common Nighthawks, which tend to peak in numbers during the last week of August. I walked the paved path to check the first pond (the Farmersville Road pond) and the back middle pond. The first pond held 2 Green Herons, a Great Blue Heron, and a Great Egret. The back pond held a Great Blue Heron and a Spotted Sandpiper. While I was at the back pond, I spotted a Common Nighthawk and got some mediocre photos of it in the fading light.
Two more Common Nighthawks were seen flying around Green Pond itself, which also held a third Great Egret.
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