Tuesday, August 19, 2025

The Regency and Three Other Ponds ~ August 19, 2025

After golfing, I went to the Regency Boulevard ponds. The ponds produced a Wood Duck, 2 Spotted and one Solitary Sandpiper, 2 Great Blue Herons, a Green Heron, and 3 Bank Swallows among 17 Northern Rough-winged Swallows.

We're at the beginning of the landbird migration period, so I slowly walked along the woods edge. Notables there included an Eastern Wood-Pewee, an Eastern Kingbird, a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern House Wrens, Gray Catbirds, Chipping Sparrows, a Baltimore Oriole, a Common Yellowthroat, an American Redstart, and 4 Indigo Buntings.



The Hollo Road retention pond held 2 Greater Yellowlegs, one each of Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted, and Solitary Sandpipers, 3 Least Sandpipers, and a Bank Swallow among 7 Northern Rough-wingeds.

A Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, and one Least Sandpiper were at the Tatamy Exit retention pond.

All three Pectorals rested on the side of the pond, where they were well-camouflaged. Note how they blend in with the background in this photo.
This photo shows a close-up of them in the same spot.
The Newburg Road pond held 4 Killdeer, a Greater Yellowlegs, a Solitary Sandpiper, a Great Blue Heron, and 2 Black Vultures that were perched on one of the high-tension power towers.

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