Green Pond and Newburg Road ~ October 18, 2025

I went over to Green Pond to see if the White-rumped Sandpiper was still there. I did a very careful scan of the retention pond that it was in previously and couldn't find it, so it had apparently moved on. Instead, a Lesser Yellowlegs was there along with 4 Killdeer.

Lesser Yellowlegs

At Green Pond, a Great Blue Heron was along the shore and a Belted Kingfisher was successfully catching fish.

Belted Kingfisher

Another Lesser Yellowlegs was in the Farmersville Road pond with six more Killdeer, and a Green-winged Teal was in the back middle pond.

Lesser Yellowlegs

Green-winged Teal

Birds around those ponds and along the paved path included 2 Eastern Bluebirds, 3 White-throated Sparrows, 2 Savannah Sparrows, 11 Song Sparrows, and 35 Red-winged Blackbirds.

Over at the Newburg Road retention pond, I found 22 Killdeer and a Great Blue Heron among 41 Canada Geese. The overgrown field across the street held 12 Savannah Sparrows and 7 Song Sparrows.

Savannah Sparrow

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