I spent the whole day going from site to site. I started at the St. Luke's Anderson Campus walking path. A large group of around 150 Fish Crows was in the trees along the river. A group of gulls circling overhead contained 60 Ring-billed Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and an American Herring Gull. Other birds found there included 32 Mourning Doves, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a Horned Lark, 3 American Goldfinches, 7 Dark-eyed Juncos, and 7 White-throated Sparrows.
Over at the Green Pond area were 2 American Black Ducks, 4 Killdeer, an Eastern Bluebird, and an American Goldfinch.
Four Killdeer were in the grassy field by the Newburg Road retention pond.
I headed over to the Regency Boulevard retention ponds and saw 28 Buffleheads, 4 Green-winged Teal, and 10 Snow Geese among around 600 Canada Goose.
Up the road at the Silver Crest Road pond, I found a group of Cackling Geese together on the bank of the pond.
Other birds seen there included 17 Common Mergansers, 6 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Green-winged Teal, and a Bufflehead among 300 Canada Geese.
I headed over to the Nazareth Quarry to see if the Glaucous Gull might show up again. As I parked the car, I noticed 57 Turkey Vultures and 2 Black Vultures circling nearby.
I was searching through the 3000 Canada Geese and 98 Snow Geese for something unusual when Adam Miller showed up. Together, we picked out 75 Ruddy Ducks, 50 Ring-necked Ducks, 6 Buffleheads, 3 American Black Ducks, 3 Common Mergansers, 11 American Coots, and 7 Double-crested Cormorants.
Down in the southwest corner of the quarry, I spotted a pair of Redheads and Adam picked out a Gadwall.
As sunset approached, a couple hundred gulls dropped in and landed on the quarry. There were 15 American Herring Gulls and 3 Ring-billed Gulls among around 200 Lesser Black-backeds. We scanned through them and came up with five first-winter Iceland Gulls! I got a photo showing four of the five.
A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a Northern Flicker, and a American Robin were also seen there.
