Green Pond and the Nazareth Quarry ~ November 29, 2025

I stopped at the Green Pond area in the late afternoon. All but one of the ponds still had some ice on them from last night's low temperatures. The one that didn't, the back middle retention pond, held a male Bufflehead.

Bufflehead

The Green Pond Road retention pond held a lingering Killdeer.

Killdeer

I then went to the Nazareth Quarry to check it out. Waterfowl there included 18 Ruddy Ducks, 14 Ring-necked Ducks, 5 Buffleheads, 3 American Black Ducks, a Common Merganser, 2 American Coots, and 4 Snow Geese among at least 2000 Canada Geese.

Tony Bauer and his wife showed up about 15 minutes after I got there. Soon after, Tony spotted a Tundra Swan that circled around and flew up and out of the quarry. I was lucky to get some photos of it between the trees.

Tundra Swan

That's when the large group of gulls flew in and landed near the center of the quarry. Among the roughly 300 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were 3 American Herring Gulls and one first-winter Iceland Gull.

Iceland Gull

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