We left the quarry and walked the nearby Hollo Road pines area, where we were allowed access by the cement company. We made out really well there. There was a partially-unfrozen pond in there that held 7 Cackling Geese among around 200 Canadas, plus 3 Ring-necked Ducks and a male Redhead.
In the wooded and open areas, we compiled a nice list of birds that included a few Ring-billed, Lesser Black-backed, and American Herring Gulls, a female Northern Harrier, 2 Bald Eagles, a Red-tailed Hawk, 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 3 Red-bellied and 6 Downy Woodpeckers, one Hairy Woodpecker, a Northern Flicker, a Common Raven, 7 chickadees, 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 4 White-breasted and 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches, a Winter Wren, 3 Carolina Wrens, 3 Eastern Bluebirds, 6 Hermit Thrushes, 30 American Robins, 19 Cedar Waxwings, 7 House Finches, 50 Dark-eyed Juncos, 26 White-throated Sparrows, 6 Song Sparrows, 2 Swamp Sparrows, and 9 Northern Cardinals. Ten Rock Pigeons were flying around the cement company structures while a Peregrine Falcon perched on an adjacent smokestack.
A walk along the Shoeneck Creek by the Hollo Road pond revealed 6 Mallards, a Northern Mockingbird, an American Goldfinch, 4 White-crowned Sparrows, and 7 White-throated Sparrows.
We stopped to get something to eat and then headed towards the St. Luke's Anderson Campus, finding 2 Black Vultures along the way. There, in the big field at St. Luke's, we saw a flock of around 250 Horned Larks that also included a Lapland Longspur! I got some photos of it when it landed nearby.
An estimated 1000 American Crows and 20 Fish Crows were also there along with a Cooper's Hawk.
Next, we hiked from Riverview Park to the Chain Dam. The ice above the dam had melted, so there weren't any gulls there, but we did find a group of 10 Common Mergansers. Along the paths on the way out and back, we picked out 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Turkey Vulture, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, and 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Back at the parking lot, not one, but 2 Merlins were spotted. One was on a powerline tower and another was perched right above us at the river overlook platform.
Down at the "Forks of the Delaware", we found 29 Buffleheads, 22 Ring-billed Gulls, and a Peregrine Falcon that was perched atop a flag pole in the downtown area.
We circled back for one last check of the Nazareth Quarry, and it was a good thing we did. I found a Ross's Goose among the Snows, and a Cackling Goose was in with them, too.
We tallied almost 20,000 birds comprised of 64 species. The list follows.
1) Snow Geese
2) Ross's Goose
3) Cackling Goose
4) Canada Goose
5) Mallard
6) American Black Duck
7) Green-winged Teal
8) Redhead
9) Ring-necked Duck
10) Bufflehead
11) Common Merganser
12) Ruddy Duck
13) Pied-billed Grebe
14) Turkey Vulture
15) Black Vulture
16) Bald Eagle
17) Northern Harrier
18) Sharp-shinned Hawk
19) Cooper's Hawk
20) Red-tailed Hawk
21) Merlin
22) Peregrine Falcon
23) American Coot
24) Ring-billed Gull
25) American Herring Gull
26) Lesser Black-backed Gull
27) Rock Pigeon
28) Mourning Dove
29) Great Horned Owl
30) Belted Kingfisher
31) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
32) Red-bellied Woodpecker
33) Northern Flicker
34) Downy Woodpecker
35) Hairy Woodpecker
36) Blue Jay
37) American Crow
38) Fish Crow
39) Common Raven
40) Horned Lark
41) Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee
42) Tufted Titmouse
43) Red-breasted Nuthatch
44) White-breasted Nuthatch
45) Winter Wren
46) Carolina Wren
47) Golden-crowned Kinglet
48) Northern Mockingbird
49) European Starling
50) Eastern Bluebird
51) American Robin
52) Hermit Thrush
53) Cedar Waxwing
54) Yellow-rumped Warbler
55) Song Sparrow
56) Swamp Sparrow
57) White-throated Sparrow
58) White-crowned Sparrow
59) Dark-eyed Junco
60) Lapland Longspur
61) Northern Cardinal
62) Brown-headed Cowbird
63) House Finch
64) American Goldfinch
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