Eight Greater White-fronted Geese at the Church Road Pond ~ December 13, 2025

I left around 12:30 and checked the Regency Boulevard retention ponds. There was no sign of the Tundra Swan that was there recently. I scoped the field at the end of Steuben Road and briefly saw about 40 Horned Larks way in the distance.

I drove down Arrowhead Road looking for field birds but instead found at least 500 American Crows and a Red-tailed Hawk in the treeline.

Most of the retention ponds were frozen. When I stopped at Green Pond, I found a couple Eastern Bluebirds on the fence around one of the ponds and a Northern Harrier hunting the edges of them.

Northern Harrier

While I was there, Paul Shanahan stopped to talk with me. He told me that the Church Road retention pond was still partially open, so I drove over there. I scanned through the 250 Canada Geese and 26 Mallards and found 8 Greater White-fronted Geese! Four were on the ice near the center of the pond and four were on the ice along the western edge of the pond.

Greater White-fronted Geese

While there, 4 Bald Eagles flew over and got the geese all worked up for a while. An adult, a sub-adult, and two immatures were seen.

Bald Eagles

I sent out a text about the White-fronteds and then headed for the Nazareth Quarry. There were roughly 20,000 Snow Geese there. Scanning the rest of the quarry revealed 48 Ruddy Ducks, 18 Ring-necked Ducks, 11 Buffleheads, 6 American Black Ducks, 2 Common Mergansers, and 27 American Coots.

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