Some Early Shorebirds in the County ~ March 31, 2026

In the mid-afternoon, I started a run to several nearby spots. At the flooded fields by Green Pond, I found 4 Pectoral Sandpipers, my first shorebirds of the year other than Killdeer.

Pectoral Sandpipers

Also seen in the area were 23 Snow Geese, 19 Mallards, 3 American Black Ducks, a Green-winged Teal, a Killdeer, 2 Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Eastern Bluebirds, and 2 Brown-headed Cowbirds.

Over at the Hollo Road retention pond, I spotted a Greater Yellowlegs feeding along the eastern edge along with 2 Green-winged Teal.

Greater Yellowlegs

A stop at the Nazareth Quarry produced 6 Red-breasted Mergansers in addition to 104 Snow Geese, 10 Northern Shovelers, 5 Gadwall, 2 American Black Ducks, 11 Buffleheads, 32 Ruddy Ducks, 6 American Coots, 2 Horned Grebes and a Pied-billed Grebe, 2 Double-crested Cormorants, and an Eastern Phoebe.

Five of the six Red-breasted Mergansers.

My last stop was the Newburg Road retention pond where I found a pair of Common Mergansers.

Common Mergansers

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