Hollo Road, the Nazareth Quarry, and Newburg Road ~ September 28, 2024

I stopped at the Hollo Road retention pond and found 17 Green-winged Teal and a Blue-winged Teal, but the more notable sighting was a large group of around 150 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. They were flying around and landing on the roof of the warehouse at the corner of Hollo Road and Van Buren Road. They eventually all took off and most of them headed for the Nazareth Quarry.

A portion of the roughly 150 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

I headed over to the Nazareth Quarry and found 104 of the Lesser Black-backed Gulls there.

Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Also at the quarry were a Double-crested Cormorant and, along the woods edge, a Northern Parula and a Magnolia Warbler.

Over in the fields by the Newburg Road retention pond were 31 Killdeer, 21 Horned Larks, and 3 Savannah Sparrows, plus a Peregrine Falcon that was seen diving down after prey from one of the powerline towers.

Killdeer

Horned Lark

Savannah Sparrow

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