An Afternoon Run Around the County ~ March 19, 2025

I got to Green Pond at mid-afternoon. The only interesting there was an Eastern Phoebe, my first for the year.

Eastern Phoebe

The pair of American Wigeon continued over at the Regency ponds along with 3 Green-winged Teal and 7 Killdeer.

American Wigeon

The Silver Crest pond held 6 Ruddy Ducks, 3 Common Mergansers, 3 Northern Shovelers, 2 Buffleheads, a Lesser Scaup, a Ring-necked Duck, a Great Blue Heron, and 3 Snow Geese among 93 Canada Geese.

Northern Shoveler

The Nazareth Quarry continued to hold a nice variety of waterbirds. Birds present included 5 Snow Geese with only 4 Canada Geese, around 40 Ruddy Ducks, 17 Ring-necked Ducks, 15 American Coots, 5 Common Mergansers, 4 Buffleheads, 4 American Black Ducks, 3 Horned Grebes, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 2 Mallards, a Redhead, a Greater Scaup, and a Double-crested Cormorant, which I took some very long-distance documentation photos of.

Double-crested Cormorant

My last stop was a walk around the Boulton area of Jacobsburg State Park. There, I found 2 Hairy Woodpeckers (one drumming and chasing around another one), a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 16 American Robins, and a very cooperative Hermit Thrush.

Hermit Thrush

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