On this unseasonably cold and blustery day, I decided to go down to the Forks of the Delaware and check for gulls. It was a wasted trip as there were only 18 Ring-billed Gulls there, so I left there and headed for Green Pond. There, I found 2 American Black Ducks and a Great Blue Heron among around 130 Canada Goose. At the nearby retention ponds, the 2 Common Ravens and a Northern Harrier continued along with 4 Eastern Bluebirds.
As I pulled up to the Hollo Road retention pond, I noticed a group of 13 Green-winged Teal in the shallow corner of the pond. As soon as I got done counting them, they all flushed. That's when I realized why. There was an adult male Northern Harrier flying over them. The harrier flew up from the pond and continued north over Hollo Road and along the Shoeneck Creek. It was my 118th species for the site.
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