The Ponds Again ~ November 12, 2025

After switching out one of my daughter's kitchen receptacles, I drove down to the Silver Crest Road pond, which held 36 Common Mergansers, 6 Ruddy Ducks, a Great Blue Heron, and an American Herring Gull among around 350 Canada Geese.

American Herring Gull

A Northern Harrier also flew by just before I got into the car.

Northern Harrier

I drove to the nearby Regency Boulevard ponds and noticed a Bald Eagle flying overhead as I was driving in. I quickly parked the car and got these photos as it continued south.

Bald Eagle

In the ponds were 16 Buffleheads and a Great Blue Heron among 450 Canada Geese.

My last stop was at the Green Pond area. One Killdeer was along the edge of the Farmersville Road retention pond and an American Black Duck was in the back middle pond. Along the paved path, I found a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Red-bellied and 2 Downy Woodpeckers, a Blue Jay, 4 probable Black-capped Chickadees, one Red-breasted and 4 White-breasted Nuthatches, 3 Eastern Bluebirds, 8 House Finches, 11 Dark-eyed Juncos, and one White-throated and one Song Sparrow. A Common Raven and 22 Cedar Waxwings were seen flying over the golf course.

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