Sliver Crest and Regency Ponds, and Green Pond ~ March 25, 2026

After leaving my daughter's house, I stopped at the Silver Crest Road pond, which produced 5 Snow Geese among about a hundred Canada Geese, 17 Ring-necked Ducks, 9 Ruddy Ducks, and 2 Buffleheads.

Down the road at the Regency Boulevard retention ponds were 8 Green-winged Teal, 15 Ring-necked Ducks, 16 Buffleheads, and a Cooper's Hawk among the expected birds.

A male Ring-necked Duck and a male Bufflehead.

One of the female Buffleheads had a buffy breast. I don't know if this was because of stained feathers or an abnormal plumage.

Note the buff-colored breast on the female Bufflehead at right.

I made a quick stop at the flooded area along Steuben Road at Little Creek Drive and found a Killdeer, 8 Tree Swallows, and my first four Northern Rough-winged Swallows of the year. I got this terrible long-distance photo of one of them.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Today's check of Green Pond yielded 6 Snow Geese, 17 Canada Geese, 79 Mallards, 7 American Black Ducks, 6 Green-winged Teal, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 2 Killdeer, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a Northern Flicker, 2 Fish Crows, and 29 American Robins.

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