Both Yellowlegs at a Local Pond ~ April 29, 2026

After a morning appointment, I headed out to check some local ponds. Adam Miller had reported 13 Lesser Yellowlegs at the Christian Sprins Road pond earlier in the day, so I stopped there and found that more birds had dropped in afterwards. I counted 18 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, and a Killdeer.

Greater Yellowlegs among Lesser Yellowlegs.

The group of mostly Lesser Yellowlegs.

Over at the Trio Farms Boulevard retention ponds, two Double-crested Cormorants, a Great Blue Heron, and a Belted Kingfisher were present. The one Double-crested Cormorant was apparently molting its lighter immature plumage, causing it to look mottled.

Double-crested Cormorants

Two Killdeer chicks were running around while the parents kept watch over them at the Newburg Park pond.

Killdeer chicks.

My stop at Green Pond produced the lingering 40 Snow Geese, numbers of Tree, Barn, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows, and a Merlin that zipped by heading north.

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