Jacobsburg State Park and Some Local Ponds ~ April 28, 2026

I once again walked Jacobsburg State Park this morning. There was very little activity. Even so, I managed to find a few Baltimore Orioles, a Blue-winged Warbler, a Black-throated Blue Warbler, 4 Louisiana Waterthrushes, and a pair of adult Bald Eagles.

Baltimore Oriole

Blue-winged Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Bald Eagles

Two Baltimore Orioles were apparently sparring over territory.

Sparring Baltimore Orioles.

Also among the 43 species were 4 Common Mergansers, a Great Blue Heron, a Red-shouldered Hawk, an American Kestrel, 4 Eastern Phoebes, a Red-eyed Vireo, 39 Blue Jays, a Common Raven, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, 2 Northern House Wrens, 4 Gray Catbirds, a Brown Thrasher, 2 Eastern Bluebirds, 12 American Goldfinches, a Field Sparrow, 5 White-throated Sparrows, 6 Eastern Towhees, and a Common Yellowthroat.

On the way back home, I stopped at the Hollo Road retention pond, which held 2 Greater Yellowlegs, a Spotted Sandpiper, and a Killdeer.

Greater Yellowlegs

The Newburg Road retention pond also had a Greater Yellowlegs.

Greater Yellowlegs

Green Pond produced the continuing 40 Snow Geese, a Killdeer, a Green Heron, a Great Blue Heron, and 3 Chimney Swifts among a good number of Tree, Barn, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows.

Chimney Swift

My last stop was at the St. Luke's Anderson Campus where I wanted to check out their Purple Martin houses. Unfortunately, there were no Purple Martins there and 6 House Sparrows were sitting by the gourd openings.

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