An Acadian Flycatcher was calling when we parked at the trail to the old farm. Along the trail, we had Pileated Woodpecker, White-throated Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, and warblers that included Ovenbird, Black-and-white, Hooded, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, many Yellow-rumpeds, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, and Northern Parula.
In the area around the farm, we ran into Bob and Jennifer McBride and had two calling Black-billed Cuckoos, Great Crested Flycatcher, Gray Catbird, Veery, Wood Thrush, Eastern Towhee, and Indigo Bunting.
Along the divided road by the private residence, we added Brown Thrasher and Eastern Bluebird.
We spent at least 20 minutes at one spot near the Slateford Loop Trail parking lot because it was loaded with warblers and other birds. We saw Rose-breasted Grosbeak plus many species of warblers including our first Tennessee, Cape May Warbler, and Blackburnian Warblers of the day. I ended up with a total of 51 species, 15 of them warblers, and good totals of these particular ones: Yellow-rumped Warblers (26), Black-and-white Warblers (13), American Redstarts (9), and Black-throated Green Warblers (8).
I birded along Institute Drive and found Yellow-throated Vireo, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Veery, Wood Thrush, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Northern Yellow Warbler, and Black-throated Green Warbler, but the most interesting sighting wasn't a bird. After I parked the car at the concrete barriers, a young Black Bear crossed the road, but it hurried back into the woods when it saw me and before I could get a photo.
Lake Minsi held 15 Double-crested Cormorants and a Bank Swallow among the Tree and mostly Barn Swallows.
East Bangor Dam produced 2 Bank Swallows among roughly 50 Barn Swallows and 5 Tree Swallows, Northern Yellow Warbler, plus a 'grunting' Virginia Rail.
I stopped at the Tatamy Exit retention pond as the rain got a little more steady. Three Semipalmated Plovers dropped in while I was there. Other birds present included a Killdeer, a Spotted Sandpiper, 2 Greater and 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 11 Least Sandpipers, and a Pectoral Sandpiper, but the two best birds there were a Dunlin and a Semipalmated Sandpiper.
Over at Green Pond, I found 37 Snow Geese still hanging around, plus a Great Blue Heron, 3 Green Herons, Eastern Warbling Vireo, and a Yellow-rumped Warbler.
While walking the paved path, the Farmersville Road retention pond produced Eastern Kingbird and a Bank Swallow among Northern Rough-winged, Tree, and mostly Barn Swallows; and the back middle pond held 6 Spotted Sandpipers, a Solitary Sandpiper, a Least Sandpiper, and the continuing Dunlin.
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