Checking the Local Ponds for 'Fallout' Birds ~ May 24, 2026

I thought the rain might cause some shorebirds to drop into some of the local ponds. I stopped at the Newburg Park pond and found 5 Least Sandpipers, a Killdeer, and an Eastern Kingbird.

I continued over to Bicentennial Park. An Eastern Kingbird was perched on a fence post at the parking lot.

Eastern Kingbird

The two areas of water were a little larger from the rain but apparently still not big enough to be productive.

I was disappointed when I checked the Tatamy Exit retention pond and only found 2 Spotted Sandpipers there.

My last stop was the Green Pond area. I only saw 13 Snow Geese there. The number keeps getting smaller and smaller. I'm not sure if some are leaving or they are getting taken by predators. Other birds seen there included one Spotted Sandpiper, 3 Green Herons, a Great Blue Heron, 2 Northern Flickers, an Eastern Kingbird, 8 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, 5 Barn Swallows, a Brown Thrasher, 2 Eastern Bluebirds, and a Baltimore Oriole.

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