Checking the Local Ponds ~ May 20, 2026

After a morning appointment, I checked Green Pond, finding 19 Snow Geese, which is less than what had been there. I don't know if some birds actually left or if they are falling prey to the local foxes. Other birds found there included a Killdeer, 3 Spotted Sandpipers, 5 Least Sandpipers, a Great Blue Heron, an Eastern Bluebird, and a pair of Eastern Kingbirds.

Eastern Kingbird

The next stop was at the Tatamy Exit retention pond, which produced 4 Killdeer, 3 Semipalmated Plovers, a Spotted Sandpiper, 13 Least Sandpipers, a 'fly-by' Great Blue Heron and Osprey, and 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows.

Spotted Sandpiper

An Osprey was sitting on the nest along the Nazareth-Tatamy Road, and the Hollo Road retention pond held a Spotted Sandpiper, 4 Least Sandpipers, a Great Blue Heron, and 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows.

In the early evening, my hummingbird feeder attracted a female and, later, a male.

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