Semipalmated Plovers Continue ~ June 1, 2026

I made a last-ditch effort to try and find Gray-cheeked Thrush and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, this time at Jacobsburg State Park. Instead, I found Common Merganser, Great Blue Heron, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo, Northern Rough-winged and Tree Swallow, Veery, Wood Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch, Eastern Towhee, Baltimore Oriole, Brown-headed Cowbird, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, and Blue Jay, including one feeding a fledgling.

A recently-fledged Blue Jay.

I stopped at the The Tatamy Exit retention pond on the way back down Route 33 and found 2 Killdeer and 3 Semipalmated Plovers.

Semipalmated Plovers

Probably the same Semipalmated Plover seen yesterday at the Hollo Road retention pond was present again today along with a Killdeer, a Spotted Sandpiper, 7 Northern Rough-winged Swallows, and a Common Grackle feeding one of its fledglings.

Semipalmated Plover

A Common Grackle feeding one of its young.

Eighteen lingering Snow Geese were still at Green Pond along with 2 Killdeer, 4 Spotted Sandpipers, 2 Great Blue and 2 Green Herons, an Eastern Kingbird, and 6 Northern Rough-winged and 2 Tree Swallows.

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