Young Birds Rule the Day ~ June 24, 2026

I made a few local stops today. There were two Spotted Sandpipers at the Tatamy Exit retention pond. I stopped along the Tatamy-Nazareth Road to check out the Osprey nest and found three young ones there.

An Osprey with three young.

I went over to the Green Pond area and found 11 Snow Geese still hanging out there. Along the paved path, I saw a young Eastern Phoebe on the fence around the pond with an adult.

A young Eastern Phoebe.

The Green Pond Road retention pond held three young Spotted Sandpipers with adults and three young Killdeer with their parents.

Young Spotted Sandpipers.

One of the young Killdeer.

Other birds seen there included Eastern Kingbird, Tree and Barn Swallow, Northern House Wren, Brown Thrasher, American Goldfinch, Chipping Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, and a young Northern Cardinal.

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