I started the morning at the Nisky Hill Cemetery. It was showering off and on. A Yellow-throated Warbler was singing near the eastern end of the cemetery. A pair of Cooper's Hawks were also nearby.
The woods along the southern edge of the cemetery held Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, House Wren, Gray Catbird, Wood Thrush, and a smattering of warblers that included Ovenbird, Black-and-white, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, and American Redstart.
A Common Raven was heard croaking in the direction of the Steel Stacks area. That's when a text came through from Mike Schall that two Glossy Ibis were found along Steuben Road at the same spot that the White-rumped Sandpipers were yesterday. I was planning on heading over there anyway, and the birds were still there when I arrived.
At around noon, the birds took off, circled so high in the sky that I needed binoculars to see them, and then headed off to the north.
I figured they were gone, but about five minutes later, the birds surprisingly returned.
The four White-rumped Sandpipers continued to be seen along with 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 20 Lesser Yellowlegs, 8 Solitary and 5 Least Sandpipers, plus one Spotted Sandpiper.
The Regency Boulevard ponds produced 8 Greater Yellowlegs, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Solitary, 2 Spotted, and 13 Least Sandpipers, plus 4 Killdeer and the continuing male Ruddy Duck. Roughly 75 Barn Swallows swirled around the north pond. The woods edge held a Gray Catbird, a Common Yellowthroat, and 3 White-throated Sparrows that could be heading north any day now.
Green Pond held 2 Wood Ducks, 2 Great Blue Herons, a Greater Yellowlegs, a solitary Solitary Sandpiper, and the lingering Snow Goose.
The pair of Blue-winged Teal continued in the Nulton Avenue retention pond.
