Date: 3/27/26 4:55 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 27th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * March 27, 2026 * DEST 26.03.27
*Birds mentioned Brant Snow Goose Ross’s Goose Tundra Swan Mute Swan Blue-winged Teal EURASIAN WIGEON Green-winged Teal EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter COMMON EIDER Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Virginia Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Least Sandpiper Forster’s Tern Caspian Tern Black-headed Gull Bonaparte’s Gull Laughing Gull Iceland Gull Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe RED-NECKED GREBE Brown Pelican Northern Gannet Great Cormorant White Ibis Black-crowned Night Heron Snowy Egret Tricolored Heron Little Blue Heron Great Egret Great Blue Heron Osprey Bald Eagle ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Common Raven Purple Martin Barn Swallow Horned Lark Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch SEDGE WREN American Pipit LAPLAND LONGSPUR American Tree Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rusty Blackbird YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 27, 2026 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
For March, Friday 27th this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society (DOS). Statements made on the Birdline do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. This is Andy Ednie, glad to be with you. The unofficial Delaware Annual List increased to 20 species this week. New additions included LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE IBIS, LITTLE BLUE HERON, SEDGE WREN, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. The beaches are now closed at Cape Henlopen and Fowlers Beach for beachnesters.
Gulls seen along the Delaware River in New Castle included BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULL plus almost 400 LAUGHING GULLS along with LONG-TAILED DUCK, GREAT CORMORANT, plus HORNED and RED-NECKED GREBE. A male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was photographed today off N. 2nd Street in New Castle. A CANVASBACK was seen at Battery Park. RUSTY BLACKBIRD, VIRGINIA RAIL and BLUE-WINGED TEAL were reported at the Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge at Wilmington’s Riverfront. The previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS continue at First State National Historical Park south of Ramsey Road. COMMON RAVEN was reported at White Clay Creek State Park and at the U of D water tower at South Campus in Newark. A WILD TURKEY was seen walking down Murphy Lane near Hockessin.
The monthly heron survey at Veterans Park in Delaware City fount the first LITTLE BLUE HERON on the year, plus 38 GREAT EGRETS and 98 GREAT BLUE HERONS along with CASIAN TERN, BONEPARTE’S GULL, OSPREY and BALD EAGLE. The Heronry Survey is held on the last Wednesday of the month through September, starting 2 hours before sunset. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, AMERICAN COOT and BLUE-WINGED TEALS were seen at Dragon Run along Cox Neck Road in Delaware City. SANDHILL CRANE was found at the Augustine Wildlife Area. AMERICAN WOODCOCK was reported from the Ashton Tract. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area
Shorebirds seen included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE, and AMERICAN WOODCOCK at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. The previously reported EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL continues at Bear Swamp along with SANDHILL CRANES and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. Other waterfowl reported included TUNDRA and MUTE SWAN, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN COOT and PIED-BILLED GREBE. WILD TURKEY and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were reported at Finis Pool. PURPLE MARTINS were seen visiting bird town by the visitor center this week. A late LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen with HORNED LARK along Whitehall Neck Road last week and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was found by the entrance gate.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the marsh along the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area, along with AMERICAN AVOCET, VIRGINIA RAIL and approximately 1000 GREEN-WINGED TEAL. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were found in the pines along the Big Stone Beach Road. NORTHERN GANNET, LONG-TAILED DUCK plus SURF and BLACK SCOTER were seen at Bennett’s Pier Road. An early BARN SWALLOW was seen at Killen’s Pond State Park. The first YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in the state was reported today in the pines along the central tower road in Little Creek Wildlife Area. There was a big raft of 350 AMERICAN COOTS at the Mahon Impoundment in Little Creek Wildlife Area.
A dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was photographed near the first pullout along off the Prime Hook Beach Road. AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and FORSTER’S TERN continues to be seen at the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. AMERICAN WOODCOCK and a lingering SHORT-EARED OWL were reported along the refuge entrance road at dusk. A flock of SNOW GEESE at Fowlers Beach included 2 ROSS’S GEESE. A SEDGE WREN was reported along the Fowlers Beach Road. Shorebirds seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a flock of BONAPARTE’S GULLS. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen at Slaughters Beach from Marvel Ave.
The first WHITE IBIS of the year was seen flying past Herring Point in Cape Henlopen State Park last Friday. PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, ICELAND GULL, and BRANT were at Cape Henlopen Point. BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, plus RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL along with a SNOWY EGRET, LEAST SANDPIPER and AMERICAN AVOCET were seen at Gordon’s Pond.
A flock of 250 CANVASBACKS were on Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach. The previously reported COMMON EIDERS were at the Indian River Inlet plus BRANT, LONG-TAILED DUCK, SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE and GREAT CORMORANT. TRICOLORED HERON and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were seen at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. BROWN PELICANS were seen this week at South Bethany Beach. AMERICAN BITTERN and PALM WARBLER were found at Assawoman Wildlife Area. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was photographed at Old Landing along Love Creek near Rehoboth Beach.
Thanks to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Jim Repp, Linda Rosenberg, David Littlepage, Bob Rufe, Aaron Reb, Bodo Stern, Walt Blackwell, Andy Jenkins, Laureen Eick-Benson, Jean-Marie Gauthier, Sam Melanson, Will Krohn, Sharon Dounce, Jason Horn, Bert Filemyr, Mike Rosengarten, Rod Murray, Chris Rankin, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Sue Gruver, Rob Blye, Greg Gough, Phil Misseldine, Kevin Bronson, Marshall Brown, John Carter, Paige Magrogen, Kim Steininger, Chris and Karen Bennett, Melissa Lafferty, Declan and Amy O’Neil, Jim and Amy White, Joe Sebastiani, Frank Rohrbacher, John and Andy Dunn, Wendy Caserio, Sam VanHorne, Joe Francis, Mike Moore, Bruce Peterjohn, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for list distribution to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please call your reports into 302-463-0113 or email <ednieap...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
Date: 3/26/26 7:57 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] Brandywine Creek SP Bird Walk this Saturday, 03/28/2026
The monthly bird walk at Brandywine Creek State Park will be this Saturday, starting at 8 am from the nature center. The good news is the trails are clear and we should be able to get to the creek. The walk is free but park fees will be in effect. I have a limited number of annual passes, $50 in-state and $100 for out-of-state. Unfortunately, I can only take cash or check, let me know if interested.
Good birding, Andy
Date: 3/20/26 5:21 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 20th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * March 20, 2026 * DEST 26.03.20
*Birds mentioned Brant Snow Goose Ross’s Goose Tundra Swan Blue-winged Teal EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter COMMON EIDER Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Clapper Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Ruddy Turnstone Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Purple Sandpiper Forster’s Tern Royal Tern Black-headed Gull Bonaparte’s Gull Laughing Gull Iceland Gull Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe RED-NECKED GREBE Brown Pelican Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Black-crowned Night Heron Snowy Egret Tricolored Heron Great Egret Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Common Raven Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch American Pipit American Tree Sparrow Seaside Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 20, 2026 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
On the First Day of Spring, for March, Friday 20th this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society (DOS). Statements made on the Birdline do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. This is Andy Ednie, glad to be with you. The unofficial Delaware Annual List hit the 200 species mark this week. The beaches are now closed at Cape Henlopen and Fowlers Beach for beachnesters.
The storm on Monday produced the first ROYAL TERN of the year at Battery Park in New Castle. A flock of LONG-TAILED DUCK, GREAT CORMORANT and a WILLET were seen at Bull Hill at the north end of Old New Castle. The previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen at First State National Historical Park south of Ramsey Road. COMMON RAVEN was reported at White Clay Creek State Park and at the U of D water tower at South Campus in Newark. BARRED OWL was found at Phillips Park in Newark and Canterbury Hills near Hockessin.
REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, AMERICAN COOT and 10 GREAT EGRETS were seen at Dragon Run from along Cox Neck Road in Delaware City. BLUE-WINGED TEALS were seen this week at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City. SANDHILL CRANE was found at the Ashton Tract. A HORNED GREBE was reported Augustine Creek causeway. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area EASTERN MEADOWLARK and AMERICAN PIPIT were seen at Prices Park in Middletown. LESSER SCAUP and PIED-BILLED GREBE were seen at the nearby St Anne’s Church Road retention pond.
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, RUDDY TURNSTONE, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE, and AMERICAN WOODCOCK were seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. The previously reported EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL continues at Bear Swamp along with SANDHILL CRANES and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. Other waterfowl reported included TUNDRA SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN COOT and PIED-BILLED GREBE. WILD TURKEY, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, and CLAPPER RAIL were also reported.
Shorebirds seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a flock of BONAPARTE’S GULLS. A flock of SNOW GEESE along Fowlers Beach Road included 8 ROSS’S GEESE this weekend. AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and FORSTER’S TERN continues to be seen at the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at the McCane Preserve near Milton.
Increasing numbers of NORTHERN GANNETS and a BROWN PELICAN were seen flying past Cape Henlopen State Park this week. BROWN PELICANS were also seen this week at Indian River Inlet and at Little Assawoman Bay in South Bethany. PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and ICELAND GULL were at Cape Henlopen Point along with a flyby RED-NECKED GREBE and PURPLE SANDPIPER on the Lewes Harbor Breakwaters. RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL along with a SNOWY EGRET were seen at Gordon’s Pond. A SEASIDE SPARROW was seen north of Lewes at Canary Creek.
A flock of 250 CANVASBACKS were on Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach. The previously reported COMMON EIDERS were at the Indian River Inlet plus BRANT, LONG-TAILED DUCK, SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE and GREAT CORMORANT. TRICOLORED HERON and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were seen at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen at the Peninsula Golf and Country Club on Long Neck near Millsboro and at the Angola Neck Preserve. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER with PINE WARBLER and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was found at the Ponder Tract near Georgetown.
Thanks to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Ashley Norton, Don Holcom Aaron Reb, Richard Erhlich, Bodo Stern, Jeramy Cohen, Erin Sauer Laura Wolf, Walt Blackwell, Andy Jenkins, Will Krohn, Martin Selzer, Lynn Jackson, Jason Horn, Bert Filemyr, Rod Murray, Chris Rankin, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Sue Gruver, Rob Blye, Greg Gough, Phil Misseldine, Richard Julian, Alice Mohrman, Kelly White, Kevin Bronson, Kim Steininger, Chris and Karen Bennett, Melissa Lafferty, Jim and Amy White, Joe Sebastiani, Frank Rohrbacher, John and Andy Dunn, Wendy Caserio, Sam VanHorne, Joe Francis, Mike Moore, Bruce Peterjohn, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for list distribution to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please call your reports into 302-463-0113 or email <ednieap...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
Date: 3/13/26 4:54 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 13th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * March 13, 2026 * DEST 26.03.13
*Birds mentioned Brant Ross’s Goose Snow Goose BARNACLE GOOSE Cackling Goose Tundra Swan Mute Swan Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal EURASIAN WIGEON EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup HARLEQUIN DUCK Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter COMMON EIDER Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Common Gallinule American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Ruddy Turnstone Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Purple Sandpiper Razorbill Caspian Tern Forster’s Tern Black-headed Gull Bonaparte’s Gull Laughing Gull Iceland Gull Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe RED-NECKED GREBE Common Loon Red-throated Loon Great Cormorant American Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Snowy Egret Great Egret Barn Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Pheobe Common Raven Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Tree Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Northern House Wren Marsh Wren Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Purple Finch American Tree Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 13, 2026 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
For March, on Friday the 13th this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society (DOS). Statements made on the Birdline do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. This is Andy Ednie, glad to be with you. The unofficial Delaware Annual List remained at 197 species this week. The beaches are now closed at Cape Henlopen and Fowlers Beach for beachnesters.
Spring arrivals are here; new this week were COMMON GALLINULE, PIPING PLOVER, CASPIAN TERN, SNOWY EGRET, PURPLE MARTIN, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, and VESPER SPARROW. Birds seen regularly this week in increasing numbers were WOOD DUCK, LAUGHING GULL, EASTERN PHOEBE, and PINE WARBLER.
The previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER along with RUSTY BLACKBIRD was seen at First State National Historical Park south of Ramsey Road. A MARSH WREN was seen at the Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge at the Wilmington Waterfront. COMMON RAVEN was reported at White Clay Creek State Park in Newark. BARRED OWL was found at Lums Pond State Park. Four ROSS’S GEESE and a CACKLING GOOSE were seen in flocks of SNOW GEESE flying upriver at Battery Park in New Castle along with TUNDRA SWAN, REDHEAD, GREAT CORMORANT, RED-THROATED LOON, and all three species of MERGANSER: COMMON, HOODED, and RED-BREASTED. The previously reported BARNACLE GOOSE continues to be seen along Duck Creek Road near Smyrna.
The first COMMON GALLINULE of the season was heard calling at Dragon Run from along Cox Neck Road in Delaware City. A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on Dragon Run along Route 9 and then later re-found on Canal Pond along Cox Neck Road. Other waterfowl reported on Canal Pond included MUTE and TUNDRA SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, LESSER and GREATER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE and RUDDY DUCK. AMERICAN WOODCOCK and SANDHILL CRANE were heard from the Canal Pond dike. AMERICAN COOT, GREAT EGRET, and BLUE-WINGED TEAL were seen this week at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City. SANDHILL CRANE was found at the Ashton Tract and the Augustine Creek causeway. AMERICAN WOODCOCK were reported doing courtship display, at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area plus BARN and BARRED OWL.
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE, plus CASPIAN and FORSTER’S TERNS was seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. The previously reported EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL continues at Bear Swamp along with SANDHILL CRANES and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. Other waterfowl reported included TUNDRA SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN COOT and PIED-BILLED GREBE. A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was reported along the entrance road. BARRED, SHORT-EARED and BARN OWL were found in the refuge at dusk.
The was a high count of 6 AMERICAN BITTERNS seen or heard at Little Creek Wildlife Area on Sunday, from Port Mahon, the Central Tower/Main Tract and Pickering Beach Road. AMERICAN AVOCET, SHORT-EARED OWL, and 300 AMERICAN COOTS were seen at Little Creek Wildlife Area–Mahon impoundment. A flock of WILD TURKEYS were seen at the Davey Crockett Tract. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was coming to a feeder near Milford again this week. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was seen along the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area.
Waterbirds on the move included a high count of 64 HORNED GREBES at Bennett’s Pier in Delaware WildLands. A big flock of 100 BONAPARTE’S GULLS contained a single BLACK-HEADED GULL at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center. Shorebirds seen at Mispillion included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER and AMERICAN AVOCET. WILLET with GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS continues to be seen at the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. RED-NECKED GREBE, 106 RED-THROATED and 123 COMMON LOONS were seen flying past Cape Henlopen State Park.
A couple of early arrivals at Cape Henlopen State Park were BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, NORTERN HOUSE WREN, and VESPER SPARROW. The first PIPING PLOVER of the season was seen at Cape Henlopen Point along with AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER and ICELAND GULL. RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. A RAZORBILL was seen at the Lewes Harbor Breakwaters. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, PURPLE SANDPIPER and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen on the harbor jetty. The first SNOWY EGRET of the year was seen at Gordon’s Pond. A COMMON RAVEN was seen north of Lewes at Canary Creek.
A flock of 50 CANVASBACKS and a COMMON GOLDENEYE were on Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach. The previously reported pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS, COMMON EIDERS and RAZORBIL were at the Indian River Inlet plus BRANT, GREATER and LESSER SCAUP, LONG-TAILED DUCK, SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE and GREAT CORMORANT. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER were seen at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen at the Peninsula Golf and Country Club on Long Neck near Millsboro. The first PURPLE MARTIN of the year was seen off Saw Mill Road near Milton.
Thanks to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Laura Wolf, Anna Champagne, Walt Blackwell, Andy Jenkins, Gary Griffith, Gerry Teig, Linda Houghton, Randy Vickers, Will Krohn, Eli Hevalow, David Thomas, Frank Lenik, Martin Selzer, Lynn Jackson, Jason Horn, Rod Murray, Chris Rankin, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Sue Gruver, Greg Gough, Richard Julian, Kelly White, Logan Parr, Kevin Bronson, Isaiah Craft, Audrey Hughes, Kim Steininger, Chris and Karen Bennett, Melissa Lafferty, Jim and Amy White, Frank Rohrbacher, John and Andy Dunn, Karen Barker, Wendy Cesario, Sam VanHorne, Joe Francis, Mike Moore, Bruce Peterjohn, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for list distribution to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please call your reports into 302-463-0113 or email <ednieap...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
Date: 3/10/26 7:33 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] White Clay Bird Census Postponed
The Thursday Bird Census at White Clay Creek State Park has been postponed due to potential rain. We will try to do the survey on Friday the 13th. The bird walk will start from the Hopkins Nature Center at 8 am. New arrivals are appearing daily, Phoebe, Pine Warbler, and Osprey were seen this week. Hopefully we'll have better weather!
Good birding, Andy
Date: 3/6/26 4:26 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 6th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * March 6, 2026 * DEST 26.03.06
*Birds mentioned GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Brant Ross’s Goose Snow Goose BARNACLE GOOSE Cackling Goose Tundra Swan Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup HARLEQUIN DUCK Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter COMMON EIDER Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck King Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Ruddy Turnstone Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Purple Sandpiper Iceland Gull Horned Grebe Great Cormorant American Bittern Great Egret Northern Harrier Barn Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Red-headed Woodpecker American Kestrel Eastern Pheobe Common Raven Tree Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Purple Finch Snow Bunting American Tree Sparrow Lark Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Pine Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 6, 2026 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
For Friday, March 6th this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society (DOS). Statements made on the Birdline do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. This is Andy Ednie, glad to be with you. The unofficial Delaware Annual List remained at 187 species this week.
Lots of geese were seen this week. The previously reported BARNACLE GOOSE was re-found along Massey’s Church Road north of Smyrna. The BARNACLE GOOSE was seen in the same field as last year, near the Church of Latter-Day Saints. BARNACLE and CACKLING GOOSE was seen today in the same area along Duck Creek Road. A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen in the Odessa area, at Stave’s Landing Road and along Old State Road at the intersection with Route 299. Another ROSS’S GOOSE was seen along Slaughters Beach Road at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen near the Pennel Tract in Milford Neck Wildlife Area. Another CACKLING GOOSE was reported in the area of Summit Marina near Lums Pond State Park
A flock of 6 REDHEADS with RING-NECKED DUCK and COMMON MERGANSER were seen on Harry’s Pond in the Brandywine Town Center today. The previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen at First State National Historical Park south of Ramsey Road. This area is now open again after police activity earlier in the week. Lots of WOOD DUCKS and COMMON MERGANSERS are being seen around the state right now along with a few HOODED MERGANSERS. NORTHERN HARRIER and AMERICAN KESTREL were seen at Brandywine Creek State Park. AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was seen at the Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge at the Wilmington Waterfront. COMMON RAVEN was reported at Rittenhouse Park off Chestnut Hill Road in Newark. BARRED OWL was calling at Christiana Manor west of Newark. PINE WARBLER is still visiting a feeder in Hockessin. An EASTERN PHOEBE was found at Lums Pond State Park.
An immature ICELAND GULL was seen at the Delaware City waterfront from Veteran’s Park. WILSON’S SNIPE, GREAT EGRET, and BLUE-WINGED TEAL were seen this week at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City. SANDHILL CRANE was found at the Augustine Creek causeway. AMERICAN WOODCOCK were reported doing courtship display, at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, and Fowlers Beach. A NORTHERN SAW WHET OWL was heard calling, along with BARN and BARRED OWL at Cedar Swamp.
The previously reported EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL continues at Bear Swamp in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge along with SANDHILL CRANES and a flock of 6 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. Waterfowl reported included TUNDRA SWAN, RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER plus RUDDY DUCK. Some early arrivals included GREAT EGRET, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. BARRED, SHORT-EARED and SAW-WHET OWL were found in the refuge at dusk.
CANVASBACK, SHORT-EAREED OWL, and AMERICAN COOT were seen at Little Creek Wildlife Area–Mahon impoundment. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in the North Dover area. An adult LARK SPARROW was photographed at a private yard near Camden-Wyoming. There was a big flock of PURPLE FINCHES coming to a feeder near Milford.
KING RAIL, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, SHORT-EARED OWL, and AMERICAN BITTERN were seen at Fowlers Beach in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge along with TREE SWALLOWS and SNOW BUNTING, WILLET, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen along the Dike Trail at Prime Hook Headquarters. WILSON’S SNIPE was seen at Oyster Rocks Road.
BRANT, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BLACK, SURF and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. RED-BREASTED MERGANER and HORNED GREBE were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PURPLE SANDPIPER and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen on the breakwaters. PINE WARBLER was seen coming to a feeder near Long Neck.
ICELAND GULL and a flock of 250 CANVASBACKS were on Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach. The previously reported drake and hen HARLEQUIN DUCKS and COMMON EIDERS were at the Indian River Inlet plus BRANT, GREATER and LESSER SCAUP, LONG-TAILED DUCK, SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE and GREAT CORMORANT. AMERICAN WIGEON, LESSER and GREATER SCAUP, were seen at Assawoman Wildlife Area, along with AMERICAN BITTERN, AMERICAN COOT, and PINE WARBLER.
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Date: 3/5/26 1:26 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] White Clay Bird Census this Saturday, 03/07/2026
It looks like this weekend might have some nice weather finally. Let's get that ice out of here! The bird census will start at 8 am from the Hopkin Nature Center parking lot. Special efforts will be made to find those early spring migrants like Phoebe and Pine Warbler. Last week we had 100+ Purple Finches along the creek. Hope to see you on the census!
Good birding,Andy
