Date: 7/24/26 4:48 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, July 24th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * July 24, 2026 * DEST 26.07.24
*Birds mentioned Black Scoter Common Merganser Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Ring-necked Pheasant CHUCKAR Common Nighthawk Virginia Rail Sora Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Hudsonian Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Ruddy Turnstone Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper GULL-BILLED TERN Black Tern Least Tern Common Tern ROSEATE TERN Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Brown Pelican Least Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night heron Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Western Cattle Egret Glossy Ibis White Ibis Northern Harrier Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Warbling Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch SEDGE WREN Marsh Wren Saltmarsh Sparrow Bobolink Louisiana Waterthrush Prothonotary Warbler Black and White Warbler Northern Parula Dickcissel
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: July 24, 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, July 24th 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 remains at 310 species this week.
A SEDGE WREN was found at the southeast corner of Raymond Pool in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. The bird has been intermittently singing along the short grass tributary that drains the pool. There was also multiple MARSH WRENS in the area for comparison. An early HUDSONIAN GODWIT was reported at Raymond Pool on Sunday evening but has not been seen since. Other shorebirds reported at Bombay Hook included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, plus SPOTTED, SOLITARY, WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN, STILT, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. BLACK and LEAST TERN were reported at Leatherbury Flats. GLOSSY IBIS were found along with SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON GALLINULE, LITTLE BLUE HERON, plus YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were seen near the Visitor’s Center. The first BOBLINKS were reported this week startin! g their fall migration and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were reported at Finis Pool.
A CHUKAR was a surprising find in Brandywine Park in downtown Wilmington. That bird was photographed along the mill race under the Van Buren Street Bridge. The origins of the CHUKAR are currently not known, but this site is right across the creek from the Brandywine Zoo. There was a raft of 8 COMMON MERGANSERS (female with 7 nearly full-grown ducklings) on the Red Clay Creek at Auburn Valley State Park. A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and an early BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER were photographed at Brandywine Creek State Park. EASTERN WARBLING VIREO was reported at Bellevue State Park. A VEERY was reported in Carousel County Park. In Newark, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO was reported in the woods along Smith Mill Road in White Clay Creek State Park. NORTHERN PARULA and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was seen at Creek Road. BARRED OWL was reported off Paper Mill Road.
WHITE IBIS, LITTLE BLUE HERON, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, and SANDHILL CRANES were observed at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City along with SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, and COMMON GALLINULE. The big flock of swallows at Thousand Acre included BANK and a single CLIFF SWALLOW. SPOTTED, SOLITARY, STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at the Port Penn impoundments of the Augustine Wildlife Area along with a RING-NECKED PHEASANT. The latter bird is considered an escape from the nearby hunt club. DICKCISSEL continues to be reported at Charles Price Park in Middletown.
GULL-BILLED TERN continues to be seen at the main tract in Little Creek Wildlife Area, along with BLACK SKIMMER, CASPIAN and ROYAL TERN. WHITE IBIS was reported at Little Creek also. RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLINGS were seen at Port Mahon. A VIRGINIA RAIL was found at Big Stone Beach in the early morning hours.
GULL-BILLED and 3 breeding plumage BLACK TERNS were seen at the Petersfield Ditch at Broadkill Marsh in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge along with BLACK SKIMMER, ROYAL and LEAST TERN. Birders looking for the Petersfield Ditch can park at the concreate bridge along the Broadkill Beach Road and walk past the gate along the gravel roadway. WHITE IBIS and TRICOLORED HERON were seen from the Dike Trail in Prime Hook, along with BLACK-BELLED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS and SALTMARSH SPARROW were seen at Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook,
Terns at Cape Henlopen State Park included ROSEATE, SANDWICH, and GULL-BILLED TERN along with LEAST, COMMON, CASPAIN, and ROYAL TERNS. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PIPING PLOVER, HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL, and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was seen at the Seaside Nature Center. BLACK SCOTER and BROWN PELICAN were seen at Herring Point. WILD TURKEY with young was seen at the athletic fields. COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at Ft. Miles. There was a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON at Canary Creek on the north side of Lewes off Pilottown Road. A WILSON’S STORM-PETREL was seen from the Cape May – Lewes Ferry.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen in Dewey Beach. LEAST BITTERN and NORTHERN HARRIER were reported from the observation tower in Assawoman Wildlife Area. TRICOLORED HERON and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were reported at the Angola Neck Preserve. YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH were found at the Jester Tract in Redden State Forest.
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Date: 7/17/26 5:07 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, July 17th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * July 17, 2026 * DEST 26.07.17
*Birds mentioned Black Scoter Red-breasted Merganser Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Black-billed Cuckoo Chuck-Will’s-Widow Eastern Whip-poor-will Virginia Rail Clapper Rail Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Hudsonian Whimbrel Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Ruddy Turnstone RUFF Red Knot Dunlin Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Bonaparte’s Gull GULL-BILLED TERN Least Tern Common Tern ROSEATE TERN Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Common Loon Brown Pelican Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Green Heron Glossy Ibis White Ibis Northern Harrier Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Willow Flycatcher Eastern Warbling Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Cliff Swallow White-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Louisiana Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Kentucky Warbler Black and White Warbler Northern Parula Yellow-throated Warbler Summer Tanager Dickcissel
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: July 17, 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, July 17th 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 remains at 310 species this week.
The previously reported white-headed RUFF was last seen Saturday from Shearness Tower in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Some additional shorebirds reported at Bombay Hook included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, DUNLIN, plus WESTERN, STILT and LEAST SANDPIPER. GULL-BILLED, LEAST, ROYAL, CASPIAN and COMMON TERN plus BLACK SKIMMER were reported at Leatherbury Flats. WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS were found along with SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON GALLINULE, LITTLE BLUE HERON, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. WILD TURKEY were seen near the Visitor’s Center. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were reported at Finis Pool. NORTHERN HARRIER was seen hunting over the marsh.
In Newark, BOBOLINKS continue to be seen at the Smith Mill Road field in White Clay Creek State Park. A surprising WORM-EATING WARBLER was seen at the first pedestrian bridge in White Clay Creek State Park. GREEN HERON, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA. LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHS and YELLOW-THROATED VIREO were seen along the creek by the pumphouse in White Clay. WILLOW FLYCATCHER was seen at Smiths Mill, Curtis Mill Park, and Middle Run Natural Area. Several GREEN HERONS were reported at Middle Run and Carousel Park. EASTERN WARBLING VIREO was reported at Ashland Nature Center. Another LOUISIANA WATERTHRUS was found at Brandywine Creek State Park near Thompson’s Bridge
LITTLE BLUE HERON were found at Lums Pond State Park. A BLACK-NECKED STILT and STILT SANDPIPER were seen at Thousand Acre Marsh. A count of 8 SANDHILL CRANES were observed, along with CLAPPER and VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON GALLINULE, LEAST BITTERN plus WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS. CLIFF SWALLOWS were found at the Appoquinmink Bridge along Route 9 south of Port Penn. NORTHERN BOBWHITES was found at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area. DICKCISSEL, EASTERN MEADOWLARK plus SAVANNAH and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continues to be reported at Charles Price Park in Middletown.
CLIFF SWALLOWS were also found at the Leipsic River Bridge along Route 9. There was a remarkable high count of 105 BLACK-NECKED STILTS at the Mahon Impoundments at Little Creek Wildlife Area along with AMERICAN AVOCET, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BLACK SKIMMER plus WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS. BONAPARTE’S GULL and ROYAL TERN were seen at Port Mahon along with WESTERN, STILT, PECTORAL and SPOTTED SANDPIPER. BARRED OWL and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were seen at Killen’s Pond State Park. SALTMARSH SPARROWS were seen at Port Mahon, St. Jones Reserve, S. Bower’s and Broadkill Beach.
SALTMARSH and SEASIDE SPARROW were seen at the Marvel Saltmarsh Preserve in Slaughters Beach. BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK SKIMMER, ROYAL and LEAST TERN were seen at the Dike Tail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. At Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook, HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL, AMERICAN AVOCET. BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS plus WILLOW FLYCATCHER were reported.
Terns at Cape Henlopen State Park included ROSEATE, and GULL-BILLED TERN along with LEAST, COMMON, CASPAIN, and ROYAL TERNS. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PIPING PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and RED KNOT were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN-HEADED and WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH was seen at the Seaside Nature Center. BLACK SCOTER and BROWN PELICAN were seen at Herring Point. BONAPARTE’S GULL, BLACK SKIMMER, GULL-BILLED, LEAST, and ROYAL TERN, plus LITTLE BLUE HERON, GLOSSY, and WHITE IBIS were seen at Gordon’s Pond. Shorebirds reported included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-NECKED STILT, WILLET and SPOTTED SANDPIPER.
A RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was found by boat in the Rehoboth Marshes south of Dewey Beach in Delaware Seashore State Park, along with AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE. WHITE IBIS and 15 TRICOLORED HERONS. Another WHIMBREL sighting was from S. Bethany Beach. COMMON LOON, was found at James Farm Eco-Preserve along with RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also seen at Fresh Pond State Park, Peninsula Golf and Country Club on Long Neck, and Redden State Forest. SUMMER TANAGER, BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, plus KENTUCKY, BLACK AND WHITE, WORM-EATING, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were seen at. Redden State Forest. Holy cow, a few goatsuckers are still being reported! CHUCK WILL’ WIDOW was found at Fenwick Island. EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Milford Neck Wildlife Area.
Thanks to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Chris Hinkle, Ben Filries, Finn Ward, Ryleigh Sweet, David Thomas, Laura Wolf, Matt Hoffman, Christian Schiebe, Ellie McDonald, Ray McBride, Sam VanHorne, Jenna Christy, Ashley Norton, Carter Chambers, Kevin Bronson, Randy Fisher, Alex Pelllegini, Frank Rohrbacher, Jean-Marie Gauthier, Laureen Eick-Benson, Judith Picciotto, John Carter, Henry Raphael, Phil Misseldine, Carmen Honeywell, Kelly White, Liam Brewster, Richard Erilich, Rod Murray, Chris Rankin, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Natalie Weber, Andy Jenkins, Walt Blackwell, Sue Gruver, Rob Blye, Richard Julian, Alice Mohrman, Greg Gough, Chris and Karen Bennett, Will Krohn, Frank Rohrbacher, Jim and Amy White, Judy Montgomery, Kim Steininger, David Brown, John and Andy Dunn, Wendy Cesario, Joe Francis, Bruce Peterjohn, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for list distribution to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please call you! r reports into 302-463-0113 or email <ednieap...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
Date: 7/10/26 3:48 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, July 10th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * July 10, 2026 * DEST 26.07.10
*Birds mentioned Ring-necked Duck Black Scoter Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Chuck-Will’s-Widow Common Nighthawk Virginia Rail Sora Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Short-billed Dowitcher Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Wilson’s Phalarope Black Tern GULL-BILLED TERN Least Tern Common Tern ROSEATE TERN Sandwich Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Pied-billed Grebe Wilson’s Storm-Petrel AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Brown Pelican Least Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Green Heron Glossy Ibis White Ibis Northern Harrier Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Peregrine Falcon Common Raven Yellow-throated Vireo Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch Grasshopper Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Louisiana Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Pine Warbler Summer Tanager Dickcissel
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: July 10, 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, July 10th 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 310 species this week.
This has been a RUFF week in Delaware, both weather and bird-wise. The has been a series of heavy thunderstorms producing 1.5-6 inches of badly needed rain this week. There has also been a series of RUFF sightings, a species that was missed during the spring season. The first RUFF with a white head was found at the Mahon Impoundments at Little Creek Wildlife Area on Saturday, followed by a REEVE (aka female RUFF) at Shearness Tower in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge the same day. Subsequently, the white-headed RUFF reappeared at Bombay Hook flowed by a black and chestnut RUFF. Additional another black RUFF was photographed at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City, followed by another white-headed RUFF reportedly in heavy molt in the same area off Reedy Point Road. That’s 5-6 RUFF in Delaware this week, making Delaware the RUFF Capital of North America!
Some additional birds at Thousand Acre Marsh included an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN photographed on Tuesday morning. SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON GALLINULE, and SANDHILL CRANE were also reported along with BLACK-NECKED STILT, LEAST BITTERN, LITTLE BLUE and GREEN HERON, plus GLOSSY and WHITE IBIS. BANK and CLIFF SWALLOW were seen flying over the marsh. A SUMMER TANAGER was heard calling at the Tybout’s Tract in Blackbird State Forest. NORTHERN BOBWHITES and Worm-eating warbler were found at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area. DICKCISSEL, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continue to be reported at Charles Price Park in Middletown.
In Newark, BOBOLINKS were seen feeding young at the Smith Mill Road field in White Clay Creek State Park. Several LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHS and YELLOW-THROATED VIREO were seen along the creek by the pumphouse in White Clay. COMMON RAVEN was seen in west Newark and BARRED OWL were found at Lums Pond State Park. A female RING-NECKED DUCK was photographed at the Pencader Ponds near Glasgow. Spotted Sandpiper and Pine warbler were found at Carousel Farm County Park near Hockessin and Veery was seen at Mt. Ciba Wildflower Preserve.
Some additional shorebirds reported at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge this week included a WILSON’S PHALAROPE and STILT SANDPIPER at Shearness Tower plus AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-NECKED STILT (with precocious young), BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, DUNLIN and WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN, and LEAST SANDPIPER. GULL-BILLED, LEAST, and a breeding plumaged BLACK TERN were reported at Shearness. About a hundred immature WHITE IBIS were found along with SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL, LITTLE BLUE HERON, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were seen near the Visitor’s Center.
GULL-BILLED and LEAST TERNS continue to be reported at the Main Tract in Little Creek Wildlife Area’s, along with LEAST BITTERN, WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS, PIED-BILLED GREBE, and VIRGINIA RAIL. BLACK SKIMMER was reported at the Mahon Tract in Little Creek. COMMON TERN, NORTHERN HARRIER, and SALTMARSH SPARROW were reported at Port Mahon. BARRED OWL, SUMMER TANAGER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH plus PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were seen at Killen’s Pond State Park.
LEAST, CASPIAN, and ROYAL TERNS plus BLACK SKIMMER were seen identified at the Back Beach of Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center. Shorebirds included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER along with 20 BROWN PELICAN. At Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, WHITE IBIS were seen plus BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Terns at Cape Henlopen State Park included ROSEATE, SANDWICH, and GULL-BILLED TERN along with LEAST, COMMON, and ROYAL TERNS. There were also flyby WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS at Herring Point. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PIPING PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and BLACK SCOTER were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was seen at the Seaside Nature Center. BLACK SKIMMER, GULL-BILLED TERN, GLOSSY, and WHITE IBIS, plus LITTLE BUE and TRICOLORED HERON were seen at Gordon’s Pond. WILSON’S STORM-PETREL was also seen from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. COMMON NIGHTHAWK and CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW were still be reported in the park this week.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at Assawoman Wildlife Area and Redden State Forest. SUMMER TANAGER, BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, plus PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were seen at Trap Pond State Park.
The PEREGRINE FALCONS have successfully raised three chicks at the nest box on the Brandywine Building in downtown Wilmington, but the young are still near the nest site. You can watch the nest box activity on the DOS Falcon cam found at: www.dosbirds.org/citizen-science/falcon-watch/.
Thank you to my friends, Molly Peeples who wrote her appreciation of Birdline Delaware and to Alison Ellicott for her inspiration. Thanks also to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Chris Hinkle, Marjorie Keefe, Finn Ward, Ted Drozdowski, Christian Schiebe, Ellie McDonald, Clive Harris, Ashley Norton, Alexander DeRiemer, Kevin Bronson, Cole Tiemann, Greg Darone, Bert Filemyr, Mike Rosengarten, Kees de Mooy, Martin Selzer, Lynn Jackson, Jean-Marie Gauthier, Judith Picciotto, Randy Fisher, Rod Murray, Chris Rankin, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Natalie Weber, Sue Gruver, Rob Blye, Richard Julian, Alice Mohrman, Greg Gough, Chris and Karen Bennett, Chris Machulski, Adam Balick, Will Krohn, Frank Rohrbacher, Jim and Amy White, Kim Stieninger, David Brown, John and Andy Dunn, Wendy Cesario, Armas Hill, Joe Francis, Bruce Peterjohn, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for list distribution to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please c! all your reports into 302-463-0113 or email <ednieap...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
Date: 7/4/26 6:35 am From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, July 3rd, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * July 3, 2026 * DEST 26.07.03
*Birds mentioned Brant Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Merganser Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Chuck-Will’s-Widow Eastern Whip-poor-Will Common Nighthawk Virginia Rail Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Spotted Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Short-billed Dowitcher Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Least Sandpiper Bonaparte’s Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Black Tern GULL-BILLED TERN Least Tern Common Tern Sandwich Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Wilson’s Storm-Petrel AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Brown Pelican Least Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Western Cattle Egret Green Heron Glossy Ibis White Ibis Northern Harrier Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Peregrine Falcon Willow Flycatcher Common Raven Bank Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch Grasshopper Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Louisiana Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Kentucky Warbler Summer Tanager Dickcissel
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: July 3, 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 the Independence Day weekend, on Friday, July 3rd 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 remains at 309 species this week.
The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN that showed up at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge was last seen early Monday morning. Additionally, another AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN showed up later Monday morning at the Augustine Creek Causeway along Route 9 south of Port Penn. This might be the same bird but no further reports are available.
In northern Delaware, a male COMMON MERGANSER continues along the creek in Brandywine Park across from the Zoo parking lot. A BARRED OWL was seen along Salamander Run in the Tuliptree Woods in Brandywine Creek State Park. BOBOLINKS were seen feeding young at the Smith Mill Road field in White Clay Creek State Park. LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was seen along the creek by the pumphouse in White Clay. COMMON RAVEN and BARRED OWL were found at Sunset Lake off Route 72 near Glasgow.
A pair of BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City. Waders reported included LITTLE BLUE HERON, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, and GLOSSY IBIS. GREEN HERON was seen at Greer’s Pond. LEAST BITTERN was reported at the Port Penn impoundments. SEASIDE SPARROW continues to be found at Stave’s Landing. NORTHERN BOBWHITES were photographed at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area, along the dirt road opposite the intersection of Thoroughfare Neck and Collins Beach Road. DICKCISSEL, EASTERN MEADOWLARK and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continue to be reported at Charles Price Park in Middletown.
Water levels were low and biting insect counts were high at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge this week. Shorebirds reported included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN and SPOTTED and LEAST SANDPIPER. LEAST TERNS and BLACK SKIMMER were reported at Leatherbury Flats. WHITE IBIS continue at Shearness Pool, along with SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL, LITTLE BLUE HERON, GLOSSY IBIS, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were seen near the Visitor’s Center. Passerines reported included PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BANK SWALLOW, and SUMMER TANAGER.
GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS continue to be reported at Little Creek Wildlife Area’s Main Tract, along with BLACK-NECKED STILT, COMMON GALLINULE and WILLOW FLYCATCHER. COMMON and ROYAL TERNS with a BONAPARTE’S GULL were reported at Port Mahon, plus NORTHERN HARRIER and SALTMARSH SPARROW.
A SANDWICH TERN was identified at the Back Beach of Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center on Wednesday. COMMON, LEAST and ROYAL TERNS plus BLACK SKIMMER were also seen. Shorebirds included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER and DUNLIN, along with NORTHERN HARRIER and BROWN PELICAN. At Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, TRICOLORED HERON and GLOSSY IBIS were seen plus SALTMARSH and SEASIDE SPARROWS were photographed.
A flock of BLACK SCOTERS off Herring Point in Cape Henlopen State Park included a single WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. A BLACK TERN was seen migrating south along the coast with LEAST, COMMON and ROYAL TERNS plus BLACK SKIMMER. There were also flyby WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS at Herring Point this week. PIPING PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and BONAPARTE’S GULL were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was seen at the Seaside Nature Center. GULL-BILLED TERN, GLOSSY, and WHITE IBIS were seen at Gordon’s Pond.
BROWN PELICAN, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, plus COMMON and ROYAL TERN were seen Indian River Inlet. GLOSSY IBIS, plus BLACK-CROWNED and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were seen at Burton’s Island Causeway in Delaware Seashore State Park. There was a flyby over-summering BRANT at Bethany Beach along with BLACK TERN and BROWN PELICANS. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Peninsula Golf Course on Long Neck and at Redden State Forest. KENTUCKY and WORM-EATING WARBLERS were also reported from this latter location.
A GREAT HORNED OWL was calling at Angola Neck Preserve this week. Goatsuckers reported included COMMON NIGHTHAWKS at Cape Henlopen and Bethany Beach. CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was reported at Fresh Pond State Park and Raccoon Ditch Road in Redden State Forest. EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was also found at Redden.
The PEREGRINE FALCONS have successfully raised three chicks at the nest box on the Brandywine Building in downtown Wilmington, but the young are still near the nest site. You can watch the nest box activity on the DOS Falcon cam found at: www.dosbirds.org/citizen-science/falcon-watch/.
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