Date: 11/1/24 5:08 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, November 1st, 2024
* Delaware * Statewide * November 1, 2024 * DEST 2024.11.01
*Birds mentioned Brant Cackling Goose American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Ruby-throated Hummingbird Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Marbled Godwit Long-billed Dowitcher Short-billed Dowitcher Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe American Woodcock Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Bonaparte’s Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Common Loon Red-throated Loon Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Brown Pelican American Bittern Little Blue Heron Western Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Heron White Ibis Osprey GOLDEN EAGLE Bald Eagle AMERICAN GOSHAWK Broad-winged Hawk ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Barn Owl Barred Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker American Kestrel Merlin Eastern Phoebe BELL’S VIREO Blue-headed Vireo Common Raven White-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Swainson’s Thrush American Pipit Purple Finch Pine Siskin Grasshopper Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Nelson’s Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Orange-crowned Warbler Tennessee Warbler Common Yellowthroat Blackpoll Warbler Palm Warbler Dickcissel
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: November 1, 2024 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 November 1st, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is the rare bird alert for The First State sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of our sponsors. The unofficial Delaware State Year List remains at 340 species this week. Remember to cast your ballot this week, your vote is for the Birds!
The previously reported BELL’S VIREO at Forbes Park Cricket Field in Woodlawn Trustees property continues to be seen daily although it can be quite skulky. The bird is at the intersection of Thompson’s Bridge (Route 92) and Woodlawn Road, walk to the far edge of the field near some fallen logs and then along the bike trail behind the white house. There is parking available off Woodlawn Road at the cricket field. Birders looking for the BELL’S VIREO also found ORANGE-CROWNED and BLACKPOLL WARBLER, AMERICAN PIPIT, plus FOX and VESPER SPARROW. A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was found at the nearby First State National Historical Park. VESPER SPARROW was also seen on the rock walls at Brandywine Creek State Park.
The Ashland Nature Center Hawk Watch had a banner day on Sunday morning, starting with a dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and followed by their first GOLDEN EAGLE of the season. This was the first ROUGH-LEG seen there since 2017. Also seen was their first PINE SISKIN of the season, plus PURPLE FINCH, TENNESSEE WARBLER, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, COMMON LOON and CACKLING GOOSE. COMMON RAVENS are being seen almost daily. A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was a new bird today.
The Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch had their first AMERICAN GOSHAWK of the season on Tuesday, even though it was a slow day. On Monday, 18 BALD EAGLES were reported, along with a few OSPREYS and 2 MERLIN. Waterfowl seen from the hawk watch included GREATER and LESSER SCAUP, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. COMMON and RED-THROATED LOONS, NORTHERN GANNETS and BROWN PELICANS were seen offshore, plus a LONG-TAILED JAEGER on Monday Landbirds seen included COMMON RAVEN, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, DICKCISSEL, PINE SISKIN, PURPLE FINCH and the all three NUTHATCHES, RED-BREASTED, BROWN-HEADED and WHITE-BREASTED.
Back Upstate, lots of PURPLE FINCH, PALM WARBLER, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and EASTERN PHOEBE are being seen. A BARRED OWL was reported at Walnut Ridge near Centreville, BLUE-HEADED VIREO was reported at Arden Woods and Middle Run Natural Area, and a late BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen at Bay Pointe near Summit Bridge.
WOOD DUCK and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT were found at the Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge near the Wilmington Waterfront. PECTORAL and LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at Battery Park in New Castle. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found at the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were reported at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area. A flock of 20 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen in field near Middletown off Marl Pit Road by someone heading to the polls for early voting.
MARBLED GODWIT, WILLET, AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED, and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, plus STILT, WESTERN, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. were seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Also reported was SANDHILL CRANE, VIRGINIA RAIL, LITTLE BLUE, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, plus AMERICAN BITTERN. Sparrows around the visitor’s center included VESPER, LINCOLN’S and WHITE-CROWNED. BARN OWL and AMERICAN KESTREL were reported along Whitehall Neck Road.
VIRGINIA RAIL, AMERICAN COOT, PIED-BILLED GREBE, WHITE IBIS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL plus BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED, and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were reported from Port Mahon. All three marsh sparrow, SEASIDE, NELSON’S and SALTMARSH SPARROW were found at the main tract in Little Creek Wildlife Area along with AMERICAN BITTERN. SURF SCOTER, RUDDY DUCK, RED-THROATED LOON, and ROYAL TERN were seen at Pickering Beach.
BRANT, SURF SCOTER, and GREAT CORMORANT were photographed at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center. Shorebirds reported included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED, and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, BONEPARTE’S GULL and ROYAL TERN. WILSON’S SNIPE, BARRED OWL and LINCOLN’S SPAROW were reported at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. A lingering SWAINSON’S THRUSH was found at Turkle’s Pond. Both GRASSHOPPER and LINCOLN’S SPARROW were seen at Bald Eagle Creek near Bay Vista in Rehoboth Beach. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS were seen in Millsboro and Angola Neck.
WHITE IBIS, LITTLE BLUE and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were seen at Gordon’s Pond State Park. Waterfowl reported included RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, HOODED MERGANSER, and PIED BILLED GREBE. Shorebirds found included RUDDY TURNSTONE, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, and an AMERICAN WOODCOCK, along with CASPIAN TERN. A flyby PARASITIC JAEGER was seen at Indian River inlet, along with BROWN PELICAN, BLACK and SURF SCOTER. A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was found in the pines by the south jetty. COMMON LOON and SALTMARSH SPARROW were found at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. A big flock of BRANT was found on White’s Creek at James Farm Eco-preserve. A flock of 250 AMERICAN WIGEONS were seen at Assawoman Wildlife Area along with RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD and PIED-BILLED GREBE.
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