Date: 11/8/24 5:19 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, November 8th, 2024
* Delaware * Statewide * November 8, 2024 * DEST 2024.11.08
*Birds mentioned Snow Goose Brant Tundra Swan American Wigeon Redhead Ring-necked Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter COMMON EIDER Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Ruby-throated Hummingbird Sora Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Long-billed Dowitcher Short-billed Dowitcher Western Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe American Woodcock Razorbill Bonaparte’s Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Common Tern Royal Tern Common Loon Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Brown Pelican American Bittern Tricolored Heron Black-crowned Night Heron White Ibis Osprey Northern Harrier GOLDEN EAGLE Bald Eagle ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Barn Owl Merlin Peregrine Falcon BELL’S VIREO Blue-headed Vireo Common Raven Black-capped chickadee Cliff Swallow White-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch American Pipit Purple Finch Pine Siskin Snow Bunting SPOTTED TOWHEE Saltmarsh Sparrow Nelson’s Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole Orange-crowned Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Palm Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: November 8, 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 8th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is the rare bird alert (RBA) 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 341 species this week.
A SPOTTED TOWHEE was found today at Cape Henlopen State Park. This western species with spotted wingbars was found in the brush along the east side of the road going out to The Point parking lot. For directions, park at The Point comfort station (locked) and walk back along the roadway past the beach crossing. Look for the SPOTTED TOWHEE along the phragmites and pine line just past the air pumps. This bird is very secretive, and best to find by listening for a TOWHEE scratching in the leaves. If confirmed, this would be a Delaware first state record of this species!
Also seen at Cape Henlopen this week was CLIFF SWALLOW, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, COMMON RAVEN, PINE SISKIN, PURPLE FINCH and all three NUTHATCHES, WHITE-BREASTED, BROWN HEADED, and RED-BREASTED. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, BONAPARTE’S and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. STILT SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WILSON’S SNIPE, SORA, plus GLOSSY and WHITE IBIS were seen at Gordon’s Pond State Park. Marsh birds seen included SEDGE and MARSH WREN along with NELSON’S and SALTMARSH SPARROW
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at the Cape Henlopen Hawk watch today. Although the winds have not been conducive for hawk migration this week, there were 4 OSPREY, 56 BALD EAGLES and a couple of MERLIN seen. Seabirds migrating off the coast from the hawk watch included BRANT, REDHEAD, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, and all three SCOTERS, SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, plus ROYAL AND COMMON TERN and lots of NORTHERN GANNETS and BROWN PELICANS. A late BLACKPOLL WARBLER was seen Saturday and a BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE was reported yesterday.
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE was also reported at the Ashland Nature Center Hawk Watch on Sunday. There was a big flight of raptors that day with 96 RED-SHOULDER HAWKS, 11 NORTHERN HARRIER, and a GOLDEN EAGLE. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the hawk watch on Tuesday. Also reported was COMMON LOON, COMMON RAVEN, PURPLE FINCH, PINE SISKIN, FOX SPARROW, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, AMERICAN PIPIT and PALM WARBLER.
The previously reported BELL’S VIREO at Forbes Park Cricket Field in Woodlawn Trustees property was last reported on Sunday, November 3rd but still might be in the area. 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.
A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was reported at Bellevue State Park. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was found at Wilton near New Castle. SAVANAH SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK PLUS AMERICAN WIGEON and BUFFLEHEAD were seen at Newark Reservoir. PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen at Hoopes Reservoir and Lums Pond State Park.
The first TUNDRA SWANS of the season were seen at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area today. A flock of 30 SNOW GEESE were seen with other geese at Cartanza Road along Route 9 north of Little Creek. AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at Little Creek tower. A high count of over 20 NORTHERN GANNETS were seen Tuesday at Woodland Beach along the Delaware River.
The first SNOW BUNTING of the season was found today at Bombay Hook National Wildlife refuge near Smyrna. The BUNTING was seen along the auto drive at the south side of Shearness Pool. Shorebirds seen included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN and PECTORAL SANDPIPER, plus an AMERICAN WOODCOCK walking across the Finis Pool Road. SANDHILL CRANE and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS continue to be seen at Bear Swamp. Waterfowl reported included Ring-necked duck, BUFFLEHEAD, HOODED MERGANSER, and RUDDY DUCK. BARN OWL was seen along Whitehall Neck Road.
BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was reported along Big Stone Beach Rad. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and ROYAL TERN seen from the duPont Nature Center at Mispillion Inlet. NELSON’S and SALTMARSH SPARROW were seen along Lighthouse Road.
The first RAZORBILL of the season was reported from Bethany Beach this week. A pair of male COMMON EIDERS were found today at Indian River Inlet with SURF and BLACK SCOTERS along the north jetty, plus BRANT and GREAT CORMORANT. This area must be viewed from the south side due to parking lot closure on the north side from storm damage. NELSON’S and SALTMARSH SPARROW were seen at the south campground. TRICOLORED HERON was reported at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park.
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS are still being reported at feeders in Brandywine Hundred, Angola Neck, Red Mill Pond, and Millsboro.
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