Date: 7/3/25 6:50 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, July 3rd, 2025
Delaware * Statewide * July 3 20, 2025 * DEST 2025.07.03
*Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK Mute Swan Black Swan Black Scoter Surf Scoter Ruddy Duck Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Common Nighthawk Chuck-will’s-widow Virginia Rail 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 Red Knot Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper RUFF/REEVE Wilson’s Snipe Lesser Black-backed Gull Black Skimmer Black Tern GULL-BILLED TERN Least Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern ROSEATE TERN Royal Tern SANDWICH TERN Cory’s Shearwater Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Brown Pelican Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Western Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night Heron Glossy Ibis White Ibis ROSEATE SPOONBILL Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Willow Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Cliff Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch Veery Saltmarsh Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Black and White Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Kentucky Warbler Northern Parula Yellow-throated Warbler Summer Tanager DICKCISSEL
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: July 3, 2025 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 4th of July weekend, for Thursday, July 3rd, this is an early edition of 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 318 species this week.
Post-breeding dispersal of warblers were seen in northern Delaware with AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at White Clay Creek State Park. VEERY was seen at Coverdale Farms at Ashland Nature Center and Mt Cuba Wildflower Preserve along with WARBLING and YELLOW-THROATED VIREO respectively. Early WORM-EATING WARBLERS were seen in Glasgow and at the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area near Port Penn.
LEAST BITTERN was calling at Dragon Run along Cox Neck Road. WESTERN CATTLE EGRETS were seen at Frazer Road near Glasgow. SANDHILL CRANES, COMMON GALLINULE, LITTLE BLUE HERON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL and RUDDY DUCK were seen at Thousand Acre Marsh. There was a peak count of 8 DICKCISSELS at Charles Price Park in Middletown off St. Anne’s Church Road, along with BOBOLINK, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, SAVANNAH and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. The DICKCISSELS continues to found at the gravel road on the right just past the entrance. A survey of CLIFF SWALLOWS found 4 active nesting sites including sites along Route 9 at the Appoquinmink Bridge, Fleming's Landing Bridge, and the Leipsic River Bridge. Additionally, there were several active nests on the Route 1 bridge south of Odessa as viewed from southbound Route 13.
The previously seen RUFF/REEVE at Raymond Pool in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge was reported on Sunday. Other shorebirds seen included WILSON’S SNIPE and SPOTTED SANDPIPER along with BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, WILLET, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, plus hundreds of SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Terns seen included GULL-BILLED, LEAST, COMMON, and ROYAL TERN plus BLACK SKIMMERS at Raymond Pool. BLACK and MUTE SWANS were seen at Shearness Pool. WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS were reported, along with LEAST BITTERN, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, VIRGINIA RAIL and COMMON GALLINULE. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were seen at the visitor center. Landbirds included WILLOW FLYCATCHER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and BOBOLINK.
Another ROSEATE SPOONBILL was photographed with a bunch of egrets at Taylor’s Gut in Woodland Beach Wildlife area. BLACK TERNS, BLACK SKIMMER and CASPIAN TERNS were seen at the Port Mahon impoundments in Little Creek Wildlife Area. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON AND LEAST BITTERN were seen at the Main Tract of Little Creek along with a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in the pine off the entrance road. SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and LESSER BLACK BACKED GULLS were seen along the Port Mahon Road. BARRED OWL was reported at Killen’s Pond State Park and an over-summering Dark-eyed Junco was photographed in a yard near Magnolia.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-NECKED STILT, RUDDY TURNSTONE and RED KNOT were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the Dupont Nature Center. There was a high count of 128 WILLETS at Mispillion today. Terns reported included LEAST, COMMON, CASPIAN, AND ROYAL, along with BLACK SKIMMER. Several WHITE IBIS were seen flying over in a flock of GLOSSY IBIS. SKIMMER, LEAST and CASPIAN TERN along with AMERICAN AVOCET were seen along the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was reported at Turkle Pond. SALTMARSH SPARROW continues to be reported at Oyster Rocks Road.
Terns reported at Cape Henlopen State Park this week included SANDWICH, ROSEATE, LEAST, COMMON, and ROYAL. PIPING, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. A CORY’S SHEARWATER was seen from shore at Herring Point along with BROWN PELICAN, SURF and BLACK SCOTER. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was reported from Herring Point. WILSON’S STORM PETREL was seen from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. The previously reported pair of BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS continue at Midway off Route 24, at Ocala Road.
TRICOLORED HERON, WHITE IBIS, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON plus BROWN HEADED NUTHATCH were seen at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. TRICOLORED HERON and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER WERE SEEN AT ASSAWOMAN WILDLIFE AREA NEAR FENWICK ISLAND. CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was found at Bethany Beach. COMMON NIGHTHAWK was reported at Cape Henlopen. KENTUCKY, YELLOW-THROATED AND BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS were seen at Redden State Forest along with SUMMER TANAGER.
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