Date: 7/11/25 5:15 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, July 11th, 2025
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * July 11, 2025 * DEST 25.07.11
*Birds mentioned Mute Swan Black Swan Blue-winged Teal Gadwall Green-winged Teal Black Scoter Surf Scoter Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Marbled Godwit Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Dunlin Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Willet Spotted Sandpiper Wilson’s Snipe GULL-BILLED TERN Black Tern Least Tern Caspian Tern ROSEATE TERN Common Tern SANDWICH TERN Royal Tern Black Skimmer Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Great Shearwater Cory’s Shearwater Wilson’s Storm-Petrel LEACH’S STORM-PETREL Brown Pelican Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Glossy Ibis White Ibis ROSEATE SPOONBILL Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Peregrine Falcon Willow Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Cliff Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Bobolink Louisiana Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Kentucky Warbler Northern Parula Prairie Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Summer Tanager DICKCISSEL
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: July 11, 2025 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, 7-11, (July 11th) this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Natural History 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. The unofficial Delaware Annual list increased to 320 species.
Sea watchers in the early morning from Herring Point in Cape Henlopen State Park found a LEACH’S STORM-PETREL today, along with WILSON’S STORM-PETREL, CORY’S and GREAT SHEARWATER. These birds are usually well offshore, but sometimes the STORM-PETRELS will come within binocular view. WHIMBREL, COMMON LOON and BROWN PELICAN were also seen flying past Herring Point. PIPING PLOVER and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER continue to be seen at Cape Henlopen Point, along with RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLING. Terns reported included GULL-BILLED, ROSEATE, SANDWICH, LEAST, COMMON, ROYAL and CASPIAN. BLACK and SURF SCOTER were seen by the Lewes Breakwater. A flock of 5 BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen feeding out the dunes, probably trying to figure out how to get to Cape May. PRAIRIE WARBLER was singing around the parking lot. A flock of 115 WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS were seen at Gordon’s Pond. PECTORAL SANDPIPER and BLACK SKIMMER were seen on the mud flats. SALTMARSH SPARROW was reported alo! ng the north end of the bike trail.
TRICOLORED HERON and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were seen at Burton’s Island, Delaware Seashore State Park along with COMMON LOON. BLACK-NECKED STILTS was seen at the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Milton, plus LEAST, CASPIAN, and ROYAL TERN, with BLACK SKIMMER. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen at Peninsula Golf Course on Long Neck near Oak Orchard. KENTUCKY, WORM-EATING and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were seen at the Headquarters Tract in Redden State Forest. VESPER SPARROW, SUMMER TANAGER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, plus PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were found at Trap Pond State Park.
SUMMER TANAGER, PROTHONOTARY, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were also found at Killen’s Pond State Park near Frederica. BLACK SKIMMER and LEAST TERN were seen at the Main Tract in Little Creek Wildlife Area. BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at Port Mahon. CLIFF SWALLOWS were seen flying over the Route 1 bridge over Mill Creek, south of Smyrna. This isn’t far from where CLIFF SWALLOWS were previously reported over Lake Como in Smyrna.
Big numbers of shorebirds are returning to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna. The first MARBLED GODWIT of the year was seen Sunday at the south side of Shearness Pool. A lingering WILSON’S SNIPE continues to be reported at the north side of Raymond Pool. Other shorebirds found included BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LONG and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, SPOTTED, STILT, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, WILLET, and DUNLIN. GULL-BILLED, BLACK, COMMON, LEAST and CASPIAN TERNS were seen along with BLACK SKIMMER. The previously reported ROSEATE SPOONBILL with the damaged bill was seen Saturday. Immature WHITE IBIS were seen at Shearness Pool, along with LEAST BITTERN, TRICOLORED and LITTLE BLUE HERON, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and SANDHILL CRANE. Waterfowl reported included MUTE and BLACK SWAN, GADWALL plus BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEAL, PIED BILLED GREBE, and VIRGINIA RAIL. A high count of 68 SEASIDE SPARROWS was ! reported from the Saltmarsh Boardwalk Trail. Other landbirds included NORTHERN PARULA, WORM-EATING and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER plus GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE continue to be found by the visitor’s center.
The previously reported DICKCISSELS continue to found at Charles Price Park off St. Anne’s Church Road in Middletown, along with BOBLINK, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, GRASSHOPPER and SAVANNAH SPARROW. About 20 CLIFF SWALLOWS were still at the nesting site at the Appoquinmink Creek Bridge off Route 9 near Odessa. A big flock of shorebirds at Thousand Acre Marsh near Port Penn included PECTORAL, WESTERN and STILT SANDPIPER. GLOSSY IBIS and LITTLE BLUE HERON were at the impoundments. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen near the Reedy Point Bridge.
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, NORTHERN PARULA, plus WARBLING and YELLOW-THROATED VIREO were found along Creek Road in White Clay Creek State Park. BARRED OWL continues to be reported at Christiana Meadows wert of Newark. WILLOW FLYCATCHER and WARBLING VIREO were at Ashland Nature Center. WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were also reported at Winterthur Museum and Gardens. At First State National Historical Park along Ramsey Road, NORTHERN PARULA and PRAIRIE WARBLER were found, plus WARBLING and YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. On Sunday, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen flying over First State.
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