Date: 3/20/26 5:21 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 20th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * March 20, 2026 * DEST 26.03.20
*Birds mentioned Brant Snow Goose Ross’s Goose Tundra Swan Blue-winged Teal EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter COMMON EIDER Long-tailed Duck Common Merganser Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Clapper Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Ruddy Turnstone Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Purple Sandpiper Forster’s Tern Royal Tern Black-headed Gull Bonaparte’s Gull Laughing Gull Iceland Gull Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe RED-NECKED GREBE Brown Pelican Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Black-crowned Night Heron Snowy Egret Tricolored Heron Great Egret Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Common Raven Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch American Pipit American Tree Sparrow Seaside Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 20, 2026 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 First Day of Spring, for March, Friday 20th 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 hit the 200 species mark this week. The beaches are now closed at Cape Henlopen and Fowlers Beach for beachnesters.
The storm on Monday produced the first ROYAL TERN of the year at Battery Park in New Castle. A flock of LONG-TAILED DUCK, GREAT CORMORANT and a WILLET were seen at Bull Hill at the north end of Old New Castle. The previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen at First State National Historical Park south of Ramsey Road. COMMON RAVEN was reported at White Clay Creek State Park and at the U of D water tower at South Campus in Newark. BARRED OWL was found at Phillips Park in Newark and Canterbury Hills near Hockessin.
REDHEAD, RING-NECKED DUCK, AMERICAN COOT and 10 GREAT EGRETS were seen at Dragon Run from along Cox Neck Road in Delaware City. BLUE-WINGED TEALS were seen this week at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City. SANDHILL CRANE was found at the Ashton Tract. A HORNED GREBE was reported Augustine Creek causeway. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area EASTERN MEADOWLARK and AMERICAN PIPIT were seen at Prices Park in Middletown. LESSER SCAUP and PIED-BILLED GREBE were seen at the nearby St Anne’s Church Road retention pond.
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, RUDDY TURNSTONE, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE, and AMERICAN WOODCOCK were seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. The previously reported EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL continues at Bear Swamp along with SANDHILL CRANES and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. Other waterfowl reported included TUNDRA SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN COOT and PIED-BILLED GREBE. WILD TURKEY, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, and CLAPPER RAIL were also reported.
Shorebirds seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a flock of BONAPARTE’S GULLS. A flock of SNOW GEESE along Fowlers Beach Road included 8 ROSS’S GEESE this weekend. AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and FORSTER’S TERN continues to be seen at the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at the McCane Preserve near Milton.
Increasing numbers of NORTHERN GANNETS and a BROWN PELICAN were seen flying past Cape Henlopen State Park this week. BROWN PELICANS were also seen this week at Indian River Inlet and at Little Assawoman Bay in South Bethany. PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and ICELAND GULL were at Cape Henlopen Point along with a flyby RED-NECKED GREBE and PURPLE SANDPIPER on the Lewes Harbor Breakwaters. RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL along with a SNOWY EGRET were seen at Gordon’s Pond. A SEASIDE SPARROW was seen north of Lewes at Canary Creek.
A flock of 250 CANVASBACKS were on Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach. The previously reported COMMON EIDERS were at the Indian River Inlet plus BRANT, LONG-TAILED DUCK, SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, HORNED GREBE and GREAT CORMORANT. TRICOLORED HERON and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were seen at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen at the Peninsula Golf and Country Club on Long Neck near Millsboro and at the Angola Neck Preserve. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER with PINE WARBLER and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was found at the Ponder Tract near Georgetown.
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