Date: 3/27/26 4:55 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 27th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * March 27, 2026 * DEST 26.03.27
*Birds mentioned Brant Snow Goose Ross’s Goose Tundra Swan Mute Swan Blue-winged Teal EURASIAN WIGEON Green-winged Teal EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED “COMMON” TEAL Canvasback 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 Virginia Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Piping Plover Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Least Sandpiper Forster’s Tern Caspian 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 White Ibis Black-crowned Night Heron Snowy Egret Tricolored Heron Little Blue Heron Great Egret Great Blue Heron Osprey Bald Eagle ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Common Raven Purple Martin Barn Swallow Horned Lark Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch SEDGE WREN American Pipit LAPLAND LONGSPUR American Tree Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rusty Blackbird YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 27, 2026 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
For March, Friday 27th 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 increased to 20 species this week. New additions included LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE IBIS, LITTLE BLUE HERON, SEDGE WREN, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. The beaches are now closed at Cape Henlopen and Fowlers Beach for beachnesters.
Gulls seen along the Delaware River in New Castle included BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULL plus almost 400 LAUGHING GULLS along with LONG-TAILED DUCK, GREAT CORMORANT, plus HORNED and RED-NECKED GREBE. A male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was photographed today off N. 2nd Street in New Castle. A CANVASBACK was seen at Battery Park. RUSTY BLACKBIRD, VIRGINIA RAIL and BLUE-WINGED TEAL were reported at the Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge at Wilmington’s Riverfront. The previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS continue 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. A WILD TURKEY was seen walking down Murphy Lane near Hockessin.
The monthly heron survey at Veterans Park in Delaware City fount the first LITTLE BLUE HERON on the year, plus 38 GREAT EGRETS and 98 GREAT BLUE HERONS along with CASIAN TERN, BONEPARTE’S GULL, OSPREY and BALD EAGLE. The Heronry Survey is held on the last Wednesday of the month through September, starting 2 hours before sunset. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, AMERICAN COOT and BLUE-WINGED TEALS were seen at Dragon Run along Cox Neck Road in Delaware City. SANDHILL CRANE was found at the Augustine Wildlife Area. AMERICAN WOODCOCK was reported from the Ashton Tract. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area
Shorebirds seen included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE, and AMERICAN WOODCOCK 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 and MUTE SWAN, RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, AMERICAN COOT and PIED-BILLED GREBE. WILD TURKEY and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were reported at Finis Pool. PURPLE MARTINS were seen visiting bird town by the visitor center this week. A late LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen with HORNED LARK along Whitehall Neck Road last week and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was found by the entrance gate.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the marsh along the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area, along with AMERICAN AVOCET, VIRGINIA RAIL and approximately 1000 GREEN-WINGED TEAL. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were found in the pines along the Big Stone Beach Road. NORTHERN GANNET, LONG-TAILED DUCK plus SURF and BLACK SCOTER were seen at Bennett’s Pier Road. An early BARN SWALLOW was seen at Killen’s Pond State Park. The first YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in the state was reported today in the pines along the central tower road in Little Creek Wildlife Area. There was a big raft of 350 AMERICAN COOTS at the Mahon Impoundment in Little Creek Wildlife Area.
A dark phase ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was photographed near the first pullout along off the Prime Hook Beach Road. AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and FORSTER’S TERN continues to be seen at the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. AMERICAN WOODCOCK and a lingering SHORT-EARED OWL were reported along the refuge entrance road at dusk. A flock of SNOW GEESE at Fowlers Beach included 2 ROSS’S GEESE. A SEDGE WREN was reported along the Fowlers Beach Road. Shorebirds seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and a flock of BONAPARTE’S GULLS. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen at Slaughters Beach from Marvel Ave.
The first WHITE IBIS of the year was seen flying past Herring Point in Cape Henlopen State Park last Friday. PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, ICELAND GULL, and BRANT were at Cape Henlopen Point. BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, plus RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL along with a SNOWY EGRET, LEAST SANDPIPER and AMERICAN AVOCET were seen at Gordon’s Pond.
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. BROWN PELICANS were seen this week at South Bethany Beach. AMERICAN BITTERN and PALM WARBLER were found at Assawoman Wildlife Area. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was photographed at Old Landing along Love Creek near Rehoboth Beach.
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