Date: 4/24/26 4:46 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, April 24th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * April 24, 2026 * DEST 26.04.24
*Birds mentioned Brant Snow Goose Mute Swan Blue-winged Teal EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL Surf Scoter Black Scoter Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eastern Whip-poor-will Chuck-Will’s-Widow Yellow-billed Cuckoo Virginia Rail Sora King Rail Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Hudsonian Whimbrel Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Willet Long-billed dowitcher Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe Semipalmated Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper CURLEW SANDPIPER Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Caspian Tern Black Skimmer LITTLE GULL Bonaparte’s Gull Iceland Gull Common Loon Brown Pelican White Ibis Glossy Ibis Black-crowned Night Heron YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Western Cattle Egret Green Heron Broad-winged Hawk Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-headed Woodpecker Common Raven Warbling Vireo White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Cliff Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch House Wren Wood Thrush PINE GROSBEAK Purple Finch Pine Siskin Grasshopper Sparrow Vesper Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush American Redstart Black and White Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Kentucky Warbler Hooded Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Northern Parula Palm Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Summer Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: April 24, 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 Friday, April 24th 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. Spring migration is underway with 18 species of warbler and 5 vireos. The unofficial Delaware Annual List increased by 12 birds to 265 species this week. New additions included, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLUE-WINGED, KENTUCKY, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
A winter plumaged CURLEW SANDPIPER was picked out of a flock of DUNLINS at Broadkill Beach Road in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and BLACK SKIMMER were also found at the Broadkill Marsh. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and AMERICAN AVOCET were seen at the Dike Trail. A SUMMER TANAGER was found along the refuge entrance road. STILT SANDPIPER and HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL continues to be seen at Oyster Rocks Road.
On Wednesday, an immature male PINE GROSBEAK was reported along the Floodplain Trail at Ashland Nature Center. If accepted by the Delaware Rare Birds Committee this would only be the 2nd Delaware Record and the first in 40 years. Birders searching for this bird were unsuccessful but did find COMMON LOON, BROAD-WINGED HAWK NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and a big flock of PURPLE FINCH. A PINE SISKIN was seen coming to a feeder near New Castle. BLACK and SURF SCOTER were seen on the Delaware River. The previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at First State National Historical Park south of Ramsey Road near Wilmington. Another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen at Brandywine Creek State Park along with COMMON MERGANSER, SOLITARY and SPOTTED SANDPIPER.
The first ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK of the year was found at William Redd Park near Newark. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was photographed along the Pomeroy Trail just north of the 1st pedestrian bridge in White Clay Creek State Park, along with BLUE-HEADED, WARBLING and WHITE-EYED VIREO. Warblers at White Clay included LOUISIANA and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, WORM-EATING, BALCK AND WHITE, BLUE-WINGED, YELLOW-THROATED, PALM, YELLOW-RUMPED and BLACK-THROATED GREEN. BROAD WINGED HAWK and COMMON LOONS were seen at Thompson’s Station Road. Lots of WOOD THRUSH, CATBIRDS, HOUSE WRENS, ORCHARD and BALTIMORE ORIOLES were reported this week, along with the first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS to reach northern Delaware. COMMON RAVEN continues to be seen at the Star Campus of the University of Delaware.
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was found along Cox Neck Road near Delaware City. SNOWY EGRET, CASPIAN TERN, and WILSON’S SNIPE was seen at Thousand Acre Marsh. SANDHILL CRANE was reported at the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area. SORA was heard at the Port Penn Tract. CLIFF SWALOW was seen at the Appoquinmink Bridge along Route 9 near Odessa. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK was seen at Charles Price Park in Middletown. EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, WILD TURKEY, and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were found at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area
A LITTLE GULL with a flock of BONAPARTE’S was seen at Woodland Beach along with ICELAND GULL and RED-NECKED GREBE. CLIFF SWALLOW was seen at the Flemings Landing Bridge. Waterfowl reported at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge included the previously reported EURASIAN GREEN WINGED TEAL, plus MUTE SWAN, SNOW GOOSE, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and RUDDY DUCK. Shorebirds seen were BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, SHORT-BILLED and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON’S SNIPE, plus SPOTTED, PECTORAL, SEMIPALMATED, and LEAST SANDPIPER. Waders found included SANDHILL CRANES, SNOWY EGRET, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, and GLOSSY IBIS.
The first KENTUCKY WARBLER along with HOODED, PROTHONOTARY, PALM, and BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was found at Blackiston Wildlife Area west of Smyrna. TRICOLORED HERON, WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS plus RING-NECKED DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE and BLACK-NECKED STILT was found at Little Creek Wildlife Area. BARN OWL was reported at Port Mahon. SORA and VIRGINIA RAIL were heard at Picking Beach Road. SORA, KING and VIRGINIA RAIL plus CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW and EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL were found Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area. BARRED OWL was heard calling along Bennett’s Pier Road.
WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS, BRANT and SURF SCOTER were seen at Cape Henlopen State Park. PIPING, BLACK-BELLIED, AND SEMIPALMTED PLOVER plus AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. WILD TURKEY, RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. BROWN PELICANS were seen from the Cape May – Lewes Ferry and at the Indian River Inlet. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Thompson’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. GREEN HERON was found at Burton’s Island.
VESPER SPARROW was reported at Ponder Road near Ellendale. A late lingering YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and DARK-EYED JUNCO were seen at Redden State Forest, along with YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and WORM-EATING WARBLER. RED-EYED VIREO, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and BLUE GROSBEAK were seen along the Nanticoke River in Seaford.
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