Date: 6/12/26 5:42 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, June 12th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * June 12, 2026 * DEST 26.06.12
*Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLNG DUCK Mute Swan Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Black Scoter Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Black-billed Cuckoo Eastern Whip-poor-will Chuck-Will’s-Widow Common Nighthawk Virginia Rail Sora King Rail Common Gallinule American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Spotted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Dunlin White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper GULL-BILLED TERN Least Tern Common Tern ROSEATE TERN Sandwich Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Bonaparte’s Gull Common Loon Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet Brown Pelican Least Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-Crowned Night Heron Tricolored Heron Western Cattle Egret Glossy Ibis White Ibis Northern Harrier Barn Owl Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Willow Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Eastern Warbling Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch Grasshopper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Salt Marsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Louisiana Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Kentucky Warbler Black and white Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Northern Yellow Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Summer Tanager Dickcissel
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: June 12, 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, June 12th 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 308 species this week.
New this week was ROSEATE and SANDWICH TERNS, along with LEAST, COMMON, ROYAL TERNS and BLACK SKIMMER at Cape Henlopen State Park. There were also lingering COMMON LOON, NORTHERN GANNET, and BLACK SCOTER. Shorebirds at Cape Henlopen Point included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PIPING and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RED KNOT, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, DUNLIN and BONAPARTE’S GULL. WILD TURKEY was seen at the hawk watch. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, NORTHERN HARRIER, TRICOLORED HERON and WHITE IBIS were reported at Gordon’s Pond. SALT MARSH SPARROW was seen in the marsh behind the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal. A drake RING-NECKED DUCK was found in a retention pond behind the Monroe Ave Ponds off Freeman’s Highway. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was reported at Canary Creek near the University of Delaware’s Marine School. WILSON’S STORM-PETREL was reported from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center. BROWN PELICAN, plus LEAST, CASPIAN and ROYAL TERNS were seen on the Back Beach. A high count of 7 SALT MARSH and 40 SEASIDE SPARROWS were reported at the Marvel Salt Marsh Preserve. Another high count was 15 PIPING PLOVERS at Fowlers Beach in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge by observers that had permission due to restricted access. A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW continues to be seen along the Dike Trail at Prime Hook. BLACK-NECKED STILT and WHITE IBIS were reported in Broadkill Marsh. WILLOW FLYCATCHER and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were found along Oyster Rocks Road.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Peninsula Golf Course on Long Neck, Great Cypress Swamp, and Assawoman Canal Trail in Bethany Beach. KING RAIL was also reported from the Great Cypress Swamp. A lingering MAGNOLIA WARBLER was found in Holts Landing State Park. BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER was found at Trap Pond State Park. KENTUCKY WARBLER was reported in Redden State Forest. Goatsuckers reported included COMMON NIGHTHAWK at Cape Henlopen, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW at Assawoman, and EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL at Broadkill Beach.
BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH continues along the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford neck Wildlife Area. BANK SWALLOWS were seen at Pioneer Dredge Ponds south of Dover. The main Tract at Little Creek Wildlife Area had a slew of marsh birds, including VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, COMMON GALLINULE, AMERICAN COOT, and PIED-BILLED GREBE. A lingering PECTORAL SANDPIPER was reported, along with Black SKIMMER, CASPIAN and GULL-BILLED TERN. AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK SKIMMER and CASPIAN TERNS were seen at the Mahon Impoundment in Little Creek. A BROWN PELICAN was seen at Port Mahon. BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS were reported at Radly Road retention pond behind Garrison Lake south of Smyrna. SUMMER TANAGER, WORN-EATING and KENTUCKY WARBLER were found at the Norman Wilder Wildlife Area near Felton.
GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN and LEAST TERNS plus BLACK SKIMMER were reported at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Some lingering shorebirds included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. Waterbirds included MUTE SWAN. GREEN-WINGED TEAL, SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, GLOSSY IBIS, plus YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. A late WILSON’S WARBLER was reported from the Raymond Tower Trail. ALDER FLYCATCHER was reported by the Parson Point Trail, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found near Finis Pool, and a CLIFF SWALLOW was seen flying over Shearness Pool. BARN and BARRED OWLS were reported in the evening at the refuge.
COMMON GALLINULE, TRICOLORED HERON and SANDHILL CRANE were seen at the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area. LEAST BITTERN was found at Thousand Acre Marsh. SEASIDE SPARROWS continue at the end of Stave’s Land Road near Odessa. SUMMER TANAGER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and WORM-EATING WARBLER were reported at the Naudain Tract in Blackbird State Forest. A KENTUCKY WARBLER was reported at the Oak Hill Tract in Blackbird. As many as 5 DICKCISSELS have been reported at the Charles Price Park in Middletown, along with BOBOLINK, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, SAVANNAH and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. An AMERICAN KESTREL was seen nearby at Levels Road. NORTHERN BOBWHITE continues at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area.
In northern Delaware, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH continues in White Clay Creek State Park. BARRED OWL was photographed at William Redd Park in Newark. Eastern Warbling Vireo and Northern Yellow Warbler were found at Ashland Nature Center. NORTHERN PARULA was found at Brandywine Creek State Park and at First State National Historical Park near Smith’s Bridge. WARBLING and YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS were also reported at the latter location.
Project Fledgling Watch is now underway! The PEREGRINE FALCONS are raising three chicks at the nest box on the Brandywine Building in downtown Wilmington. The chicks, named Pink, Green and Yellow have left the nest and so far, there has been three rescues with the young returned to the roof of the Brandywine Building. One chick, Green disappeared for 24-fours but reappeared today. You can watch the nest box activity on the DOS Falcon cam found at: www.dosbirds.org/citizen-science/falcon-watch.
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