Date: 6/19/26 4:02 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, June 19th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * June 19, 2026 * DEST 26.06.19
*Birds mentioned Mute Swan Blue-winged Teal Black Scoter Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Chuck-Will’s-Widow Common Nighthawk Virginia Rail King Rail Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Short-billed Dowitcher Ruddy Turnstone Dunlin Sanderling Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper GULL-BILLED TERN Least Tern Common 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 Glossy Ibis White Ibis Northern Harrier Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-headed Woodpecker Peregrine Falcon Willow Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Eastern Warbling Vireo Brown-headed Nuthatch Grasshopper Sparrow Salt Marsh 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 Yellow-rumped Warbler Summer Tanager Dickcissel
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: June 19, 2026 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
Welcome to Summer! For Friday, Juneteenth 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 309 species this week.
New this week is an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. This bird showed up on Monday and is still being seen today at Shearness Pool. Some lingering shorebirds included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN and LEAST TERNS plus BLACK SKIMMER and BONAPARTE’S GULL were reported at Leatherbury Flats. Waterbirds included MUTE SWAN. BLUE-WINGED TEAL, SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, GLOSSY IBIS, plus YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. A KING RAIL was seen near Bear Swamp. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were seen near the Visitor’s Center.
It’s been a strange year for some late lingering migrants. A female YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was reported in Horseshoe Hills in Hockessin, a first June record per eBird and Birds of Delaware. This weekend, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and SOLITARY SANDPIPER were seen at White Clay Creek State Park, both were only the second June records for the state. Downstate, a lingering breeding plumage MAGNOLIA WARBLER was photographed by the Observation Tower in Assawoman Wildlife Area.
In northern Delaware, as many as 7 BOBOLINKS (5 males and 2 females) continues at Smith’s Mill Road aerodrome field in White Clay Creek State Park. WILLOW FLYCATCHER was found at the University of Delaware Ag Farm. EASTERN WARBLING VIREO and NORTHERN YELLOW WARBLER were found at Ashland Nature Center. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and NORTHERN PARULA were photographed in Brandywine Creek State Park.
SANDHILL CRANE were seen at the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area. LEAST BITTERN, GLOSSY IBIS and LITTLE BLUE HERON were found at the Port Penn Tract. A KENTUCKY WARBLER was reported at the Tybout’s Tract in Blackbird State Forest. DICKCISSELS and EASTERN MEADOWLARK continue at the Charles Price Park in Middletown. A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen over the Back Creek Golf Course north of Middletown. PEREGRINE FALCON was heard calling from the Railroad Bridge at Summitt Marina.
The Main Tract at Little Creek Wildlife Area had a slew of marsh birds, including VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON GALLINULE, and GULL-BILLED TERN. There were 32 AMERICAN AVOCET, plus BLACK-NECKED STILT, and BLACK SKIMMER at the Mahon Impoundment in Little Creek. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Bergold Road south of Dover. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH continues along the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area.
A SALT MARSH SPARROW Survey done this year found them at the Boardwalk Trail in Bombay Hook, Port Mahon, both North and South Bowers Beach, Slaughters Beach, and Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLIN, 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. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen at the Marvel Salt Marsh Preserve in Slaughters Beach.
WILSON’S STORM-PETREL was seen from Herring Point in Cape Henlopen State Park along with BLACK SCOTER. Shorebirds at Cape Henlopen Point included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PIPING and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, SANDERLING, RUDDY TURNSTONE, and BONAPARTE’S GULL. WILD TURKEY was seen at the Walking Dunes. GULL-BILLED and SANDWICH TERN, plus TRICOLORED HERON and WHITE IBIS were reported at Gordon’s Pond. An ALDER FLYCATCHER was reported along the north Gordon’s Pond Trail. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was reported at Canary Creek near the University of Delaware’s Marine School. WILSON’S STORM-PETREL was also reported from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. Goatsuckers reported included COMMON NIGHTHAWK and CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW at Cape Henlopen.
COMMON LOON and NORTHERN GANNET were reported at Fenwick Island State Park. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Peninsula Golf Course on Long Neck, Angola Neck Preserver, and Assawoman Wildlife Area. PROTHONTARY WARBLER and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH were found at Trap Pond State Park. SUMMER TANAGER plus KENTUCKY, YELLOW-THROATED, WORM-EATING, and BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER was reported in Redden State Forest.
Project Fledgling Watch is over! The PEREGRINE FALCONS have successfully raised 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 you can watch the nest box activity on the DOS Falcon cam found at: www.dosbirds.org/citizen-science/falcon-watch/.
Thanks to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Carlos Alejandro, Laureen Eick-Benson, Jean-Marie Gauthier, Walt Blackwell, Will Krohn, Rich Ehrlick, Jim Leckrone, Barbara Conway, Mark Wulfe, Jeremy Bird, Henry Holden, Kees de Mooy, Kiare Hughes, Judith Picciotto, Randy Fisher, Laura Wolf, Sam VanHorne, Finn Ward, Kelly Faber, Linga Houghton, Bob Suter, Andrew Jones, Eric Hartshaw, Kevin Bronson, Kevin Lutz, Larry Drexler, Ed Patten, David Thomas, Rod Murray, Chris Rankin, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Sue Gruver, Rob Blye, Richard Julian, Alice Mohrman, Troy Julian, Greg Gough, John Carter, Chris and Karen Bennett, Frank Rohrbacher, Jim and Amy White, Kim Steininger, Judy Montgomery, Holly Merker, John and Andy Dunn, Wendy Cesario, Joe Francis, Bruce Peterjohn, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for list distribution to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please call your reports into 302-463-0113 or email <ednieap...> Unt! il next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
