Date: 7/24/26 4:48 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, July 24th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * July 24, 2026 * DEST 26.07.24
*Birds mentioned Black Scoter Common Merganser Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Ring-necked Pheasant CHUCKAR Common Nighthawk Virginia Rail Sora Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Hudsonian Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Ruddy Turnstone Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper GULL-BILLED TERN Black Tern Least Tern Common Tern ROSEATE TERN Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Brown Pelican Least Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night heron Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Western Cattle Egret Glossy Ibis White Ibis Northern Harrier Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Warbling Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch SEDGE WREN Marsh Wren Saltmarsh Sparrow Bobolink Louisiana Waterthrush Prothonotary Warbler Black and White Warbler Northern Parula Dickcissel
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: July 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, July 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. The unofficial Delaware Annual List remains at 310 species this week.
A SEDGE WREN was found at the southeast corner of Raymond Pool in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. The bird has been intermittently singing along the short grass tributary that drains the pool. There was also multiple MARSH WRENS in the area for comparison. An early HUDSONIAN GODWIT was reported at Raymond Pool on Sunday evening but has not been seen since. Other shorebirds reported at Bombay Hook included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, plus SPOTTED, SOLITARY, WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN, STILT, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. BLACK and LEAST TERN were reported at Leatherbury Flats. GLOSSY IBIS were found along with SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON GALLINULE, LITTLE BLUE HERON, plus YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were seen near the Visitor’s Center. The first BOBLINKS were reported this week startin! g their fall migration and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER were reported at Finis Pool.
A CHUKAR was a surprising find in Brandywine Park in downtown Wilmington. That bird was photographed along the mill race under the Van Buren Street Bridge. The origins of the CHUKAR are currently not known, but this site is right across the creek from the Brandywine Zoo. There was a raft of 8 COMMON MERGANSERS (female with 7 nearly full-grown ducklings) on the Red Clay Creek at Auburn Valley State Park. A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and an early BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER were photographed at Brandywine Creek State Park. EASTERN WARBLING VIREO was reported at Bellevue State Park. A VEERY was reported in Carousel County Park. In Newark, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO was reported in the woods along Smith Mill Road in White Clay Creek State Park. NORTHERN PARULA and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was seen at Creek Road. BARRED OWL was reported off Paper Mill Road.
WHITE IBIS, LITTLE BLUE HERON, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, and SANDHILL CRANES were observed at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City along with SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, and COMMON GALLINULE. The big flock of swallows at Thousand Acre included BANK and a single CLIFF SWALLOW. SPOTTED, SOLITARY, STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at the Port Penn impoundments of the Augustine Wildlife Area along with a RING-NECKED PHEASANT. The latter bird is considered an escape from the nearby hunt club. DICKCISSEL continues to be reported at Charles Price Park in Middletown.
GULL-BILLED TERN continues to be seen at the main tract in Little Creek Wildlife Area, along with BLACK SKIMMER, CASPIAN and ROYAL TERN. WHITE IBIS was reported at Little Creek also. RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLINGS were seen at Port Mahon. A VIRGINIA RAIL was found at Big Stone Beach in the early morning hours.
GULL-BILLED and 3 breeding plumage BLACK TERNS were seen at the Petersfield Ditch at Broadkill Marsh in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge along with BLACK SKIMMER, ROYAL and LEAST TERN. Birders looking for the Petersfield Ditch can park at the concreate bridge along the Broadkill Beach Road and walk past the gate along the gravel roadway. WHITE IBIS and TRICOLORED HERON were seen from the Dike Trail in Prime Hook, along with BLACK-BELLED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS and SALTMARSH SPARROW were seen at Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook,
Terns at Cape Henlopen State Park included ROSEATE, SANDWICH, and GULL-BILLED TERN along with LEAST, COMMON, CASPAIN, and ROYAL TERNS. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PIPING PLOVER, HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL, and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was seen at the Seaside Nature Center. BLACK SCOTER and BROWN PELICAN were seen at Herring Point. WILD TURKEY with young was seen at the athletic fields. COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at Ft. Miles. There was a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON at Canary Creek on the north side of Lewes off Pilottown Road. A WILSON’S STORM-PETREL was seen from the Cape May – Lewes Ferry.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen in Dewey Beach. LEAST BITTERN and NORTHERN HARRIER were reported from the observation tower in Assawoman Wildlife Area. TRICOLORED HERON and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were reported at the Angola Neck Preserve. YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH were found at the Jester Tract in Redden State Forest.
Thanks to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Greg Darone, Andrew Markel, Jim Closs, Brian Moyer, Mary Ann Levan, Andy Shiley, Chris Rimmer, David Thomas, Ed Patten, Sam VanHorne, Kevin Bronson, Frank Rohrbacher, Judith Picciotto, John Carter, Phil Misseldine, Rod Murray, Chris Rankin, Carolyn Holland, Sue Gruver, Rob Blye, Richard Julian, Alice Mohrman, Greg Gough, Chris and Karen Bennett, Will Krohn, Frank Rohrbacher, Jim and Amy White, Kim Stieninger, David Brown, 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...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
