Date: 7/31/26 4:18 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, July 31st, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * July 31, 2026 * DEST 26.07.31
*Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Black Scoter Surf Scoter Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Chuck-will’s-Widow Virginia Rail Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Hudsonian Whimbrel UPLAND SANDPIPER Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Willet Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper GULL-BILLED TERN Black Tern Least Tern Common Tern SANDWICH TERN Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Common Loon Brown Pelican WOOD STORK Least Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night heron Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Western Cattle Egret Glossy Ibis White Ibis Red-headed Woodpecker Peregrine Falcon Eastern Warbling Vireo Cliff Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch SEDGE WREN Saltmarsh Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Bobolink Louisiana Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Black and White Warbler Northern Parula Yellow-throated Warbler Summer Tanager
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: July 31, 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 31st 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 311 species this week.
Today, an UPLAND SANDPIER was seen at Dover Air Force Base rom the Air Mobility Command museum. This bird was seen in flight from the north side of the fence looking out to the tarmac. Remember, no photography is allowed in this area. If you park along Route 9 looking for this bird you will be questioned by the MP's.
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, WORM-EATING and BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER were photographed at Brandywine Creek State Park on Saturday. EASTERN WARBLING VIREO was reported at Carousel Farms County Park. The last BOBOLINK was found Saturday at Smith Mill Road in White Clay Creek State Park. None were seen on Thursday. BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH plus SPOTTED and SOITARY SANDPIPER were seen at Creek Road in White Clay.
Big flocks of shorebirds including SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and a high count of 32 STILT SANDPIPERS, were at Thousand Acre Marsh near Delaware City along with VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON GALLINULE, LITTLE BLUE HERON, and SANDHILL CRANES. WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was seen at Cooks Farm off Frazer Road south of Glasgow.
The previously reported SEDGE WREN at the southeast corner of Raymond Pool in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge was last reported on Monday. Shorebirds reported at Bombay Hook included AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-NECKED STILT, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL, SHORT and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, plus WHITE-RUMPED, WESTERN, STILT, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. ROYAL and LEAST TERN were found at the impoundments this week. Waterbirds reported included GREEN-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON GALLINULE, TRICOLORED and LITTLE BLUE HERON, plus YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. PEREGRINE FALCON was seen hunting shorebirds over Raymond Pool. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were seen near the Visitor’s Center
A single BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was seen in a retention pond off Saks Road near Lake Como in Smyrna. As many as 15 GULL-BILLED TERNS continues to be seen at the main tract in Little Creek Wildlife Area, along with BLACK SKIMMER, CASPIAN and ROYAL TERN. A nonbreeding male WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen at the Little Creek Tower this week. Lots of shorebirds continue at the Mahon impoundments including AMERICAN AVOCET, 95 BLACK-NECK STILTS, and 30 STILT SANDPIPERS. An immature BLACK TERN was seen at Port Mahon along with WHITE IBIS, WILLET, RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLINGS.
RED KNOT, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, WHIMBREL. RUDDY TURNSTONE, WILLET and SANDERLING were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the Dupont Nature Center. SALTMARSH SPARROW and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT were found at the Marvel Slat Marsh Preserve. There was a peak count of 210 WHITE IBIS seen from the Dike Trail in Prime Hook, along with BLACK-BELLED, BLACK SKIMMER, WHIMBREL WILLET, AND TURNSTONE. BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS and SALTMARSH SPARROW were seen at Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook,
A WOOD STORK was photographed soaring over the Seaside Nature Center on Saturday, constituting the 6-state record of this species. The bird was seen flying off to the east but not reported at Cape May, where their WOOD STORK was last seen 10 days ago. It’s unclear if this is the same bird that was seen at Augustine Creek in New Castle Co in May but there have been reports of multiple wood storks as far north as Virginia. There have been WOOD STORKS reported as far north as New Haven, Connecticut this season. Maybe, this is another species moving north like WHITE IBIS.
A flock of 45 White Ibis were seen at Gordon’s Pond in Cape Henlopen State Park. A CLIFF SAWALLOW was picked out among the swallows there. Terns at Cape Henlopen State Park included LEAST, COMMON, CASPAIN, and ROYAL TERNS. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PIPING PLOVER, and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was seen at the Seaside Nature Center. SURF SCOTER and BROWN PELICAN were seen at Herring Point. WILD TURKEY was seen at the athletic fields.
WHITE IBIS and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was seen at Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach. SANDWICH TERN was photographed on the pilings at the Quillen’s Point VFW Hall in Ocean View. BLACK SCOTER and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were reported from Quillen’s Point in the Indian River Bay. TRICOLORED HERON was seen at James Farm Eco-Preserve Preserve and COMMON LOON was seen on White’s Creek. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and LEAST BITTERN were reported at the Assawoman Wildlife Area RED-HEADED WOODPECKED was also reported at Redden State Forest with WORM-EATING WARBLER and SUMMER TANAGER. LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER along with COMMON RAVEN were found at Trap Pond State Park. NORTHERN BOBWHITE was found near Greenwood. CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was calling at Jimtown off Robinsonville Road near Lewes.
Thanks to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Ethan Kang, Teddy Burke, Finn Ward, Cole Tiemann, Miles Marshall, Catherine Carter, Boyd McCoy, Greg Darone, Andy Shiley, Chris Rimmer, David Thomas, Bennett Bucci, John Bouwkamp, David Gerten, Randy Vicker, Bert Filemyr, Mike Rosengarten, Adam Balick, Ed Patten, Sam VanHorne, Kevin Bronson, Frank Rohrbacher, Judith Picciotto, John Carter, Phil Misseldine, Rod Murray, Chris Rankin, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Sue Gruver, Rob Blye, Richard Julian, Alice Mohrman, Greg Gough, Chris and Karen Bennett, Will Krohn, Frank Rohrbacher, Jim and Amy White, Walt Blackwell. Andy Jenkins, Barbara Jones, Jean-Marie Gautier, Kim Steininger, David Brown, 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. Remember, Birdline needs your support. I’ll be away for the next two week and the Birdline will be comp! iled by my friend, Carolyn Holland. You can call your sightings to her at 410-920-5685. Thank you for your support. This is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
