Date: 10/2/26 4:32 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, October 2nd, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * October 2, 2026 * DEST 26.10.02
*Birds mentioned Black Scoter Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Virginia Rail Sora American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Marbled Godwit HUDSONIAN GODWIT Ruddy Turnstone Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Willet Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Common Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Parasitic Jaeger BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE Bonaparte’s Gull Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Brown Pelican Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night Heron Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron White Ibis Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Barred Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-headed Woodpecker American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Common Raven Brown-headed Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned Kinglet Marsh Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Swainson’s Thrush Gray-cheeked Thrush Veery Wood Thrush American Pipit Lincoln’s Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Bobolink Baltimore Oriole Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush American Redstart Black and White Warbler Nashville Warbler Tennessee Warbler CONNECTICUT WARBLER Hooded Warbler Northern Parula Northern Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Summer Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak PAINTED BUNTING Indigo Bunting
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: October 2, 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, October 2nd 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 322 species this week.
The big storm that hit Delaware last weekend caused tidal flooding in Bethany, Dewey and Slaughters Beach. Unfortunately, no mega rarities were found during the storm. The previously reported immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was last seen at Indian River Inlet on Saturday. BLACK SCOTER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen at the inlet, plus COMMON, CASPIAN and ROYAL TERNS. COMMON LOON and BROWN PELICAN were seen offshore. TRICOLORED HERON, WHITE IBIS and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were seen at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. A WILLET was found at Bethany Beach.
Good numbers of lingering warblers are still being seen, including a CONNECTICUT WARBLER with a PHILADELPHIA VIREO at Holts Landing State Park yesterday. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and LEAST FLYCATCHER were seen at the McCabe Nature Preserve today. A HOODED WARBLER and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH were seen at Brandywine Creek State Park yesterday. A total of 24 species of warbler were reported this week including OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA, plus BLACK AND WHITE, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKBURNIAN, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL, PINE, PRAIRIE, PALM, YELLOW-RUMPED, plus BLACK-THROATED BLUE, and GREEN WARBLER
Upstate, a LINCOLN’S SPARROW was photographed from Middle Run Natural Area near Newark and seen at Ashland Nature Center. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and YELLOW-BREASTED SAPSUCKER were reported from Ashland Nature Center. Both RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were reported this week along with VEERY, SWAINSON’S and WOOD THRUSH. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was found at the Mt Cuba Center. Some late lingering birds included YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, COMMON NIGHTHAWK, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, BOBOLINK, SCARLET TANAGER, INDIGO BUNTING, and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
AMERICAN COOT and MARSH WREN were found at the Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge at Delaware’s Riverfront. BTW, Russell Peterson’s birthday is October 3rd!. COMMON TERN and BONAPARTE’S GULL were seen at Bull Hill in New Castle post storm on Monday. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at the Ferris School walking trail. SANDHILL CRANE, SORA, and VIRGINIA RAIL were reported at the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area. PIED-BILLED GREBE and SPOTTED SANDPIPER were reported at Augustine Beach. LITTLE BLUE HERON and BARRED OWL were reported from Lums Pond State Park. The first AMERICAN PIPIT of the season was at the Tybout's Tract in Blackbird State Forest.
A male PAINTED BUNTING was found along the Boardwalk Trail at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday. This bird was seen just past the bridge off the right-hand fork of the trail. Both MARBLED and 5 HUDSONIAN GODWIT were seen, along with 500+ AMERICAN AVOCET, BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, SHORT and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, DUNLIN, plus WESTERN, WHITE-RUMPED, STILT, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Waders included WHITE IBIS, TRICOLORED HERON, YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. SANDHILL CRANES. MERLIN, KESTREL, and PEREGRINE FALCON were reported at the refuge.
PARASITIC JAEGER was seen at the hawkwatch on Wednesday at Cape Henlopen State Park. BROWN PELICAN, BLACK SKIMMER, CASPIAN, and ROYAL TERN were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and DARK-EYED JUNCO were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. VIRGINIA RAIL and COMMON RAVEN were reported from Gordon’s Pond. A late lingering EASTERN KINGBIRD was seen at Roosevelt Inlet, along with 300+ WHITE IBIS. Late SUMMER TANAGERS were seen Assawoman Wildlife Area and in a yard near Harbeson.
It was a dull week at the Ashland Nature Center Hawk Watch, with 2 BROAD-WINGED HAWK seen Thursday, along 7 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 4 MERLIN and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS. New sightings included a BROWN CREEPER today. Cape Henlopen was a washout over the weekend, but there was a big flight after the storm on Tuesday with 125 SHARP-SHINNED and 16 COOPER’S HAWKS plus 14 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 9 MERLIN, and 7 PEREGRINES.
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