Date: 10/30/26 5:09 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, October 30th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * October 30, 2026 * DEST 26.10.30
*Birds mentioned Cackling Goose Blue-winged Teal EURASIAN WIGEON Ring-necked Duck Black Scoter Surf Scoter Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Northern Bobwhite Ruby-throated Hummingbird Virginia Rail Sandhill Crane American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover HUDSONIAN GODWIT Ruddy Turnstone Spotted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Sanderling Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper POMARINE JAEGER Bonaparte's Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Common Loon Red-throated Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Brown Pelican Northern Gannet AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Black-crowned Night Heron Tricolored Heron Green Heron White Ibis Osprey Northern Harrier Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk GOLDEN EAGLE Barred Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-headed Woodpecker American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Common Raven Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-brested Nuthatch Northern House Wren SEDGE WREN Hermit Thrush Swainson’s Thrush Purple Finch Pine Siskin Nelson’s Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Baltimore Oriole American Redstart Black and White Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Tennessee Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: October 30, 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 30th 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 325 species this week. Happy Halloween everybody!
NELSON’S SPARROWS were seen at several locations including Bombay Hook National; Wildlife Refuge, Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, and Lighthouse Road at Mispillion Inlet. SALTMARSH SPARROW was also reported at this latter location. There were several reports of LINCOLN’S, FOX, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was reported at the Cape Henlopen Point Parking Lot. Only 11 species of WARBLER were reported this week including AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK AND WHITE, TENNESSEE, CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, BLACKPOLL, PINE, PALM, YELLOW-RUMPED, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.
A few lingering RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD continue to be seen at feeders. Other late birds included BLUE-HEADED VIREO, TREE SWALLOW, NORTHERN HOUSE WREN, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Some commonly seen birds included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, both KINGLETS, HERMIT THRUSH, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCH.
A EURASIAN WIGEON was found at Assawoman Wildlife Area near Fenwick Island along with BLUE-WINGED TEAL, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and PIED-BILLED GREBE. A lingering LEAST FLYCATCHER was photographed off Route 54 west of Delmar. A late SPOTTED SANDPIPER was photographed at Cupola Park in Millsboro. WILSON’S SNIPE was seen at Oyster Rocks. GREEN HERON as seen at the Dike Trail in Prime Hook.
A POMARINE JAEGER was seen at Cape Henlopen State Park on Sunday. Birds at Cape Henlopen Point included BLACK and SURF SCOTER, BONAPARTE’S GULL, ROYAL TERN, NORTHERN GANNET, BROWN PELICAN, plus COMMON and RED-THROATED LOON. Cape Henlopen State Park hosted the NUTHATCH trifecta with BROWN-HEADED, WHITE and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES seen this week. A SEDGE WREN was found along the Gordon’s Pond Trail this week, along with TRICOLORED HERON, WHITE IBIS, and PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
COMMON and RED-THROATED LOON, NORTHERN GANNET, BLACK and SURF SCOTER, BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, plus RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, and ROYAL TERN were seen at Bennett’s Pier in Delaware Wildlands near Milford Neck Wildlife Area. AMERICAN COOT, PIED-BILLED GREBE and a single AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN were seen at the Mahon Impoundments of Little Creek Wildlife Area.
CASPIAN TERN, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, AMERICAN AVOCET, LONG and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LEAST SANDPIPER, plus BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Waterfowl reported included HORNED GREBE, RING-NECKED DUCK, HOODED and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. SANDHILL CRANES and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were reported along with RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
CACKLING GOOSE was seen flying over Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area. Also reported was RUDDY DUCK, NORTHERN BOBWHITE, VIRGINIA RAIL, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, COMMON LOON, BARRED OWL, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and SEASIDE SPARROW. RING-NECKED DUCK and PIED BILLED GREBE were seen at the St Anne’s Road retention pond near Middletown. BUFFLEHEADS were seen on Newark Reservoir. HOODED MERGANSER was seen on Hoopes Reservoir. BARRED OWL was seen in the early morning in Canterberry Hills near Hockessin. NORTHERN HARRIER was seen along the entrance road at Brandywine Creek State Park.
Two GOLDEN EAGLES were seen at the Ashland Nature Center this week. A total of 43 BALD EAGLES and 36 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS were reported. A BONAPARTE’S GULL and COMMON RAVENS were seen flying over Ashland this week. Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch did see PEREGRINE FALCONS, AMERICAN KESTRELS and MERLIN plus 16 BALD EAGLES and 5 OSPREYS. A total of 16 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS were seen today along with a BARN SWALLOW.
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