RBA * Delaware * Statewide * November 13, 2026 * DEST 26.11.13
*Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK Snow Goose Cackling Goose Northern Shoveler EURASIAN WIGEON Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Black Scoter Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Hooded Merganser Red-breaster Merganser Ruddy Duck Northern Bobwhite Yellow-billed Cuckoo American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover HUDSONIAN GODWIT Marbled Godwit Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe Least Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Black Skimmer Caspian Tern Royal Tern Common Loon Red-throated Loon Pied-billed Grebe Brown Pelican Northern Gannet American Bittern Black-crowned Night Heron White Ibis Osprey Northern Harrier Bald Eagle ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK GOLDEN EAGLE Great Horned Owl Barred Owl White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Common Raven Brown-headed Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch RED CROSSBILL Purple Finch Pine Siskin Nelson’s Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Fox Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Palm Warbler Prairie Warble
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: November 13, 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 November. Friday the 13th 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.
New this week was the first sighting of RED CROSSBILL of the season from Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch on Tuesday. This was a single male that was photographed in the pines. Other Red Crossbill were seen this week at Cape May, New Jersey and Kiptopeke State Park in Cape Charles, Virginia. Is this a sign of an invasion year? All ready there has been a healthy flight of crossbills into the Chicago area and all around the eastern Great Lakes. This might be the year!
Some late lingering migrants included a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna. A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen at Cohee Road near the Marvel Saltmarsh Preserve in Slaughters Beach. A PALM WARBLER was seen at Bombay Hook and Ashland Nature Center. COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was also seen at Bombay Hook. WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook National; Wildlife Refuge. BLUE-HEADED VIREO was seen in the White’s Creek area of Ocean View.
NORTHERN SHOVELER, RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, and HOODED MERGANSER were seen on Newark Reservoir. COMMON GOLDENEYE was seen at the Pencader Ponds near Glasgow. BARRED OWL was found at Ashland Nature Center, along with FOX SPARROW and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. GREAT HORNED OWL, COMMON RAVEN and NORTHERN HARRIER were seen at Brandywine Creek State Park. BLACK SCOTER and NORTHERN GANNET were seen along the Delaware River at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area, along with NORTHERN BOBWHITE, GREAT HORNED OWL, and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
A flock of 13 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS were seen at Wheatley’s Pond in Clayton. CACKLING GOOSE was seen by Lake Como south of Smyrna. Both MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWIT are still seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge along with AMERICAN AVOCET, LONG and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON’S SNIPE, BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, plus LEAST, WESTERN, and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. Waterfowl reported included SNOW and CACKLING GOOSE, RING-NECKED DUCK, and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. SANDHILL CRANE. PIED-BILLED GREBE, and AMERICAN BITTERN, were reported this week. LONG-TAILED DUCK, LESSER SCAUP, and 27 NORTHERN GANNETS were seen at Pickering Beach today.
NELSON’S and SALTMARSH SPARROW were seen along Lighthouse Road near the duPont Nature Center at Mispillion Inlet. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen at the Marvel Salt Marsh Preserve. SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER were seen at Cape Henlopen State Park. Birds at Cape Henlopen Point included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, CASPIAN and ROYAL TERN, plus BRANT, ROYAL TERN, WHITE IBIS, NORTHERN GANNET, BROWN PELICAN, plus COMMON and RED-THROATED LOON. Both BROWN-HEADED and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center.
BLACK SKIMMER was reported along the ocean at Rehoboth Beach. COMMON EIDER, GREATER SCAUP, plus SURF, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTER were seen at Indian River Inlet along with GREAT CORMORANT, BROWN PELICAN, COMMON LOON, and NORHERN GANNET. RUDDY TURNSTONE and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen on the jetty. A EURASIAN WIGEON continues to be seen at Assawoman Wildlife Area near Fenwick Island along with BLUE-WINGED TEAL, WOOD DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE, and about 350 AMERICAN WIGEON. WHITE IBIS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen near the observation platform.
Another ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch on Monday, along with a late OSPREY. A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen Sunday at the Ashland Nature Center. COMMON RAVEN, PURPLE FUNCH, PINE SISKIN and COMMON LOON were seen almost daily at both hawk watches.
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