Date: 3/27/24 8:05 am From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] Brandywine Bird Walk this Saturday
The monthly Bird Walk at Brandywine Creek State Park will be this (Holy) Saturday, March 30th. The walk will start from the Nature Center at 8 am. Early arrivals like Wood Duck, Phoebe, and Tree Swallow will be highlighted. The park recently conducted a field management burn along the entrance road with Kestrel and Meadowlark seen last week. The walk will last about 3 hours, bring waterproof boots.
Date: 3/26/24 10:35 am From: joe sebastiani <00001a41d1bde7dd-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] Delaware Nature Society bird walks
Dear Birders, Delaware Nature Society is offering weekly bird walks during April and May. Please see the list below for locations and times. These are free and there is no registration, so just show up to the ones you want. All of the walks begin at 8am and last a few hours.
Sundays: Bucktoe Creek Preserve, 432 Sharp Road, Avondale, PA.
Tuesdays: Middle Run Natural Area, main parking area at Possum Hollow Road, Newark. (This road leads to Tri-state Bird Rescue. Gravel drive to the parking area is on the left near the end of the road).
Thursdays: Dupont Environmental Education Center. 1400 Delmarva Lane, Wilmington.
Joe Sebastiani
Director of Land Stewardship
Delaware Nature Society
<joe...><mailto:<joe...> (302) 413-5063
3511 Barley Mill Road
Hockessin, DE 19707
Date: 3/22/24 5:23 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 22nd, 2024
* Delaware * Statewide * March 22, 2024 * DEST 2024.03.22
*Birds mentioned Brant Mute Swan Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon EURASIAN WIGEON Gadwall “EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Virginia Rail Clapper Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Ruddy Turnstone Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Bonaparte’s Gull Laughing Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Royal Tern Forster’s Tern Common Loon Red-throated Loon Northern Gannet Great Cormorant AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Brown Pelican Great Egret Tricolored Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Glossy Ibis White Ibis Osprey Bald Eagle Barn Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Blue-headed Vireo Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Tree Swallow Barn Swallow White-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Marsh Wren Pine Siskin Purple Finch Chipping Sparrow Fox Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird WESTERN TANAGER Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler DICKCISSEL
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 22, 2024 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, March 22nd, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is the rare bird alert for The First State sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of our sponsors. The unofficial Delaware State Year List increased to 210 species this week with 3 new additions Spring arrivals included WOOD DUCK, OSPREY, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, PINE WARBLER, and CHIPPING SPARROWS throughout the state. LAUGHING GULLS and FORESTER’S TERNS were seen along the coast.
The previously reported WESTERN TANAGER continues to be seen intermittently along the Assawoman Canal Trail near Bethany Beach. He bird is being seen near the holly trees at the 0.5 mile post at the trail head off Osprey Lane in Ocean View. Parking is at the Kayak launch off Town Road along Route 26. New spring arrivals included a BLUE-HEADED VIREO was seen at the Chapel Branch Nature Center in Seaford, along with BROWN-HEADED and WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Early NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were seen at Ellis Pond near Laurel and at the Seaford Boat Ramp along the Nanticoke River. PALM WARBLER was also seen at this latter location. BARN SWALLOW was seen at Killen’s Pond State Park near Frederica. BARN SWALLOW and the first PURPLE MARTINS of the season were seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna.
In northern Delaware, AMERICAN KESTREL and EASTERN MEADOWLARK were seen at Brandywine Creek State Park along Thompson Bridge Road where there was just a planned meadow burn. PURPLE FINCH and FOX SPARROW were seen at the bird blind in Ashland Nature Center. AMERICAN WOODCOCK and GREAT HORNED OWL was found at Middle Run Natural Area near Newark. BARRED OWL was reported at Star Road off Rt 896 north of Newark. RUSTY BLACKBIRD was reported at Phillips Park off Apple Road. COMMON MERGANSERS were seen White Clay Creek, Newark Reservoir, Red Clay Creek and Hoopes Reservoir.
SANDHILL CRANES continue to be seen at Thousand Acre Marsh from the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area and the Port Penn impoundments. GLOSSY IBIS, VIRGINI RAIL, MARSH WREN, and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were seen at Port Penn impoundments. PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at the Reedy Point Bridge. Over 20 GREAT EGRETS were seen roosting at the heronry on Pea Patch Island from Veteran’s Park in Delaware City. NORTHERN BOBWHITES were heard calling at Blackbird Creek Reserve near Odessa. A COMMON RAVEN was seen along Route 13 north of Smyrna.
A pair of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS made a brief stop in Raymond Pool in Bombay on Saturday morning. SANDHILL CRANES were seen in the field with the log pile and behind the new visitor’s center The previously reported “EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues to be seen in the canal opposite Bear swamp. Other waterfowl reported included MUTE SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, RING-NECKED DUCK, GREATER and LESSER SCAUP, HOODED and COMMON MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE, GREAT EGRET, GLOSSY IBIS, AMERICAN COOT plus VIRGINIA and CLAPPER RAIL. WILD TURKEY, BARN and BARRED OWL were reported near the visitor’s center. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen by the main entrance gate. There was a high count of over 50 BALD EAGLES on Leatherbury Flats this week during the spring perch run. Over 350 AMERICAN AVOCETS were reported along with BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, plus LEAST SANDPIPER. PECTORAL! and LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at a vernal field pond of Parson Point Lane near Whitehall Neck Road.
The previously reported DICKCISSEL continues be seen at the feeder near Camden-Wyoming off Bryant’s Corner Road. Lots of waterfowl continues to be seen at the Mahon impoundments at Little Creek Wildlife Area, including, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 140 AMERICAN WIGEON, 8000 GADWALL, 646 RUDDY DUCKS, with LESSER SCAUP, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER. Shorebirds included AMERICAN AVOCETS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE and FORSTER’S TERNS. BLACK SCOTER, BONAPARTE’S GULLS and NORTHERN GANNETS were seen along the Delaware Bayshore at Port Mahon. AVOCETS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH were seen along the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and RUDDY TURNSTONE were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the DuPont Nature Center. GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen along the Dike Trail at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Milton. SHORT-EARED OWL and PEREGRINE FALCON were seen at Oyster Rocks Road.
PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BRANT, and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. HORNED GREBE, NORTHERN GANNET, COMMON and RED-THROATED LOONS were seen from the Cape Henlopen State Park Hawk watch. A EURASIAN Wigeon was seen in a flock of AMERICAN WIGEON and GADWALL on Wednesday in Gordon’s Pond along with MUTE SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL and HOODED MERGANSER. A GREAT HORNED OWL was photographed nesting on an OSPREY platform at the north end of the Gordon’s Pond Trail. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER continues to come to a feeder near Lewes.
BROWN PELICAN, ROYAL TERN and GREAT CORMORANT were seen at Indian River Inet. BRANT, LONG-TAILED DUCK, and GREATER SCAUP were seen at Burton’s Island Causeway, along with TRICOLORED HERON, GREAT EGRET, and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. A flock of 4 WHITE IBIS were seen in a farm puddle near Millsboro. PINE SISKINS were reported coming tom feeders in Millsboro and Lincoln. Both PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCHES were found at Trap Pond State Park.
Thanks to the many people that make the Birdline possible including, Steve Licata, Harris Brown, Alex Domb, Ed Crew, Ken Bass, Lynn Gulla, Drew Bailey, Carter Chambers, David Fees, Ben Filries, Greg Gough, Bert Filemyr, Mike Rosengarten, Martin Selzer, Lynn Jackson, Wendy Cesario, Jac Cottrell, Rebecca Longenecker, Jessica Shahan, Chris Machulski, Sue Gruver, Debbie Blair, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Jullian, Alice Mohrman, Karen and Chris Bennett, Frank Rohrbacher, Carolyn Holland, Rod Murray, Chris Rowe, John and Andy Dunn, Paul Beckman, Lloyd Maier, Joe Francis, Sandra Schriever, Melissa Lafferty, Scott Northey, Amy and Jim White, Mike Moore, Jim White, Bruce Peterjohn, Joe Russell, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for distributing the Birdline to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please call your reports into 302-792-9591 or email <ednieap...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
Date: 3/20/24 7:57 am From: Rob Blye <rwblye...> Subject: [de-birds] migrant birds in our yard
Since eBird is not accepting checklists today, I am experiencing withdrawal. To compensate, I must let the subscribers to DE Bird listserv know that we have had many yellow-rumped warblers at our suet feeders for the last several days. More interesting to me though was the orange-crowned warbler that visited the front suet this morning. It was a very plain gray green with little to no yellow, in contrast to the OCWA we observed all winter.
I conclude that the YRWA and the OCWA are migrants as the yellow-rumps are much more numerous than in the winter and the orange-crowned seems to have different plumage than our winter bird.
My wife heard the first chipping sparrow of the season in addition to the many pine warblers singing in the tops of the loblolly pines in the yard.
Spring has sprung although we did experience a snow flurry yesterday at Gordons Pond Trail!
*better living through birds* *Rob* Robert W. Blye 34603 Doe Run Lewes DE 19958-3332 302 945-8618 610 213-2413 mobile
Date: 3/15/24 5:23 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 15th, 2024
* Delaware * Statewide * March 15, 2024 * DEST 2024.03.15
*Birds mentioned Cackling Goose Brant Tundra Swan Mute Swan Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon “EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe EARED GREBE RED-NECKED GREBE Wild Turkey Sora Virginia Rail Clapper Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Killdeer Ruddy Turnstone Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Long-billed Dowitcher Pectoral Sandpiper American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Bonaparte’s Gull LITTLE GULL Laughing Gull Forster’s Tern Razorbill Great Egret Tricolored Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Glossy Ibis White Ibis Osprey Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Tree Swallow Barn Swallow White-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch Marsh Wren Pine Siskin Purple Finch Chipping Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird WESTERN TANAGER Orange-crowned Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 15, 2024 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
Beware the Ides of March! For Friday, March 15th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is the rare bird alert for The First State sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of our sponsors. The unofficial Delaware State Year List increased to 207 species this week with 5 new additions Spring arrivals included WOOD DUCK, OSPREY, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW and CHIPPING SPARROWS throughout the state. LAUGHING GULLS and FORSTER’S TERNS were seen along the coast.
Today, a female WESTERN TANAGER was re-found at the kayak launch along the Assawoman Canal Trail in Ocean View. To find this site, take Route 26 between Bethany Beach and Ocean View and turn north on West Ave. Turn right on Osprey Lane and look for the parking area. An EARED GREBE was discovered at James Farm Eco-Preserve off Cedar Neck Road on Wednesday, along with RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, and COMMON GOLDENEYE. A PINE SISKIN was reported at James Farm on Thursday. A sizable movement of waterbirds were seen this week with 470 HORNED GREBES counted in Indian River Bay. 30 CANVASBACKS were seen off Long Neck. RED-NECKED GREBE, RAZORBILL, and 4 REDHEADS were seen off Tower Road Bayside in Delaware Seashore State Park. BROWN PELICAN, RAZORBILL, and LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen at Indian River Inlet. There was a flight of 19 WHITE IBIS seen at Burton’s Island behind the north marina today. Previously this week, TRICOLORED HERON, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, BRANT, HORNED and PIED-! BILLED GREBE were seen at Burton’s Island.
A pair of adult LITTLE GULLS, plus MERLIN, and WHITE IBIS were seen flying north along the coast at Cape Henlopen State Park today. The first BARN SWALLOW of the year was seen at the Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier. PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and BRANT were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN PELICAN and LAUGHING GULL were seen at Herring Point. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was reported along the Salt Marsh Spur Nature Trail. AMERICAN WOODCOCK was heard calling along the entrance road to the state park. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen at feeders in Lewes.
At Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Milton, a “EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen at the photography blind off the Black Farm Trail near the headquarters. AMERICAN AVOCET, SORA, KING RAIL, and MARSH WREN were reported along the Dike Trail. WILD TURKEY was found along the entrance road. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, PURPLE FINCH and RUSTY BLACKBIRD was reported along Grave’s Farm Road. EASTERN MEADOWLARK was seen along Little Neck Road. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, AVOCET, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON continues to be seen at the north end of Slaughter’s Beach. In western Sussex Co., RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be found at Woodland Ferry and WHITE-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at Chapel Branch Nature Center near Seaford.
The big raft of waterfowl at the Mahon impoundments at Little Creek Wildlife Area included AMERICAN WIGEON, LESSER SCAUP, COMMON MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK and about 400 AMERICAN COOTS, along with both GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. BARRED OWL was reported at Silver Lake Park in Dover. A COMMON RAVEN was seen along Route 13 north of Smyrna.
AMERICAN AVOCET, LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON’S SNIPE and the first BLACK-NECKED STILTS of the season were reported at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna. A flock of 11 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen Wednesday at a field pool along Raymond Neck Road outside the refuge. SANDHILL CRANE and WILD TURKEY were in the fields across from the visitor’s center. The previously reported “EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues to be seen at Bear Swamp, along with CLAPPER and VIRGINIA RAIL. Other waterfowl reported included CACKLING GOOSE, MUTE and TUNDRA SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, GREATER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, and all three MERGANSERS, HOODED, COMMON and RED-BREASTED, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE and AMERICAN COOT. GLOSSY IBIS and GREAT EGRET were seen at Shearness Pool. AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were displaying by the visitor center at dawn and a SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at Bear Swamp.
The previous reported pair of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue to be seen along Saw Mill Road at the Naudain Tract in Blackbird State Foret near Townsend. BONAPARTE’S GULLS were seen at Augustine Beach near Port Penn. SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Thousand Acre Marsh and the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area. VIRGINIA RAIL and MARSH WREN were reported at the Port Penn Impoundments. PEREGRINE FALCON was seen at Reedy Point Bridge.
There was a reported EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE in Bellefonte but no further details were available. PIED-BILLED GREBE and RING-NECKED DUCKS were seen at Harry’s Pond in Brandywine Town Center. AMERICAN KESTREL was seen at Coverdale Farms. KILLDEER was observed setting up nesting territory at the OSHER Center off Kennett Pike in Wilmington. A CANVASBACK was seen on Newark Reservoir last Friday, along with AMERICAN WIGEON, COMMON MERGANSER and PIED-BILLED GREBE. BARRED OWL was reported in Newark. In downtown Wilmington, there is now a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS in the evergreen south of the Swinging Bridge in Brandywine Park. The pair of PEREGRINES are still at the Brandywine Building but no nesting has taken place.
Thanks to the many people that make the Birdline possible including, Bill and Naomi Murphy, Carter Chambers, Stacy Rabinovitz, Michael Mayer, Eric Hall, Andrew Albright, Rachel Barham, Dan Evangelista, David Fees, Ben Filries, Chris Hinkle, Judy Rose Seibert, Greg Gough, Philip Winter, Ashley Norton, Bert Filemyr, Mike Rosengarten, Martin Selzer, Lynn Jackson, Wendy Cesario, Sue Gruver, Debbie Blair, Nancy Cunningham, Richard Jullian, Alice Mohrman, Karen and Chris Bennett, Frank Rohrbacher, Carolyn Holland, Rod Murray, Chris Rowe, John and Andy Dunn, Paul Beckman, Lloyd Maier, Joe Francis, Melissa Lafferty, Scott Northey, Mike Moore, Jim White, David Goodman, Joe Sebastiani, Bruce Peterjohn, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for distributing the Birdline to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please call your reports into 302-792-9591 or email <ednieap...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
Date: 3/9/24 7:24 am From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 8th, 2024
* Delaware
* Statewide
* March 8, 2024
* DEST 2024.03.08
*Birds mentioned
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Ross’s Goose
Snow x Ross’s Goose hybrid
Cackling Goose
Brant
Tundra Swan
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
“EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Wild Turkey
Sora
Virginia Rail
Clapper Rail
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
Willet
Western Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Bonaparte’s Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Forster’s Tern
Razorbill
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Egret
Tricolored Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
House wren
Marsh Wren
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Cape May Warbler
DICKCISSEL
Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: March 8, 2024
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, March 8th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is the rare bird alert for The First State sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of our sponsors. The unofficial Delaware State Year List remains at 202 species this week with no new additions Spring arrivals included WOOD DUCK, TREE SWALLOW and CHIPPING SPARROWS throughout the state.
Spring continues to march north! EASTERN PHOEBES, which usually arrive by St. Patrick’s Day were found in New Castle Co. at Ashland Nature Center and the Selby Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area. PINE WARBLERS were reported at Carousel County Park, Ashton Tract, Tybout’s Tract in Blackbird State Forest, Killen’s Pond State Park, and along the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area. All three counties in the state reported OSPREY, with New Castle Co.’s first record in Glasgow. DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS returned to Brandywine Park in Wilmington. AMERICAN WOODCOCK were found doing the “Timberdoodle Dance” at Phillips Park in Newark, Glasgow, Ashton Tract, Bombay Hook, Massey’s Church Road near Smyrna, Milford Neck Wildlife Area, and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Milton.
The year of the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER continues with 6 sightings this week. ORANGE-CROWNS were seen coming to feeders at Camden-Wyoming, Lewes and Angola Neck near Rehoboth Beach. Additionally, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were found out in the field at the Port Penn impoundments, Logan Lane Tract in the Ted Harvey Wildlife Area, and photographed along the Assawoman Canal Trail near Bethany Beach. The previously reported CAPE MAY WARBLER continues to be seen coming to a feeder near Laurel and DICKCISSEL was reported at a feeder in Camden-Wyoming. PINE SISKINS were reported at Stardale, north of Newark and in Millsboro. PURPLE FINCHES were reported coming to the feeders at the Ashland Nature Center, Richardson Park in Wilmington, and in Camden-Wyoming.
In northern Delaware, a CACKLING GOOSE was seen at Carousel Park. BARRED OWL was found at Phillips Park and at Walnut Ridge near Centerville. A COMMON RAVEN was reported along the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington. The PEREGRINE FALCONS continue to be seen at the nest box on the Brandywine Building. SANDHILL CRANES continue to be seen at the Ashton Tract. Several GREAT EGRETS were seen at Thousand Acre Marsh along Dutch Neck Road. BARN OWL and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were seen at the maintenance building in Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area.
SANDHILL CRANES were also reported at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna, along with AMERICAN BITTERN, GREAT EGRET and a lone lingering GLOSSY IBIS, plus PIED-BILLED GREBE, AMERICAN COOT, VIRGINIA and CLAPPER RAIL. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen Sunday along with a SNOW X ROSS’S GOOSE hybrid. Other waterfowl reported included a “EURASIAN” GREEN-WINGED TEAL continuing at Bear Swamp, MUTE and TUNDRA SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, RING-NECKED DUCK, CANVASBACK, LESSER and GREATER SCAUP, RUDDY DUCK, plus all three species of MERGANSER: COMMON, HOODED AND RED-BREASTED. Shorebirds seen included AMERICAN AVOCET, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILLET, and WILSON’S SNIPE. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen Wednesday at Bear Swamp. WILD TURKEY was found by the visitor’s center. A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen along Whitehall Neck Road and a pair of BONAPARTE’S GULLS were found along Raymond Neck Road. EASTERN PHOEBE, RUSTY BLACKBIRD and WOOD DUCK were reported from Big Oak Park.
Lots of waterfowl continue to be seen at Little Creek Wildlife Area, including BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the Mahon Impoundments, along with RING-NECKED DUCK, LESSER and GREATER SCAUP, COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE, hundreds of AMERICAN COOTS, BONAPARTE’S GULL and FORSTER’S TERN. WILSON ‘SNIPE, CLAPPER and VIRGINIA RAIL and a high count of 24 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were found at Little Creek’s main tract. An AMERICAN BITTERN was flushed at Pickering Beach. A HOUSE WREN was discovered at the Logan Lane Tract in the Ted Harvey Wildlife Area. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH continue to be found along the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area. RED-THROATED LOON, NORTHERN GANNET, and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were seen at Big Stone Beach. A big flock of 245 AMERICAN AVOCETS were found in the marsh along with VIRGINIA RAIL and MARSH WREN.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, WILLET, plus WESTERN and PURPLE SANDPIPER were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center. FORSTER’S TERNS and BONAPARTE’S GULLS were seen along the jetty. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen in the cedars by the pond in the Marvel Salt Mash Preserve north of Slaughters Beach. SHORT-EARED OWLS continue to be seen at Fowlers Beach in Prime Hook. SORA was found along the Dike Trail at Prime Hook headquarters.
COMMON RAVEN, PURPLE FINCH and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH were found in Cape Henlopen State Park. PIPING PLOVER continues at Cape Henlopen Point. RAZORBILL and a first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL were seen at Herring Point on Thursday. NORTHERN GANNETS, RED-THROATED LOON and all 3 species of SCOTER, BLACK, SURF and WHITE-WINGED were seen offshore, along with a few migrating WOOD DUCKS. The previously reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD continues at a feeder near Lewes.
RAZORBILL, LONG-TAILED DUCK, and all three SCOTERS were seen at Indian River Inlet. TRICOLORED HERON, COMMON LOON, BRANT, and HORNED GREBE were seen at Burton’s Island causeway behind the north marina. A COMMON GOLDENEYE was reported at Savages Ditch in Delaware Seashore State Park. BLUE-WINGED TEAL and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH were found at Assawoman Wildlife Area near Fenwick Island. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER also continue to be seen in western Sussex Co, at Woodland Ferry near Seaford.
Thanks to the many people that make the Birdline possible including, Gary Griffith, Michelle Gee, Lynn Kohler, Lynn Gulla, Matt Sarver, David Fees, Ben Filries, Chris Hinkle, Kevin Bronson, Kevin Smith, Judy Rose Seibert, Brian McCaffrey, Greg Gough, Philip Winter, Ashley Norton, Devid Pearson, Linda Houghton, Jennifer Dean, Martin Selzer, Lynn Jackson, Jennifer Christy, Barba Jones, Sean O’Connor, Wendy Cesario, Sue Gruver, Debbie Blair, Nancy Cunningham, Steve and Sue McInnis, Richard Jullian, Alice Mohrman, Karen and Chris Bennett, Frank Rohrbacher, Carolyn Holland, Rod Murray, Chris Rowe, John and Andy Dunn, Megan Kasprzak, Jac Cottrell, Paul Beckman, Lloyd Maier, Amy O’Neil, Phyllis Rawling, Joe Francis, Melissa Lafferty, Scott Northey, Mike Moore, Joe Sebastiani, Bruce Peterjohn, and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico for distributing the Birdline to DOS members. Birdline needs your sightings. Please call your reports into 302-792-9591 or email <ednieap...> Until next week, this is Andy Ednie wishing you good birding!
Date: 3/1/24 4:43 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, March 1st, 2024
* Delaware * Statewide * March 1, 2024 * DEST 2024.03.01
*Birds mentioned Ross’s Goose Cackling Goose BARNACLE GOOSE Brant Tundra Swan Mute Swan Wood Duck EURASIAN WIGEON EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe RED-NECKED GREBE Wild Turkey Virginia Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Willet Western Sandpiper Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher American Woodcock Wilson’s Snipe Bonaparte’s Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Forster’s Tern Razorbill Northern Gannet Great Cormorant American Bittern Great Egret Tricolored Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Glossy Ibis Osprey Barn Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Red-headed Woodpecker American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Eastern Phoebe Common Raven Tree Swallow Brown-headed Nuthatch Marsh Wren Pine Siskin Purple Finch Chipping Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Orange-crowned Warbler Cape May Warbler Common Yellowthroat WESTERN TANAGER DICKCISSEL
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: March 1, 2024 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, March 1st, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is the rare bird alert for The First State sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of our sponsors. The unofficial Delaware State Year List reached 202 species this week! Spring arrivals included WOOD DUCK, TREE SWALLOW and CHIPPING SPARROW throughout the state.
New this week was PIPING PLOVER found at the Breakwater Harbor in Cape Henlopen State Park. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, BRANT, BONAPARTE’S and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, GREAT CORMORANT and NORTHERN GANNET were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was reported at the Seaside Nature Center. GREATER SCAUP was seen at Herring Point. The first OSPREY of the year was seen at Gordon’s Pond. CANVASBACKS are still being seen at Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was reported at Indian River Inlet across from the campgrounds on Sunday. RAZORBILL was also seen at the inlet along with BRANT, LONG-TAILED DUCK, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, and all three SCOTERS, BLACK, SURF AND WHITE-WINGED. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, BONAPARTE’S GULL and FORSTER’S TERN were seen at the jetty, and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at the inlet today. TRICOLORED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were seen at Burton’s Island at the north marina, along with PIED-BILLED and HORNED GREBE.
A WESTERN TANGER was found today near Bethany Beach along the Assawoman Canal Trail. Parking for the trailhead is along Route 26 in Ocean View. This is less then a mile from where the previous WESTERN TANAGER was reported last week. Birders at Assawoman Wildlife Area found EURASIAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH.
Fowlers Beach in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Milton will be closed from March 1st until October for beach nesters. SNOW BUNTING and IPSWICH SAVANNAH SPARROW were seen there this week. SHORT-EARED OWL, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were seen at the entrance gate. A ROSS’S GOOSE was found among the SNOW GEESE at Cods Road. PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen at Prime Hook headquarters. AMERICAN WOODCOCK was calling at dusk along Oyster Rocks Road. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER., plus WESTERN and PURPLE SANDPIPER were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center.
A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was found at the Mahon Impoundment of Little Creek Wildlife Area, along WITH BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREATER and LESSER SCAUP, HOODED and COMMON MERGANSER, RUDDY DUCK and a huge flock of 1200 AMERICAN COOTS. LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON’S SNIPE, and FORSTER’S TERN were found at the marsh. A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at the main tract tower. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was found at the Big Stone Beach Road in Milford Neck Wildlife Area.
The previously reported feeding station near Camden-Wyoming on Bryant’s Corner Road continues to host DICKCISSEL, PURPLE FINCH, PINE and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. PURPLE FINCHES were also seen at feeders in Seaford, Milford and at Ashland Nature Center near Hockessin. PINE SISKINS were seen at feeders in Millsboro. The previously reported CAPE MAY WARBLER was coming to a suet feeder near Laurel. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS continue to be seen at feeders in Seaford and Newport. A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD continues to be seen in Lewes.
GLOSSY IBIS, AMERICAN BITTERN, GREAT EGRET and SANDHILL CRANE continue to be seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna. Shorebirds seen this week included AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, and WILSON’S SNIPE. AMERICAN WOODCOCKS were displaying by the new visitor’s center at disk. The previously reported EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues to be seen at Bear swamp. CANVASBACK and RING-NECKED DUCKS were seen at Shearness Pool. A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen at the refuge on Sunday. All three FALCONS, KESTREL, MERLIN AND PEREGRINE were seen this week, along with BARN and BARRED OWL. Landbirds reported included WILD TURKEY, EASTERN PHOEBE, MARSH WREN, AMERICAN PIPIT, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT.
The previously reported BARNACLE GOOSE continues to be seen north of Smyrna along Duck Creek, along with GREATER WHITE-FRONTED and CACKLING GOOSE. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen at the Naudain Tract along Saw Mill Road in Blackbird State Forest. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were seen at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area. SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area near Port Penn. VIRGINIA RAIL, AMERICAN COOTS, and PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen at the Port Penn impoundments. A flock of 11 GREAT EGRETS were seen at Thousand Acre Marsh along Dutch Neck Road. A COMMON RAVEN was seen near Delaware City.
BARRED OWL was calling at Christina Manin Newark. COMMON MERGANSERS were seen along the Brandywine Creek. RING-NECKED DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE and AMERICAN COOT were found at Harry’s Pond in Brandywine Town Center. PIED-BILLED GREBE and MERLIN were seen at the OSHER academy of Lifelong Learning in Wilmington.
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