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Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey
Yellow Rail
Virginia Rail
King Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
Solitary Sandpiper
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
White-winged Tern |
Black Skimmer
Red-headed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Cliff Swallow
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Veery
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Grasshopper Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty blackbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin |
Birdline Delaware Number: 302-658-2747
To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (voice); 302-661-3098 (FAX)
Compiler: Andy Ednie (ednieap@verizon.net)
Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
Transcriber: Andy Ednie
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For, Friday, May 2nd this is Birdline Delaware, from the Delaware Museum of Natural History in Greenville. The unofficial Delaware State Year List now stands at 260 species, up 16 birds this week. BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and SCARLET TANAGER were widely reported as a new arrival on Tuesday.
The best bird of the week was a WHITE-WINGED TERN in basic plumage was
discovered at the north pond of the Logan Lane Tract of the Ted Harvey Conservation Area, off the Kitts Hummock Rd. southeast of Dover. This would constitute the 8th Delaware record, the first since 1994. This bird has a dark primaries, white rump and tail, and slight facial markings.
As you enter the area, take the first left before the house, turn left again
upon entering the woods and take that road to the turn around by the pond. Most people set up their scopes by the juniper bush at the edge of the marsh and scan the sandbar in the middle of the pond. The WHITE-WINGED TERN has also been seen on the south side of the Logan Tract, over the ponds there.
Other birds in the area include an immature LITTLE GULL with several
BONAPARTE'S GULLS. One party found a drake EURASIAN WIGEON that has been previously reported in the area. About 60 BLACK SKIMMERS were there on Thursday. AMERICAN BITTERN, LITTLE BLUE HERON, LEAST TERN, and RUDDY DUCK were also reported at the Logan Tract this week.
One party looking for the tern also found a possible YELLOW RAIL along the
Port Mahon Road. That bird was found at the first culvert along the road going out to the bay. The bird responded to a tape during the day in the rain, and was briefly seen in a ditch about 30 feet from the road.
The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to be seen at Woodland Beach
Wildlife Area. That bird is associated with several SNOW GEESE in the pond behind Tony Florio's at the end of the wildlife drive.
At Bombay Hook, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS are still being seen with the flocks
of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS in the marsh opposite Shearness Pool at low tide or in the fields along the entrance road (Whitehall Neck Road). SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, WILLET, RED KNOT and LEAST SANDPIPERS were at Shearness Pool. A VIRGINIA RAIL was found at the bridge to the Boardwalk Trail, YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT HERON was at Bear Swamp, and a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was reported at Finis Pool.
SORA and VIRGINIA RAIL were reported calling at Grier's Pond at Thousand
Acre Marsh this weekend. COMMON MOORHEN was found on the east side of Thousand Acre. 3-4 KING RAILS were calling at the south side of the Reedy Point Bridge. Peregrine Falcons were found underneath the bridge. CLIFF SWALLOWS were reported this weekend under the Rt. 9 bridge at the Appoquinmink Creek near Odessa.
By the way, I just got a notice that the PEREGRINE'S nesting in Wilmington
hatched four eggs today. That nest box is on the north side of the Brandywine Building on Delaware Ave.
The first SOLITARY SANDPIPER of the season was reported along the White Clay
Creek. Earlier in the week, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS was reported there. VEERY'S arrived right on time along the creek this week. HOODED, KENTUCKY, BLUE-WINGED and MAGNOLIA WARBLERS were reported. A large number of BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS were found along the Creek today. Also reported were BROAD-WINGED HAWK, SCARLET TANAGER, ACADIAN and GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER.
PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCH were reported along the Brandywine at Thompson's Bridge on Saturday. WARBLING, YELLOW-THROATED, BLUE-HEADED, WHITE-EYED and RED-EYED VIREO were all reported in the park this week. WARBLERS seen included BLUE-WINGED, PRAIRIE, PARULA, YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. Solitary sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, and Greater yellowlegs were reported in the Winterthur Ponds at the intersection of Rts. 92 and 100 across from Brandywine Creek.
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and a few PURPLE FINCHES were at Ashland Nature Center.
COOPER'S and BROAD-WINGED HAWK were also reported.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, ROSE-BREASTED, and BLUE GROSBEAK plus HOODED WARBLER
were reported at Blackbird State Forest this week.
SUMMER and SCARLET TANAGERS were reported at Trap Pond State Park this week.
SUMMER TANAGER was also reported at the Redden Rest Stop, along with PILEATED WOODPECKER, WORM-EATING, YELLOW-THROATED and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER.
VESPER SPARROWS were reported along Fleatown Road north of Ellendale at the
Marple Branch Road in Redden. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was also reported at Ellendale. Be sure to park on the west side of the railroad tracts to not offend the neighbors if trying for the sparrows at Ellendale.
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were still present at the Prime
Hook NWR headquarters. PALM and MAGNOLIA WARBLER were reported along with the RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Deep Branch Road.
BRANT, LONG-TAILED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, and NORTHERN GANNET were seen offshore
at Cape Henlopen State Park. PIPING PLOVER was reported at the point. The hawk watch only had a few SHARPIES, COOPER'S and MERLINS this week. RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were also seen at the Seaside Nature Center. Shorebirds at Gordon's Pond included SEMIPALMATED, LEAST, SOLITARY and STILT SANDPIPERS.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Indian River Inlet. WHIMBREL and
TRICOLORED HERON were reported at Burton's Island at the north marina. Silver Lake in Rehoboth Beach only had RUDDY DUCK this weekend.
For those driving around Delaware this weekend to look for birds, be aware
of certain traffic tie-ups: Winterthur Museum has its Point-to-Point steeplechase race near Centerville. Old Dover Days is all weekend long in Dover, and the Republican State Convention is in Dewey Beach.
Special thanks to the Bucks Co. Big Day Team, Randy Murphy, Harold Fogelman,
Jr, and Steve Kacir for their reports. To report sightings or add birds to this year's state year list call me at 302-792-9591 or email to ednieap@verizon.net. Thanks for calling, until next time good birding.
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