Delaware (Statewide) RBA
June 5, 2009
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Birdline Delaware, June 5th, 2009
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RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* June 5, 2009
* DEST0906.05
*Birds mentioned
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Eared Grebe
Black-crowned Night Heron
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
Black-necked Stilts
American Avocet
Red Knot
Sanderling
Royal Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Barred Owl
Black Skimmer
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Pine Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Grasshopper Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: June 5, 2009
Number: 302-658-2747
To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE)
Compiler: Andy Ednie (ednieap@verizon.net)
Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern
New Jersey, Maryland
Transcriber: Andy Ednie (ednieap@verizon.net)
For Friday, June 5th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of
Natural History in Greenville. The 2009 Unofficial Delaware State Year List
remains at 287 species.
Last week, PURPLE FINCH and PINE SISKINS were still being reported in
Seaford. Talk about late!
The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK still remains at Silver Lake in Rehoboth
Beach. A drake RUDDY DUCK in breeding plumage also remains there. Savages
Ditch at Delaware Seashore State Park had BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and
WILLOW FLYCATCHER.
An EARED GREBE was released this week from the point at Cape Henlopen State
Park. Three PIPING PLOVERS were seen there. TERNS reported included LEAST,
ROYAL AND BLACK TERN plus BLACK SKIMMERS feeding in the shallows. RED KNOT
and SANDERLING were also still present, along with a single BLACK SCOTER.
BROWN HEADED NUTHATCH and PINE WARBLERS were also reported.
The unofficial final estimate of RED KNOT on the Delaware Bay was 20,000
birds. About 8000 Red Knots were still present at Mispillion Inlet on
Saturday. Only about 150 were there on Wednesday. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and
BLACK-NECKED STILTS were seen at Fowlers Beach.
BLACK-NECKED STILT and AMERICAN AVOCETS were still being seen at Bombay Hook
NWR this week. WILLOW FLYCATCHERS are still being reported along the
Boardwalk trail.
A SUMMER TANAGER along with YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER,
BARRED OWL with fledglings and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were reported at Abbott's
Mill near Milford. The DICKCISSELS at Hunting Quarter Road seem to have
moved on now that the field has been mowed.
A COMMON LOON in basic plumage was seen on Hoopes' Reservoir this weekend,
along with 3 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. WARBLING VIREO was singing at the
Walnut Grove School near the intersection of Rt 82 and Owls Nest Road.
WILLOW FLYCATCHER and YELLOW WARBLER were seen at the Winterthur Museum
ponds at the intersection of Rt 92 and Rt 100. EASTERN MEADOWLARK and
AMERICAN KESTREL were across the road at Brandywine Creek State Park.
PRAIRIE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, and BARRED OWL were found along the
Brandywine.
The PEREGRINE FALCONS in downtown Wilmington lost another baby this week,
only one chick remains. Two adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were seen along
the Brandywine near Lovering Avenue this week.
Now for this week's special feature from WILM News Radio:
The still of the night is broken by a blood curdling screech. What strange
omen of death could produce such a sound? It is the screech of the COMMON
BARN OWL.
Found worldwide on every continent except Antarctica, the BARN OWL is one of
the most common species that is never seen. About the size of a crow, the
barn owl is very light, with a white face and belly and tawny brown back. In
flight, its long dangly legs trail behind the tail giving it a gangly look.
Also called the "monkey-headed owl", for its heart shaped face with large
facial discs, the discs act has giant ears to hear its prey. Once persecuted
as demons for their habits and call (SFx), they are now considered
beneficial. The barn owl's diet consists of rodents that feed on grain
supplies.
A rare breeder in Delaware, their nest is a scrape on the floor of the loft.
Once, they nested in the steeple of the old Presbyterian Church in
Christiana. They can be prolific, laying 5-9 eggs. The young will gather in
a group to when threatened, many small round faces staring back at you. In
drought years without voles, many of the fledglings die when they leave the
nest.
Right now, the young BARN OWLS are leaving the nest, learning to hunt on
their own. The barnyard, on any given night, will be filled with their
screams (SFx).
Special thanks this week to Jason Beadle, Charlie Vaughn, Matt Sarver, Bill
Stewart and Derek Stoner for their reports. You can reports your sightings,
or add to the state year list by calling 302-792-9591, or email me at
ednieap@verizon.net. Thanks for calling and until next week, good birding.
-end transcript
Andy Ednie
Claymont, Delaware
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