Delaware (Statewide) RBA
August 20, 2010
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Birdline Delaware, August 20th, 2010
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RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* August 20, 2010
* DEST1008.20
*Birds mentioned
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Common Eider
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Brown Booby
Brown Pelican
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
White Ibis
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
Clapper Rail
American Golden Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian godwit
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Great Horned Owl
Common Nighthawk
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Western Kingbird
Cliff Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
Blue-winged Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Pine Warbler
American Redstart
Black and White Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Field Sparrow
Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: August 20, 2010
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, August 20th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum
of Natural History in Greenville. The 2010 Unofficial Delaware State Year
List increased to 311 species this week.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found on Monday and seen through Wednesday along the
entrance road (Whitehall Neck Rd) to Bombay Hook NWR near Smyrna. Bombay
Hook has been busting with good birds this week, including both HUDSONIAN
and MARBLED GODWITS with over 500 AMERICAN AVOCETS at Raymond Pool. A
juvenal BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was also reported at Raymond this week, along with
a WILSON'S PHALAROPE.
A half-dozen BLACK-NECKED STILT continue to be seen at Shearness Pool, along
with STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. 3 TRICOLORED HERONS were counted among
the waders, along with LITTLE BLUE HERON and CATTLE EGRETS. 4 BLACK TERNS
and LEAST TERNS were seen at Shearness.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found at the sod farms off the Smyrna- Leipsic
Rd at the intersection with Big Oak Road. A half dozen AMERICAN GOLDEN
PLOVERS were seen in Wick's Potato Fields along Rt. 9 opposite the Whitehall
Neck Rd. AMERICAN KESTREL was also reported. At the refuge, PEREGRINE
FALCON, RED-SHOULDERED, and COOPER'S HAWKS were reported. NORTHERN SHOVELER,
GREEN-WINGED and BLUE-WINGED TEALS were also seen.
The previously reported BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was at the north side
of the Broadkill Beach impoundments of Prime Hook NWR this weekend. 6
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS along with PECTORAL SANDPIPER were among the peeps.
24 AMERICAN AVOCETS with several BLACK-NECKED STILTS were also reported,
along with CASPIAN TERNS.
The previously reported immature WHITE IBIS was again reported this week at
the Prime Hook Beach Rd. MARBLED GODWIT continues to be seen at Fowler's
Beach. CASPIAN TERNS and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at Mispillion
Inlet.
2 SANDWICH TERNS were again seen on the point at Cape Henlopen State Park.
There were also 250 COMMON TERNS, 15 ROYALS, and SEVERAL LEAST TERNS. 2
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were on the ocean side of the point. The
previously reported immature drake and female COMMON EIDERS continue to be
seen along the Lewes breakwater. You just have to look early before the
fishermen scare them off. The ball field at Cape Henlopen had the plover
trifecta, BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED and KILLDEER. PIPING PLOVER with
SANDERLING and RUDDY TURNSTONE were also seen at the point, along with a
single BROWN PELICAN.
2 more SANDWICH TERNS were seen at Tower Road below Dewey Beach in Delaware
Seashore State Park on Wednesday. A BLACK TERN was seen at Indian River
Inlet, along with FORSTER'S, COMMON, LEAST and ROYAL TERNS. A female
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was seen from the kayak launch at north marina.
Another MARBLED GODWIT was seen at the head of Rehoboth Bay at Bay Vista
this evening. 20+ SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, CLAPPER RAIL and
GREEN HERONS were also reported. A MARSH WREN was also calling, a rare
species in the inland bays. Landbirds included a PINE WARBLER feeding young
and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH, plus a COOPER'S HAWK and GREAT HORNED OWL on the
same branch in daylight.
A CLIFF SWALLOW was among the swallows at Middle run Wildlife Area near
Newark this week. Warblers seen include BLUE-WINGED, PRAIRIE, BLACK AND
WHITE, AMERICAN REDSTART, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO,
WARBLING VIREO, and BOBOLINK were reported, along with large numbers for
BALTIMORE ORIOLE, BLUE GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, and FIELD SPARROW.
Tri-State bird rescue along Possum Hollow road at Middle Run reports that
the previously discussed immature BROWN BOOBY was successfully rehabbed.
That bird was flown down to Miami for release.
A nice flight of 36 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen at Brandywine Creek State
Park last evening. There were also 75 CHIMNEY SWIFTS seen. A peak count of
454 CHIMNEY SWIFTS was counted at Ursuline School off Pennsylvania Avenue in
downtown Wilmington this week.
Another NIGHTHAWK was seen at Brandywine Creek State Park on Sunday. Large
numbers of both BALTIMORE and ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen by the entrance booth
to the park that day. Warblers reported included BLUE-WINGED, BLACK AND
WHITE, REDSTART, and CANADA. A late WARBLING VIREO was still feeding young
along the creek on Saturday. The first NORTHERN HARRIER was hunting over the
fields, also reported were BALD EAGLE, OSPREY, COOPER'S HAWK, and KESTREL. 2
GREEN HERONS and a WOOD DUCK were found at the Winterthur Ponds on Rt. 92.
The pelagic trip out of Lewes this weekend found AUDUBON'S, CORY'S, and
GREAT SHEARWATER in Delaware waters along with 215 WILSON'S STORM PETRELS.
There were also 3 Fin Whales seen, the second largest mammal in existence.
Special thanks to Chris Bennett, Lynn Smith, Dave Bridge, Derek Stoner,
Paul Guris, Mike Rosengarten, Bert Filmyer, Lin Just, Maurice Barnhill, Barb
Hiebsch, Sally O'Byrne, Julie Bartley at Tri-State, and Kim Steininger for
their updates. Please call your reports to 302-792-9591 or email to
ednieap@verizon.net. Until next week, good birding.
-end transcript
Andy Ednie
Claymont, Delaware
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