Date: 8/8/25 4:21 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, August 8th, 2025
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * August 8, 2025 * DEST 25.08.08
*Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS Mute Swan Black Swan Green-winged Teal Black Scoter Ruddy Duck Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Common Nighthawk Sora Virginia Rail Common Gallinule American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Sanderling RUFOUS-NECKED STINT Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Wilson’s Phalarope Black Tern Gull-billed Tern Least Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern Roseate Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Lesser Black-backed Gull Pied-billed Grebe Cory’s Shearwater Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Brown Pelican Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night heron Glossy Ibis White Ibis ROSEATE SPOONBILL Northern Harrier Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Willow Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Common Raven Brown-headed Nuthatch Cliff Swallow Sedge Wren Grasshopper Sparrow Eastern Meadowlark Bobolink Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Black and White Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Canada Warbler Summer Tanager Blue Grosbeak DICKCISSEL
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: August 8, 2025 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
Welcome to the Dog Days of Summer! For Friday, August 8th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Natural History 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. The unofficial Delaware Annual list increased to 323 species this week.
New this week was a RUFOUS-NECKED STINT reported at Bear Swamp in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna om Saturday. A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen today at Raymond Pool. Other shorebirds found included AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED and AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, SPOTTED, PECTORAL, STILT, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER along with GULL-BILLED, COMMON, and CASPIAN TERNS. ROSEATE SPOONBILL was seen again today at the back end of Shearness Pool. Waders reported included LEAST BITTERN, LITTLE BLUE and TRICOLORED HERON, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, GLOSSY and WHITE IBIS plus SANDHILL CRANE. Waterfowl reported included MUTE and BLACK SWAN, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, COMMON GALLINULE, SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL, and RUDDY DUCK. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE continue to be found by the visitor’s center. A SEDGE WREN was heard at the north end of Raymond Pool. BOBOLINK, YELLOW, and BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER were seen in the refuge t! his week.
A BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and NORTHERN PARULA were reported at the Hopkins nature center in White Clay Creek State Park. BARRED OWL was reported at Christiana Manor and Starr Road in Newark. A pair of COMMON RAVENS were reported along Elkton Road, not far from where they nested last spring at the Star Campus of the University of Delaware. LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, WARBLING VIREO and YELLOW WARBLER were reported at Ashland Nature Center. YELLOW WARBLER and BLUE GROSBEAK were found at First State National Historical Park, Brandywine Unit off Ramsey Road. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at Brandywine Creek State Park.
Warblers seen near the little white bridge at the Dutch Neck Road creek crossing near Port Penn included NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, PARULA, BLACK AND WHITE, and WORM-EATING WARBLER. A big flock of shorebirds at Thousand Acre Marsh near Port Penn included a WILSON’S PHALAROPE on Tuesday, plus WESTERN, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and STILT SANDPIPER. A flock of 6 SANDHILL CRANES were seen, along with RUDDY DUCK, NORTHERN HARRIER, SORA, COMMON TERN and WILLOW FLYCATCHER. COMON GALLINULE, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, LITTLE BLUE HERON, plus WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS were at the Port Penn impoundments. The previously reported DICKCISSELS were last seen on Tuesday at Charles Price Park in Middletown along with GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and EASTERN MEADOWLARK The DICKCISSELS have moved to the fields south of the entrance road since their nesting field was mowed last week.
ROSEATE SPOONBILL was also reported at Taylor’s Gut in Woodland Beach Wildlife Area off Route 9. BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS and SOLITARY SANDPIPER were seen at the Amalfi Road retention pond in Clayton. BROWN PELICAN, SANDERLING, and RUDDY TURNSTONES were seen at Port Mahon. RUDDY DUCK, BLACK SKIMMER, AMERICAN COOT, PIED-BILLED GREBE, and LEAST BITTERN were seen at the Main Tract in Little Creek Wildlife Area. BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, RED KNOT, and SANDERLING were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the DuPont Nature Center. TERNS reported included LEAST, CASPIAN, and ROYAL. TRICOLORED HERON, GLOSSY and WHITE IBIS were seen flying over the inlet.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK was found at Oyster Rocks Road in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. BLACK-NECKED STILT, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were found along the Dike Trail, along with BLACK SKIMMER and LEAST TERN. SUMMER TANAGER, BLACK AND WHITE, WORM-EATING and CANADA WARBLER were seen at the Headquarters Tract in Redden State Forest. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW THROATED VIREO and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER were seen at the Jester Tract in Redden. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and SUMMER TANAGER were still present at Trap Pond State Park near Laurel.
At Cape Henlopen State Park, reported this week at Herring Point were WILSON’S STORM-PETREL and CORY’S SHEARWATER plus BLACK SCOTER, BROWN PELICAN and LESSER-BLACK-BACKED GULL. Terns seen at Cape Henlopen Point included BLACK, ROSEATE, LEAST, COMMON, CASPIAN, and ROYAL TERN along with PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and RED KNOT. AMERICAN AVOCET and WHIMBREL, was reported at Gordon’s Pond with WHITE and GLOSSY IBIS, TRICOLORED, LITTLE BLUE and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, plus BLACK TERN, and BLACK SKIMMER.
TRICOLORED HERON was seen at Tower Road in Delaware Seashore State Park. WHITE IBIS, BLACK-CROWNED, and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were seen at Burton’s Island. TRICOLORED HERON was also seen on Long Neck near Massey’s Landing. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH and a CLIFF SWALLOW were seen at the Bethany Beach Nature Center. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to be seen at Assawoman Wildlife Area near Fenwick Island.
Thanks to all the people that make the Birdline possible, including Ross Gallardy, Chad Kauffman, Mike Bowen, Anne Cianni, Bert Filemyr, Mike Rosengarten, Martin Selzer, Jason Horn, Lindsey Morris, Chuck Mitchell, Dick Plambeck, Rod Murray, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Ed Patten, Gary Griffith, Rob Blye, Sue Gruver, Greg Gough, Phil Misseldine, Richard Jullian, Alice Mohrman, Chris and Karen Bennett, Jim and Amy White, Keely Milbourne, Melissa Lafferty, Kim Steininger, Dave Brown, Wendy Cesario, Will Krohn, Sean O’Connor, Chris Machulski, Megan Kasprzak, Mike Moore, Bruce Peterjohn and Joe Swertinski. Special thanks to Joe Tricarico who distributes this list 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!
