Date: 8/15/25 4:41 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, August 15th, 2025
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * August 15, 2025 * DEST 25.08.15
*Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS Mute Swan Black Swan Black Scoter Ruddy Duck Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Sora Virginia Rail Common Gallinule American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Sanderling Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper CURLEW SANDPIPER Stilt Sandpiper Wilson’s Phalarope Black Tern Least Tern Sandwich Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Lesser Black-backed Gull Pied-billed Grebe Brown Pelican Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Yellow-crowned Night heron WHITE-FACED IBIS White Ibis ROSEATE SPOONBILL Broad-winged Hawk Barn Owl Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Common Raven Brown-headed Nuthatch Sedge Wren Grasshopper Sparrow Saltmarsh Sparrow Bobolink Louisiana Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Hooded Warbler Black and White Warbler American Redstart MOURNING WARBLER Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Prairie Warbler DICKCISSEL
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: August 15, 2025 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, August 15th, 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 remains at 323 species this week. Some migrants commonly seen this week included AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK AND WHITE and YELLOW WARBLER. Lots of RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS and BOBOLINKS are being reported.
There was a big flight of migrants last night according to Bird Cast. Today, a pair of DICKCISSELS were found in the entrance fields at Brandywine Creek State Park. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen at the Brandywine Hawk Watch parking lot on Sunday. A BARRED OWL was seen along Barley Mill Road on Wednesday. An early MOURNINNG WARBLER was found at Bay Point near Summit Bridge along with WORM-EATING and PRAIRIE WARBLER. LEAST FLYCATCHER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and NORTHERN PARULA were reported at White Clay Creek State Park. A COMMON RAVEN were reported near Glasgow. WARBLING VIREO and YELLOW WARBLER were reported at Ashland Nature Center.
Warblers seen at the Dutch Neck Road Creek Crossing near Port Penn included CHESTNUT-SIDED, PROTHONOTARY and WORM-EATING WARBLER. A SEDGE WREN was heard calling at the river side of the south end of the Reedy Point Bridge. Shorebirds at Thousand Acre Marsh near Port Penn this week included a HUDSONIAN GODWIT, AMERICAN AVOCETS, 5 WILSON’S PHALAROPES, WESTERN, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and STILT SANDPIPER plus SANDHILL CRANES, RUDDY DUCK, SORA, YELLOW-CROWNED and BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. There was a LEAST BITTERN reported at Greer’s Pond. COMMON TERN and COMMON GALLINULE, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, LITTLE BLUE HERON, and GLOSSY IBIS, were at the Port Penn impoundments. WILLOW FLYCATCHER and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were seen at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area.
A CURLEW SANDPIPER in breeding plumage was found today at Raymond Pool in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna. Other shorebirds found included WILSON’S PHALAROPE, AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, RED KNOT, SPOTTED, SOLITARY, PECTORAL, STILT, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER along with BLACK, ROYAL, and CASPIAN TERNS. ROSEATE SPOONBILL and a WHITE-FACED IBIS in non-breading plumage to be seen at 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, and RUDDY DUCK. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE continue to be found by the visitor’s center. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was reported at Raymond Pool.
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS were seen at the Amalfi Road retention pond in Clayton. Some owls reported at Blackiston Wildlife Area west of Smyrna included BARRED and BARN OWL. RUDDY DUCK, PIED-BILLED GREBE, BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK SKIMMER, TRICOLORED HERON, and WHITE IBIS were seen at the Main Tract in Little Creek Wildlife Area. A MARBLED GODWIT and a flight of 4 WHIMBRELS was seen at Mispillion Inlet from the DuPont Nature Center, along with AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, WILLET, RED KNOT, and BROWN PELICAN.
AMERICAN AVOCETS, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were found along the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge., along with BLACK SKIMMER and LEAST TERN. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE continue to be found by the visitor’s center. BLACK-NECKED STILT, RED KNOT and WHITE IBIS were seen at Broadkill Marsh. SALTMARSH and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were found at Oyster Rocks Road.
Another BROAD-WINGED HAWK was reported at Cape Henlopen State Park. Shorebirds seen at Cape Henlopen Point included PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and RED KNOT plus SANDWICH, LEAST, COMMON, CASPIAN, and ROYAL TERN. BLACK SCOTER, BROWN PELICAN and LESSER-BLACK-BACKED GULL were reported at the fishing pier. A MARBLED GODWIT was seen flying over the parade grounds and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was found at the Seaside Nature Center. A flock of 220 WHITE IBIS with 4 TRICOLORED HERONS was reported at Gordon’s Pond plus BLACK TERN. BLACK-CROWNED, and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON were reported at the Monroe Ave. Pond in Lewes.
WHITE IBIS, BLACK-CROWNED, and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS were seen at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at Bay Forest in Bethany Beach and Assawoman Wildlife Area near Fenwick Island. TRICOLORED HERON and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Herring Creek Preserve on Angola Neck
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