Date: 8/22/25 5:10 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, August 22nd, 2025
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * August 22, 2025 * DEST 25.08.22
*Birds mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS Mute Swan Black Swan Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall Green-winged Teal Black Scoter Surf Scoter Ruddy Duck Northern Bobwhite Wild Turkey Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Ruby-throated Hummingbird Common Gallinule Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Whimbrel HUDSONIAN GODWIT Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Sanderling Western Sandpiper BAIRD’S SANDPIPEWR White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper CURLEW SANDPIPER Stilt Sandpiper Wilson’s Phalarope Black Tern Least Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern ACTIC TERN Royal Tern Lesser Black-backed Gull Parasitic Jaeger Cory’s Sherarwater Great Shearwater Manx Shearwater Sargasso Shearwater Wilson’s Storm-petrel BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL Brown Pelican BROWN BOOBY Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Black-crowned Night Heron Glossy Ibis WHITE-FACED IBIS White Ibis ROSEATE SPOONBILL Barred Owl Red-headed Woodpecker Least Flycatcher Common Raven Brown-headed Nuthatch Sedge Wren Grasshopper Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Worm-eating Warbler Hooded Warbler Kentucky Warbler Black and White Warbler American Redstart Blue-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler CERULEAN WARBLER Blackburnian Warbler Prairie Warbler Canada Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: August 22, 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 22nd, 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 326 species this week with three new additions.
The big storm on Thursday produced BROWN BOOBY, PARASITIC JAEGER, and ARCTIC TERN along with several BLACK TERNS at Cape Henlopen State Park. Shorebirds seen at Cape Henlopen Point included PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLING, along with LEAST, COMMON, CASPIAN, and ROYAL TERN. BLACK SCOTER, BROWN PELICAN and LESSER-BLACK-BACKED GULL were reported at the fishing pier. A flyover BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was reported at the parade grounds. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was found at the Seaside Nature Center.
Some migrants commonly seen this week included NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, NORTHERN PARULA, WORM-EATING, BLUE-WINGED, CHESTNUT-SIDED, PRAIRIE, and YELLOW WARBLER. Lots of RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS continue to be reported are being reported COMMON RAVEN, BLACKBURNIAN and CANADA WARBLER were seen at White Clay Creek State Park. An early NASHVILLE WARBLER was seen at Redd Park near Newark Reservoir. There was a flight of 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen near Middle Run Natural Area on Tuesday. An early male WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was found at the north end of the Freshwater Marsh Preserve in Brandywine Creek State Park, along with a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH today. RAVEN and CANADA WARBLER were seen at First State National Historical Park, Brandywine Unit. A BARRED OWL was reported at Valley Garden Park on Wednesday.
An immature WHITE IBIS was found at Lums Pond. Shorebirds at Thousand Acre Marsh near Port Penn this week included a HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 5 WILSON’S PHALAROPES, WESTERN, PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED and STILT SANDPIPER plus SANDHILL CRANE, GADWALL, and CASPIAN TERNS. COMMON GALLINULE, LITTLE BLUE HERON, and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen at the Port Penn impoundments. NORTHERN SHOVELER, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEAL were seen at Ashton Tract. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continues to be seen Prices Park in Middletown.
The previously reported CURLEW SANDPIPER in breeding plumage continues to be seen daily at Raymond Pool in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge near Smyrna. Other shorebirds found included WILSON’S PHALAROPE, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK-BELLIED, SEMIPALMATED and AMRERICAN GOLDENPLOVER, LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, SPOTTED, SOLITARY, PECTORAL, STILT, WESTERN and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER along with BLACK and CASPIAN TERNS. Waders at the refuge included the ROSEATE SPOONBILL with the damaged bill, plus GLOSSY, WHITE, and WHITE-FACED IBIS in non-breading plumage seen at Shearness Pool, along with LEAST BITTERN, LITTLE BLUE and TRICOLORED HERON, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, and SANDHILL CRANE. Waterfowl reported included MUTE and BLACK SWAN, plus COMMON GALLINULE. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE continue to be found by the visitor’s center. SEDGE WREN was reported at Bear Swamp; LEAST FLYCATCHER was seen at Finis Pool. Warblers report! ed included HOODED, BLACKBURNIAN and a CERULEAN WARBLER photographed and the Marsh Boardwalk Trail.
WHIMBREL, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, WILLET, RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLING were reported at Mispillion Inlet from the Dupont Nature Center. A flock of 25 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were seen flying over the Mcabe Nature Preserve near Milton on Saturday, along with BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK was found at the Cheer Center retention pond near Georgetown at the intersection of Sand Hill Road and U.S Route 9. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and KENTUCKY WARBLER continue to be seen at Redden State Forest.
WILSON’S STORM-PETREL plus BLACK and SURF SCOTER were seen for the Cape May-Lewes Ferry during the storm. Today, there were over 150 BROWN PELICANS counted on the outer breakwater after the storm. The pelagic trip out of Lewes last weekend found CORY’S GREAT, SARGASSO (formerly AUDUBON’S) and MANX SHEARWATER in Delaware waters, along with BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL and ROSEATE TERN.
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