Date: 8/29/25 6:27 pm From: Carolyn Holland <csholland84...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, August 29th, 2025
RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* August 29, 2025
* DEST 25.08.29
*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
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Baird’s 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
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bobolink
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Worm-eating Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
MOURNING WARBLER
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
DICKCISSEL
Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: August 15, 2025
To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE)
Compiler: Carolyn Holland writing for Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>)
Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern
New Jersey, Maryland
For Friday, August 29th, 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. Fall migration is well
underway! The number of warbler species being seen this week has increased
with BAY-BREASTED, WILSON’S, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, CAPE MAY and MAGNOLIA
WARBLERS new this week while AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE,
NASHVILLE, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, WORM-EATING,
OVENBIRD, MOURNING, CANADA, YELLOW-THROATED, BLUE-WINGED, PROTHONOTAY,
PINE, PRAIRIE, HOODED and YELLOW WARBLERS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NORTHERN
PARULA, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH continue to be seen. Lots of RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS and BOBOLINKS continue to be reported throughout Delaware.
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were observed last weekend in the Newark area with four
on Saturday and two more on Sunday. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen along
Creek Road in the White Clay Creek State Park. COMMON RAVENS were reported
in Middletown along Route 1 and in Wilmington along Grayrock Drive as well
as at Brandywine Creek State Park and Port Penn Wildlife Area. Owls
reported included several BARRED OWLS in the Newark area, at William Redd
Park, along Starr and Dixon Roads, and at Blackbird Creek Reserve as well.
A second fall MOURNING WARBLER was found this week at Bay Pointe near
Summit Bridge along with a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER; CAPE MAY WARBLER was
also photographed there today and PINE WARBLER observed as well. A
MOURNING WARBLER was also observed at Ashland Nature Center on Wednesday.
Warblers being seen at Blackbird State Forest--Tybout Tract, Ashland and
White Clay Creek State Park include BLACK-AND-WHITE, CANADA, BLACK-THROATED
BLUE, MAGNOLIA, and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and
AMERICAN REDSTART. NASHVILLE WARBLER was observed at both Ashland and
White Clay Creek. TENNESSEE WARBLERS have been found at Ashland and
OVENBIRD, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, YELLOW-THROATED,
BLACKBURNIAN, and BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS have been observed at White Clay
Creek State Park. First State National Historical Park has also been a
hotspot for warbler sightings in the Brandywine River Valley with NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH, BLACKPOLL and CAPE MAY WARBLERS being reported in addition to
many of the above listed warblers. WORM-EATING WARBLER was found at the
C&D Canal Wildlife Area--Joy Run along with BLACK-AND-WHITE, BLACK-THROATED
BLUE and MAGNOLIA WARBLERS. AMERICAN REDSTART and BAY-BREASTED,
BLACKBURNIAN, PRAIRIE, MAGNOLIA, and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS were found
along Vandyke Greenspring Road in Smyrna. NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, AMERICAN REDSTART and PRAIRIE, MAGNOLIA, CHESTNUT-SIDED,
BLACK-AND-WHITE and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER were seen at Hermitage Natural
Area. YELLOW WARBLER continues to be reported at Thousand Acre Marsh and
was also found at the Fire Truck Pond in Port Penn Wildlife Area, Hermitage
Natural Area and First State National Historical Park.
Other species reported in New Castle County included a ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK at Ashland, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and VEERY at White Clay Creek and
Ashland and WARBLING VIREO at First State National Historical Park,
Ashland, White Clay Creek, C&D Canal Wildlife Area--Joy Run, Hermitage
Natural Area and Bay Pointe. The first RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH of the season
was reported at the White Clay Creek State Park Nature Center and an early
HERMIT THRUSH was found in the woods near Port Penn’s Fire Truck Pond.
Flycatchers are also on the move with LEAST FLYCATCHERS reported at White
Clay Creek State Park, C&D Canal Wildlife Area--Joy Run, Winterthur and
Port Penn Wildlife Area near the Fire Truck Pond. YELLOW-BELLIED
FLYCATCHER was also found at the latter location. An ALDER FLYCATCHER was
reported in a Smyrna yard along Vandyke Greenspring Road on Saturday.
Shorebirds at Thousand Acre Marsh near Port Penn this week included
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 7 WILSON’S PHALAROPES,
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. SANDHILL CRANES, CASPIAN and
FORSTER’S TERNS and NORTHERN SHOVELERS, LITTLE BLUE HERON and MARSH WREN
were also observed.
At the Port Penn impoundments PECTORAL, WHITE-RUMPED, SPOTTED, LEAST and
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER, SEMIPALMATED and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 5 COMMON
GALLINULES, LITTLE BLUE HERON, NORTHERN SHOVELER and a PEREGRINE FALCON
were observed. Huge flocks of BANK and TREE SWALLOWS were also seen flying
above the impoundment.
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, 2 WHITE IBIS, 75 LITTLE BLUE HERONS and 4
WESTERN CATTLE EGRETS were reported from Delaware City overlooking the
river and Pea Patch Island on Wednesday.
The CURLEW SANDPIPER that was at Raymond Pool in Bombay Hook National
Wildlife Refuge was last seen on Wednesday having molted since it was first
seen so that only a large patch of the red breeding plumage remained on its
breast. A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was found on Saturday on muddy grass at Bear
Swamp. Other shorebirds found included WILSON’S SNIPE, MARBLED GODWIT,
WILSON’S PHALAROPE, AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK-BELLIED, AMERICAN GOLDEN and
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, WESTERN,
LEAST, SEMIPALMATED, SPOTTED, SOLITARY, PECTORAL, STILT, and WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS and BLACK-NECKED STILT. COMMON,
ROYAL, FORSTER’S and CASPIAN TERNS were reported at the refuge as well as a
GULL-BILLED TERN seen on Thursday. The ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues to be
seen at Shearness Pool. Other waders reported included LITTLE BLUE and
TRICOLORED HERONS, BLACK-CROWNED and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS, GLOSSY
and WHITE IBISES and SANDHILL CRANE. Waterfowl reported included MUTE and
BLACK SWANS, BLUE-WINGED and GREEN-WINGED TEALS, WOOD DUCK and NORTHERN
SHOVELER. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE continue to be found in the
refuge. SORA and VIRGINIA RAIL were reported. NORTHERN HARRIERS have
also being seen. Saturday was a great day for flycatchers with
YELLOW-BELLIED, LEAST and OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS seen at Bombay Hook. A
SEDGE WREN was reported calling from the meadow past the Visitor’s Center.
Warblers found at the refuge included OVENBIRD, NORTHERN PARULA, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLUE-WINGED,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, MAGNOLIA, PRAIRIE, CHESTNUT-SIDED, CANADA, YELLOW,
WORM-EATING, PROTHONOTARY, and WILSON’S WARBLERS. Other species seen at
the refuge included SWAINSON’S THRUSH, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and HORNED
LARK.
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS with young were seen at the Amalfi Road
retention pond in Clayton along with a single NORTHERN PINTAIL. Shorebirds
reported at the pond included KILLDEER, LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS,
LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS.
At Ted Harvey Wildlife WMA COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, AMERICAN REDSTART,
NASHVILLE, BLUE-WINGED, BLACK-AND-WHITE, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED,
PINE and WILSON’S WARBLERS were reported.
BLACK SKIMMER, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMARED PLOVERS, SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, SANDERLING, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, AMERICAN
OYSTERCATCHER and 53 BROWN PELICANS were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the
DuPont Nature Center.
AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVER and COMMON LOON
were found along the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
along with BLACK SKIMMER and LEAST, ROYAL, CASPIAN and FORSTERS TERNS plus
a SALTMARSH SPARROW. SORA and VIRGINIA RAIL have also been reported at the
refuge.
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found at Oyster Rocks Road as well as MARBLED
GODWIT, TRICOLORED HERON, and WHITE and GLOSSY IBISES.
Warblers seen at both McCabe Nature Preserve and Redden State
Forest--Headquarters Tract included BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-AND-WHITE,
CHESTNUT-SIDED, and PINE WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTART and COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT. NASHVILLE, YELLOW, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS
were seen at McCabe along with YELLOW-BELLIED and ALDER FLYCATCHERS,
WARBLING VIREO and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. TENNESSEE and CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLERS were seen at Redden State Forest--Jester Tract and WORM-EATING
WARBLER and OVENBIRD at the Headquarters Tract.
A HOODED WARBLER was reported at the UD College of Marine Studies off Park
Road in Lewes.
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported in Lewes as well as in Cape Henlopen State
Park.
While terns and many of the shorebirds have left Cape Henlopen State Park,
the cold front during the week brought an influx of warblers and other
songbirds to the park. An early molting male YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was
seen and MOURNING WARBLER was heard on two different days. Other warblers
being seen at the park included CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACKBURNIAN, PRAIRIE, YELLOW and
PINE WARBLERS, OVENBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and AMERICAN REDSTART.
Yesterday there was a high count of 29 EASTERN KINGBIRDS at the park and
8-10 BALTIMORE ORIOLES are being seen daily. LEAST FLYCATCHER,
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH and VEERY were found at the Seaside Nature Center
area.
Shorebirds seen at The Point included SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, PIPING
PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, RUDDY TURNSTONE, BLACK-BELLIED and
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, WESTERN WILLETS, SANDERLINGS, SPOTTED, LEAST, and
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen today.
The large flocks of COMMON TERNS departed the park rapidly after the
hurricane moved away. Only a single LEAST TERN remains while small numbers
of COMMON, CASPIAN, and ROYAL TERN are still present most days. WHITE IBIS
and TRICOLORED HERON continue at Gordon’s Pond.
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS continue at Burton’s Island in Delaware
Seashore State Park. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Bay Forest in
Bethany Beach and near Long Neck at the Peninsula Nature Center and at
Ridgewood Pond.
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Cohen, Shawn Sullivan, Jason Horn, Jacque Williamson, Ed Wrzernerski, Chuck
Mitchell, Dick Plambeck, Rod Murray, Carolyn Holland, Mary Braun, Gary
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to Joe Tricarico who distributes this list to DOS members. Birdline needs
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<ednieap...>*. Until next week, this is Carolyn Holland reporting
for Andy Ednie and wishing you good birding!
