RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* March 17, 2006
* DEST0603.17
*Birds mentioned
Ross' Goose
Cackling Goose
Blue-Winged Teal
Eurasian Wigeon
Canvasback
Ring-Necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Long-Tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Red-Throated Loon
Eared Grebe
Horned Grebe
Northern Gannet
Snowy Egret
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Black-Bellied Plover
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Ruddy Turnstone
Purple Sandpiper
Forster's Tern
Laughing Gull
Tree Swallow
Eastern Phoebe
Black-Capped Chickadee
Brown-Headed Nuthatch
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: March 17, 2006
Number: 302/658-2747
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Andy Ednie (ednieap@wittnet.com)
Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern
New Jersey, Maryland
Transcriber: Andy Ednie (ednieap@wittnet.com)
For Friday, March 17th, this is Birdline Delaware, from the Delaware Museum
of Natural History in Greenville. I'm Andy Ednie, glad to be with you. Armas
Hill is away this week.
The EARED GREBE reported last week at the Head of the Bay at Dewey Beach was
again seen last Sunday. There are numerous HORNED GREBES feeding in the area
in various stages of plumage, so finding this bird can be difficult.
At Indian River Inlet on Tuesday, a drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen, along
with 2 RAZORBILLS, GREAT CORMORANT, NORTHERN GANNETS, COMMON and
RED-THROATED LOON, PURPLE SANDPIPER and Ruddy TURNSTONE. Over a hundred SURF
and BLACK SCOTERS and a few LONG-TAILED DUCK are also there.
Silver Lake, in Rehoboth Beach, continues to have huge flocks of CANVASBACK
and RUDDY DUCKS. No REDHEADS were reported but 2 LESSER SCAUP were there on
Saturday. LAUGHING GULLS are now being seen in downtown Rehoboth Beach at
Silver Lake and the Boardwalk, and elsewhere in the state.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Prime Hook NWR along the Prime Hook Beach Road
today. The eagle was joined by several OSPREYS in the area. At refuge
headquarters, PURPLE FINCHES, FOX and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW were at the
feeders. EASTERN MEADOWLARK and RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen along the Fowlers
Beach Road. ROSS' GEESE and CACKLING GEESE were seen at the refuge and in
several places around the state.
The EURASIAN WIGEON that was seen at the Logan Lane Tract along the Kitts
Hummock Road continues to be seen at "Hidden Pond" off the beach road. There
were also about 200 AMERICAN AVOCETS at the North Pond on Tuesday, along
with AMERICAN COOT, FORSTER'S TERN, TREE SWALLOW, and PINE WARBLER.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen this week at Slaughter's Ditch in Delaware
Seashore State Park and at Mispillion Inlet, east of Milford. 3
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were also at Mispillion.
A PINE WARBLER was an unusual visitor to a suet feeder near Milford this
week. A BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was a new bird at a feeder on Angola Neck.
A WILD TURKEY was reported in the Brandywine Hundred area, near the
intersection of Marsh and Veale road. 3 WILD TURKEYS were also reported not
far away, by the water tower in Green Acres. WILD TURKEY was also reported
downstate, off Rt 36 between Milford and Slaughter's Beach.
EASTERN PHOEBES were seen at several locations in the state. 2 were seen at
Ashland Nature Center, along with BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET, and a female AMERICAN KESTREL perched on a Bluebird box.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES are still being seen in New Castle Co.
PIPING PLOVERS were spring arrivals at Cape Henlopen State Park. Other
spring arrivals include SNOWY EGRET at Gordon's Pond, BLUE-WING TEAL at
Dragon Run, and GLOSSY IBIS at Broadkill Beach.
The numbers of ducks on Hoopes' Reservoir has dropped, but there are still
RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON MERGANSERS, RUDDY DUCKS and a BUFFLEHEAD there last
week.
* Delaware
* Statewide
* March 17, 2006
* DEST0603.17
*Birds mentioned
Ross' Goose
Cackling Goose
Blue-Winged Teal
Eurasian Wigeon
Canvasback
Ring-Necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Long-Tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Red-Throated Loon
Eared Grebe
Horned Grebe
Northern Gannet
Snowy Egret
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Wild Turkey
American Coot
Black-Bellied Plover
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Ruddy Turnstone
Purple Sandpiper
Forster's Tern
Laughing Gull
Tree Swallow
Eastern Phoebe
Black-Capped Chickadee
Brown-Headed Nuthatch
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: March 17, 2006
Number: 302/658-2747
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Andy Ednie (ednieap@wittnet.com)
Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern
New Jersey, Maryland
Transcriber: Andy Ednie (ednieap@wittnet.com)
For Friday, March 17th, this is Birdline Delaware, from the Delaware Museum
of Natural History in Greenville. I'm Andy Ednie, glad to be with you. Armas
Hill is away this week.
The EARED GREBE reported last week at the Head of the Bay at Dewey Beach was
again seen last Sunday. There are numerous HORNED GREBES feeding in the area
in various stages of plumage, so finding this bird can be difficult.
At Indian River Inlet on Tuesday, a drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen, along
with 2 RAZORBILLS, GREAT CORMORANT, NORTHERN GANNETS, COMMON and
RED-THROATED LOON, PURPLE SANDPIPER and Ruddy TURNSTONE. Over a hundred SURF
and BLACK SCOTERS and a few LONG-TAILED DUCK are also there.
Silver Lake, in Rehoboth Beach, continues to have huge flocks of CANVASBACK
and RUDDY DUCKS. No REDHEADS were reported but 2 LESSER SCAUP were there on
Saturday. LAUGHING GULLS are now being seen in downtown Rehoboth Beach at
Silver Lake and the Boardwalk, and elsewhere in the state.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Prime Hook NWR along the Prime Hook Beach Road
today. The eagle was joined by several OSPREYS in the area. At refuge
headquarters, PURPLE FINCHES, FOX and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW were at the
feeders. EASTERN MEADOWLARK and RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen along the Fowlers
Beach Road. ROSS' GEESE and CACKLING GEESE were seen at the refuge and in
several places around the state.
The EURASIAN WIGEON that was seen at the Logan Lane Tract along the Kitts
Hummock Road continues to be seen at "Hidden Pond" off the beach road. There
were also about 200 AMERICAN AVOCETS at the North Pond on Tuesday, along
with AMERICAN COOT, FORSTER'S TERN, TREE SWALLOW, and PINE WARBLER.
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen this week at Slaughter's Ditch in Delaware
Seashore State Park and at Mispillion Inlet, east of Milford. 3
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were also at Mispillion.
A PINE WARBLER was an unusual visitor to a suet feeder near Milford this
week. A BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH was a new bird at a feeder on Angola Neck.
A WILD TURKEY was reported in the Brandywine Hundred area, near the
intersection of Marsh and Veale road. 3 WILD TURKEYS were also reported not
far away, by the water tower in Green Acres. WILD TURKEY was also reported
downstate, off Rt 36 between Milford and Slaughter's Beach.
EASTERN PHOEBES were seen at several locations in the state. 2 were seen at
Ashland Nature Center, along with BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET, and a female AMERICAN KESTREL perched on a Bluebird box.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES are still being seen in New Castle Co.
PIPING PLOVERS were spring arrivals at Cape Henlopen State Park. Other
spring arrivals include SNOWY EGRET at Gordon's Pond, BLUE-WING TEAL at
Dragon Run, and GLOSSY IBIS at Broadkill Beach.
The numbers of ducks on Hoopes' Reservoir has dropped, but there are still
RING-NECKED DUCK, COMMON MERGANSERS, RUDDY DUCKS and a BUFFLEHEAD there last
week.