RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* March 31, 2006
* DEST0603.31
* Birds mentioned:
Pied-billed Grebe
Black-crowned Night-Heron
American Bittern
American Black Duck
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
EURASIAN WIGEON
Blue-winged Teal
American Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Wood Duck
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Forster's Tern
Short-eared Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
House Wren
Winter Wren
Tree Swallow
American Pipit
Pine Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Purple Finch
Birdline Delaware
Date: March 31, 2006
Number: 302/658-2747
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risë Hill
For Friday, March 31st, this is Birdline Delaware
- from the Delaware Museum of Natural History,
and supported by a number of regional birders.
I'm Armas Hill, glad to be with you.
Spring is here, and so are some birds such as
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, seen today at Cape
Henlopen, where also today, 7 PIPING PLOVERS were
seen. Last week, on March 21st, one lucky
observer was fortunate to see 16 PIPING PLOVERS
at Cape Henlopen during a walk from the fishing
pier to the station at the point!
TREE SWALLOWS have been seen at a number of
places. WOOD DUCKS are in by the C&D Canal.
SNIPE, both YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER are being observed. Yes, Spring is with us.
And so are OSPREY at a number of locations.
FORSTER'S TERNS are back, at the Indian River
Inlet, and elsewhere. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
was seen today at Bombay Hook.
About 10 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were noted at
Bombay Hook today opposite Shearness Pool.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at Bombay Hook, at
Finis Pool, yesterday and today.
Downstate, there were 2 or 3 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS today at the Assawoman Wildlife Area.
Upstate, at the Ashland Nature Center, yesterday,
there were EASTERN PHOEBES and EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
There were lots of DUCKS yesterday, March 30th,
at the Dragon Run Marsh. Many of them were
SHOVELERS and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. BLUE-WINGED TEAL as well.
Back on Sunday, March 19th, among the DUCKS at
the Logan Tract of the Ted Harvey Wildlife Area,
there was a EURASIAN WIGEON, with the AMERICAN
WIGEON, in addition to GADWALL, SHOVELER, LESSER
SCAUP, RUDDY DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, PIED-BILLED GREBE, and AMERICAN COOT.
There were over 200 AMERICAN AVOCETS.
At the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, on March 19th, birds included:
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS at the feeders,
RUSTY BLACKBIRD near the end of the boardwalk trail,
HOUSE WREN there as well,
and PINE WARBLERS singing near the Turkle Pond boat ramp.
Back in northern Delaware, both BLACK-CAPPED and
CAROLINA CHICKADEES were noted in the White Clay
Creek Valley, north of Newark, on Tuesday, March 28th.
A FOX SPARROW visited a feeder in Claymont for 3 days last week.
At the Brandywine Creek State Park, MEADOWLARKS
have been singing at the fields in front of the
nature center. WOOD DUCKS and COMMON MERGANSERS
have been along the creek. And there have been a
number of singing PURPLE FINCHES, along with
several TOWHEES, CATBIRDS, and WINTER WRENS that spent the winter.
At the Hoopes Reservoir, north of Wilmington,
waterbirds on Sunday, March 26th, included:
over 40 RING-NECKED DUCKS, nearly 50 COMMON
MERGANSERS, about 15 HOODED MERGANSERS, over 20
RUDDY DUCKS, 4 BUFFLEHEAD, 2 BLACK DUCK, and 6 PIED-BILLED GREBES.
At the edge of the Thousand Acre Marsh, near
Delaware City, on Sunday, March 26th, 8 FOX
SPARROWS were seen. Some were heard singing. Also
singing there was a WINTER WREN. A HERMIT THRUSH
seen there was not heard singing, but you can't
have everything! 6 WILSON'S SNIPE were observed by nearby Grier's Pond.
A few miles to the south, a female YELLOWTHROAT
was found at the end of Staves Landing Road.
Late in the day, that day, March 26th, 2
SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen by Port Mahon Raod.
50 PIPITS were noted at Bombay Hook on Sunday, March 26th.
And with that, we end the Birdline this time.
There will be more, of course, next time. Until
then, good birding and thank you for tuning in to
the Birdline, wherever you may be.
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* Delaware
* Statewide
* March 31, 2006
* DEST0603.31
* Birds mentioned:
Pied-billed Grebe
Black-crowned Night-Heron
American Bittern
American Black Duck
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
EURASIAN WIGEON
Blue-winged Teal
American Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Wood Duck
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Forster's Tern
Short-eared Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Chickadee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
House Wren
Winter Wren
Tree Swallow
American Pipit
Pine Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Purple Finch
Birdline Delaware
Date: March 31, 2006
Number: 302/658-2747
To Report: Armas Hill, 302/529-1876 (VOICE)
302/529-1085 (FAX)
Compiler: Armas Hill
Coverage: Delaware, and southern New Jersey
Transcriber: Risë Hill
For Friday, March 31st, this is Birdline Delaware
- from the Delaware Museum of Natural History,
and supported by a number of regional birders.
I'm Armas Hill, glad to be with you.
Spring is here, and so are some birds such as
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, seen today at Cape
Henlopen, where also today, 7 PIPING PLOVERS were
seen. Last week, on March 21st, one lucky
observer was fortunate to see 16 PIPING PLOVERS
at Cape Henlopen during a walk from the fishing
pier to the station at the point!
TREE SWALLOWS have been seen at a number of
places. WOOD DUCKS are in by the C&D Canal.
SNIPE, both YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER are being observed. Yes, Spring is with us.
And so are OSPREY at a number of locations.
FORSTER'S TERNS are back, at the Indian River
Inlet, and elsewhere. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
was seen today at Bombay Hook.
About 10 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were noted at
Bombay Hook today opposite Shearness Pool.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at Bombay Hook, at
Finis Pool, yesterday and today.
Downstate, there were 2 or 3 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS today at the Assawoman Wildlife Area.
Upstate, at the Ashland Nature Center, yesterday,
there were EASTERN PHOEBES and EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
There were lots of DUCKS yesterday, March 30th,
at the Dragon Run Marsh. Many of them were
SHOVELERS and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. BLUE-WINGED TEAL as well.
Back on Sunday, March 19th, among the DUCKS at
the Logan Tract of the Ted Harvey Wildlife Area,
there was a EURASIAN WIGEON, with the AMERICAN
WIGEON, in addition to GADWALL, SHOVELER, LESSER
SCAUP, RUDDY DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, PIED-BILLED GREBE, and AMERICAN COOT.
There were over 200 AMERICAN AVOCETS.
At the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, on March 19th, birds included:
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS at the feeders,
RUSTY BLACKBIRD near the end of the boardwalk trail,
HOUSE WREN there as well,
and PINE WARBLERS singing near the Turkle Pond boat ramp.
Back in northern Delaware, both BLACK-CAPPED and
CAROLINA CHICKADEES were noted in the White Clay
Creek Valley, north of Newark, on Tuesday, March 28th.
A FOX SPARROW visited a feeder in Claymont for 3 days last week.
At the Brandywine Creek State Park, MEADOWLARKS
have been singing at the fields in front of the
nature center. WOOD DUCKS and COMMON MERGANSERS
have been along the creek. And there have been a
number of singing PURPLE FINCHES, along with
several TOWHEES, CATBIRDS, and WINTER WRENS that spent the winter.
At the Hoopes Reservoir, north of Wilmington,
waterbirds on Sunday, March 26th, included:
over 40 RING-NECKED DUCKS, nearly 50 COMMON
MERGANSERS, about 15 HOODED MERGANSERS, over 20
RUDDY DUCKS, 4 BUFFLEHEAD, 2 BLACK DUCK, and 6 PIED-BILLED GREBES.
At the edge of the Thousand Acre Marsh, near
Delaware City, on Sunday, March 26th, 8 FOX
SPARROWS were seen. Some were heard singing. Also
singing there was a WINTER WREN. A HERMIT THRUSH
seen there was not heard singing, but you can't
have everything! 6 WILSON'S SNIPE were observed by nearby Grier's Pond.
A few miles to the south, a female YELLOWTHROAT
was found at the end of Staves Landing Road.
Late in the day, that day, March 26th, 2
SHORT-EARED OWLS were seen by Port Mahon Raod.
50 PIPITS were noted at Bombay Hook on Sunday, March 26th.
And with that, we end the Birdline this time.
There will be more, of course, next time. Until
then, good birding and thank you for tuning in to
the Birdline, wherever you may be.
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