RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* May 5, 2006
* DEST0605.05
* Birds mentioned:
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Tundra Swan
Northern Shoveler
Common Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Semipalmated Plover
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot (feature)
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Black Skimmer
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Gray Catbird
Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Veery
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Bank Swallow
CLIFF SWALLOW
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
"LAWRENCE'S WARBLER"
Golden-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Canada Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
American Redstart
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Bobolink
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
*Other wildlife mentioned:
Horseshoe Crab
American Eel
Diamond-backed Terrapin
Red Trillium
pelagic birding trip announcement
Birdline Delaware
Date: May 5, 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: Risė Hill
For Friday, May 5th, 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.
With lots of birds to relate, especially from
today, May 5th, as there were fallouts throughout the state:
There was a good fallout at the White Clay Creek,
north of Newark, this morning. 17 species of
WARBLERS were seen, including: CHESTNUT-SIDED,
MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN and BLACK-THROATED
BLUE, BLACKPOLL, PROTHONOTARY, CANADA, and
KENTUCKY. Also: YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and INDIGO BUNTING.
There was a nice fallout at Bombay Hook Refuge
today, in central Delaware, of WARBLERS and other
birds. the WARBLERS included: CAPE MAYS (at both
towers, Raymond and Shearness), GOLDEN-WINGED,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, and PARULA.
Also newly-arrived BLUE GROSBEAKS, EASTERN
KINGBIRDS, and ORCHARD ORIOLES, among others.
SPARROWS today at Bombay Hook included: SAVANNA,
SWAMP,CHIPPING, WHITE-THROATED, FIELD, and SEASIDE.
BOBOLINK was seen today at Raymond Pool.
Lots of SHOREBIRDS, especially on the flats opposite Shearness.
South of Bombay Hook, at the Little Creek
Wildlife Management Area this morning, among the
birds in the fallout there, a particularly nice
one was found: a "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER" (the
BLUE-WINGED/GOLDEN-WINGED hybrid). It and the
following other WARBLERS were found by the dirt
road, at the bend, on the way to the observation
tower. Many of the WARBLERS were in the willow
oaks across from the pond. There were numerous
YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK-THROATED GREEN,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, and PARULA, as well as 1
BLACK-THROATED BLUE and 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
(with the "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER").
In central Delaware, in Milford, in a fallout
there this morning, WARBLERS were: BLACK-THROATED
GREEN and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, CHESTNUT-SIDED,
PALM, YELLOW-RUMPED, and REDSTART. Also:
BALTIMORE ORIOLE and BLUE GROSBEAK. Later in the
day: SCARLET TANAGER (1 male), PURPLE FINCH (1
female), and more YELLOW-RUMPED and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS.
In northern Delaware, in a fallout this morning
in a yard in Claymont, there were ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, AMERICAN REDSTART, YELLOW WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, and OVENBIRD. Those birds, of
course, are not normally in that yard.
At a yard in New Castle, this past week, a
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was with AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES, adding even more color. Also, there,
the CATBIRDS are back, as they are elsewhere.
Along the Delaware Seacoast today, May 5th, these
birds were among those noted at the Cape Henlopen
State Park: TUNDRA SWANS and BLACK SKIMMERS
(that's an odd combination), and KINGBIRDS and ORCHARD ORIOLES.
Near the summer camp buildings and basketball
courts, there were: FIELD, CHIPPING, and
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. Also: WOOD THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, and VEERY.
BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were in the nearby pines.
At the Nature Center, and the Seaside Trail,
there were: RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, OVENBIRDS and TOWHEES.
In central Delaware yesterday, May 4th, along the Delaware Bayshore:
At the north impoundment of the Ted Harvey
Refuge, near Kitts Hummock, there were about 130 BLACK SKIMMERS.
Also: 4 lingering female COMMON MERGANSERS, a
drake SHOVELER, and LITTLE BLUE HERON.
A GREAT BLUE HERON was observed swallowing a 2-foot AMERICAN EEL.
SHOREBIRDS included: flocks of DUNLIN, LEAST and
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, and both YELLOWLEGS.
SHOREBIRDS are increasing at Port Mahon, as the
HORSESHOE CRABS have begun to appear. More, of
course, will come - more HORSESHOE CRABS and more
SHOREBIRDS. But those there yesterday, May 4th,
included: about 30 RUDDY TURNSTONES, a dozen
WILLETS, 8 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, and some DUNLIN.
Also at Port Mahon, dozens of DIAMOND-BACKED
TERRAPINS are gathering just offshore, and can be
seen popping their heads above the surface of the water.
In the sky above Port Mahon yesterday, a single
BANK SWALLOW flew. Nearby, OSPREY are nesting.
Further south along the Delaware Bay, these birds
were found in the area of Big Stone Beach on
Tuesday, May 2nd, mostly from along Big Stone
Beach Road, between Scotts Landing Road and the Bay:
a dozen AVOCETS, with many DUNLIN and both YELLOWLEGS,
and in the pine trees: a BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH, a
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, and a half-dozen or so PINE WARBLERS.
Now, back to northern Delaware:
Last weekend, it was a nice morning on Saturday,
April 29th, along the Brandywine Creek between
Thompson's Bridge and Rockland. There 7 species
of WARBLERS (including BLUE-WINGED, PALM,
PRAIRIE, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH) and 3 species
of VIREOS (YELLOW-THROATED, WHITE-EYED, and
WARBLING). Also: WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER,
and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. SPOTTED SANDPIPER was
spotted. CHIMNEY SWIFTS were in the air, and the
flower RED TRILLIUM was seen on the ground.
Along the White Clay Creek on April 30th, birds
included: the same 3 VIREOS just mentioned
(YELLOW-THROATED, WHITE-EYED, and WARBLING).
Also: NORTHERN PARULA, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, and
both BALTIMORE and ORCHARD ORIOLES.
Shifting from the creeks to the river:
In Delaware City, on April 26th, from the end of
Clinton St., between 5:50pm & 8:20pm, birds were
observed and counted going to and from the
heronry on Pea Patch Island. Here's what was seen, to and from the island:
GREAT BLUE HERON: 46 to/46 from
GREAT EGRET: 80 to/16 from
SNOWY EGRET: 26 to/1 from
LITTLE BLUE HERON: 44 to/5 from
CATTLE EGRET: 296 to/23 from
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 10 to/194 from
GLOSSY IBIS: 242 to/1 from
Maybe 1 or 2 of those LITTLE BLUE HERONS are the
birds that have been reported to us as seen
lately at the pond along Dutch Neck Road, south of the C&D Canal.
South of the C&D Canal, an immature BALD EAGLE
was observed on April 28th, just north of Port
Penn. Another (or the same) was seen a half hour
later, also near the Delaware River, just south of Augustine Beach.
If you go south on Route 9 a bit further, CLIFF
SWALLOWS are back, nesting on the bridge over the
Appoquinmink Creek (or small River), one mile
south of the intersection of Route 9 and Vance
Neck Road. There are 2 bridges together. The
CLIFF SWALLOW nests are on the east side of the
northernmost of the 2 bridges.
And that's it for the reports this time.
* Delaware
* Statewide
* May 5, 2006
* DEST0605.05
* Birds mentioned:
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Tundra Swan
Northern Shoveler
Common Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Semipalmated Plover
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot (feature)
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Black Skimmer
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Gray Catbird
Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Veery
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Bank Swallow
CLIFF SWALLOW
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
"LAWRENCE'S WARBLER"
Golden-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Canada Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
American Redstart
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Bobolink
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
*Other wildlife mentioned:
Horseshoe Crab
American Eel
Diamond-backed Terrapin
Red Trillium
pelagic birding trip announcement
Birdline Delaware
Date: May 5, 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: Risė Hill
For Friday, May 5th, 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.
With lots of birds to relate, especially from
today, May 5th, as there were fallouts throughout the state:
There was a good fallout at the White Clay Creek,
north of Newark, this morning. 17 species of
WARBLERS were seen, including: CHESTNUT-SIDED,
MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED GREEN and BLACK-THROATED
BLUE, BLACKPOLL, PROTHONOTARY, CANADA, and
KENTUCKY. Also: YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and INDIGO BUNTING.
There was a nice fallout at Bombay Hook Refuge
today, in central Delaware, of WARBLERS and other
birds. the WARBLERS included: CAPE MAYS (at both
towers, Raymond and Shearness), GOLDEN-WINGED,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, and PARULA.
Also newly-arrived BLUE GROSBEAKS, EASTERN
KINGBIRDS, and ORCHARD ORIOLES, among others.
SPARROWS today at Bombay Hook included: SAVANNA,
SWAMP,CHIPPING, WHITE-THROATED, FIELD, and SEASIDE.
BOBOLINK was seen today at Raymond Pool.
Lots of SHOREBIRDS, especially on the flats opposite Shearness.
South of Bombay Hook, at the Little Creek
Wildlife Management Area this morning, among the
birds in the fallout there, a particularly nice
one was found: a "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER" (the
BLUE-WINGED/GOLDEN-WINGED hybrid). It and the
following other WARBLERS were found by the dirt
road, at the bend, on the way to the observation
tower. Many of the WARBLERS were in the willow
oaks across from the pond. There were numerous
YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK-THROATED GREEN,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, and PARULA, as well as 1
BLACK-THROATED BLUE and 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER
(with the "LAWRENCE'S WARBLER").
In central Delaware, in Milford, in a fallout
there this morning, WARBLERS were: BLACK-THROATED
GREEN and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, CHESTNUT-SIDED,
PALM, YELLOW-RUMPED, and REDSTART. Also:
BALTIMORE ORIOLE and BLUE GROSBEAK. Later in the
day: SCARLET TANAGER (1 male), PURPLE FINCH (1
female), and more YELLOW-RUMPED and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS.
In northern Delaware, in a fallout this morning
in a yard in Claymont, there were ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, AMERICAN REDSTART, YELLOW WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, and OVENBIRD. Those birds, of
course, are not normally in that yard.
At a yard in New Castle, this past week, a
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was with AMERICAN
GOLDFINCHES, adding even more color. Also, there,
the CATBIRDS are back, as they are elsewhere.
Along the Delaware Seacoast today, May 5th, these
birds were among those noted at the Cape Henlopen
State Park: TUNDRA SWANS and BLACK SKIMMERS
(that's an odd combination), and KINGBIRDS and ORCHARD ORIOLES.
Near the summer camp buildings and basketball
courts, there were: FIELD, CHIPPING, and
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. Also: WOOD THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, and VEERY.
BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were in the nearby pines.
At the Nature Center, and the Seaside Trail,
there were: RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, OVENBIRDS and TOWHEES.
In central Delaware yesterday, May 4th, along the Delaware Bayshore:
At the north impoundment of the Ted Harvey
Refuge, near Kitts Hummock, there were about 130 BLACK SKIMMERS.
Also: 4 lingering female COMMON MERGANSERS, a
drake SHOVELER, and LITTLE BLUE HERON.
A GREAT BLUE HERON was observed swallowing a 2-foot AMERICAN EEL.
SHOREBIRDS included: flocks of DUNLIN, LEAST and
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, and both YELLOWLEGS.
SHOREBIRDS are increasing at Port Mahon, as the
HORSESHOE CRABS have begun to appear. More, of
course, will come - more HORSESHOE CRABS and more
SHOREBIRDS. But those there yesterday, May 4th,
included: about 30 RUDDY TURNSTONES, a dozen
WILLETS, 8 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, and some DUNLIN.
Also at Port Mahon, dozens of DIAMOND-BACKED
TERRAPINS are gathering just offshore, and can be
seen popping their heads above the surface of the water.
In the sky above Port Mahon yesterday, a single
BANK SWALLOW flew. Nearby, OSPREY are nesting.
Further south along the Delaware Bay, these birds
were found in the area of Big Stone Beach on
Tuesday, May 2nd, mostly from along Big Stone
Beach Road, between Scotts Landing Road and the Bay:
a dozen AVOCETS, with many DUNLIN and both YELLOWLEGS,
and in the pine trees: a BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH, a
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, and a half-dozen or so PINE WARBLERS.
Now, back to northern Delaware:
Last weekend, it was a nice morning on Saturday,
April 29th, along the Brandywine Creek between
Thompson's Bridge and Rockland. There 7 species
of WARBLERS (including BLUE-WINGED, PALM,
PRAIRIE, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH) and 3 species
of VIREOS (YELLOW-THROATED, WHITE-EYED, and
WARBLING). Also: WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER,
and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. SPOTTED SANDPIPER was
spotted. CHIMNEY SWIFTS were in the air, and the
flower RED TRILLIUM was seen on the ground.
Along the White Clay Creek on April 30th, birds
included: the same 3 VIREOS just mentioned
(YELLOW-THROATED, WHITE-EYED, and WARBLING).
Also: NORTHERN PARULA, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, and
both BALTIMORE and ORCHARD ORIOLES.
Shifting from the creeks to the river:
In Delaware City, on April 26th, from the end of
Clinton St., between 5:50pm & 8:20pm, birds were
observed and counted going to and from the
heronry on Pea Patch Island. Here's what was seen, to and from the island:
GREAT BLUE HERON: 46 to/46 from
GREAT EGRET: 80 to/16 from
SNOWY EGRET: 26 to/1 from
LITTLE BLUE HERON: 44 to/5 from
CATTLE EGRET: 296 to/23 from
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: 10 to/194 from
GLOSSY IBIS: 242 to/1 from
Maybe 1 or 2 of those LITTLE BLUE HERONS are the
birds that have been reported to us as seen
lately at the pond along Dutch Neck Road, south of the C&D Canal.
South of the C&D Canal, an immature BALD EAGLE
was observed on April 28th, just north of Port
Penn. Another (or the same) was seen a half hour
later, also near the Delaware River, just south of Augustine Beach.
If you go south on Route 9 a bit further, CLIFF
SWALLOWS are back, nesting on the bridge over the
Appoquinmink Creek (or small River), one mile
south of the intersection of Route 9 and Vance
Neck Road. There are 2 bridges together. The
CLIFF SWALLOW nests are on the east side of the
northernmost of the 2 bridges.
And that's it for the reports this time.