RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* July 1, 2006
* DEST0606.01
* Birds mentioned:
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (from shore)
ANHINGA (extralimital, ny)
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (pa)
CINNAMON TEAL (pa)
Ruddy Duck
Common Merganser (pa)
Common Moorhen
Black-necked Stilt
Black-bellied Plover (belated report)
Red Knot (belated report)
Dunlin (belated report)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (belated report)
White-rumped Sandpiper (belated report)
Short-billed Dowitcher (belated report)
Wilson's Phalarope
Roseate Tern (nj)
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Acadian Flycatcher (pa)
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo (pa)
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
Wood Thrush (pa)
Veery (pa)
Eastern Bluebird (pa)
Cedar Waxwing (pa)
Louisiana Waterthrush (pa)
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue Grosbeak
Grasshopper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Birdline Delaware
Date: July 1, 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 Saturday, July 1st, this is Birdline Delaware
- from the Delaware Museum of Natural History,
and supported by a number of regional birders.
I'm Armas Hill, glad again to be with you.
Among birds observed at the Bombay Hook National
Wildlife Refuge in central Delaware on Monday,
June 26th, there was a BLACK TERN in breeding
plumage, always nice to see in these parts.
Also, there were about 35 BLACK-NECKED STILTS.
Among birds reported at Bombay Hook the previous
week, June 18 to 24, there were these:
WILSON'S PHALAROPE, BLACK SKIMMER, WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, and BLUE GROSBEAK. Near the refuge
headquarters, there's been a nice number of
PURPLE MARTINS at the colony, and a very nice
number of RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS coming to
the feeders. One day, recently, about 2 dozen
HUMMINGBIRDS were tallied there. Where such a
number of HUMMINGBIRDS gather, it's worthwhile to
look at them carefully, and not just assume that
they're all RUBY-THROATED. Last week, for
instance, in upstate New York, a BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD was observed.
Just over a week ago, there was a nice number of
another good bird to see at Bombay Hook,
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS in the area of Bear Swamp.
North of Bombay Hook this week on June 28th, at
Taylor's Gut, along Route 9, near Woodland Beach,
a female RUDDY DUCK was seen. A couple weeks
earlier maybe that same bird was seen in that area.
Just over a week ago, at Woodland Beach itself,
along the Delaware Bay, a single ROYAL TERN was
observed on at least a couple occasions.
This week, on June 28th, these birds were noted
in the Woodland Beach area, from the Delaware Bay to Route 9:
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, both YELLOW-BILLED and
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, CLIFF SWALLOW, and SEASIDE
and the "COASTAL PLAIN" SWAMP SPARROW.
Further south in Delaware, last weekend, on
Saturday, June 24th, these birds were observed in
the area of the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge:
2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES and 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS along Broadkill Beach Road,
2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS along Deep Branch Road,
a dozen MOORHENS along Prime Hook Road,
and several WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS seen over the
Delaware Bay from Prime Hook Beach.
At the end of the Dike Trail at the Prime Hook
Refuge, a single BLACK TERN was seen.
Some of the last reports of SHOREBIRDS during
their northward migration, that we're aware of,
follow. We're not aware, of course, how far these
birds would continue, if they would, on their way north.
Over the weekend of June 17-18, at Mispillion
Harbor: 3 RED KNOTS, 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
25 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 15 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 2 DUNLIN.
On the South Bowers side of Brockambridge Gut
that weekend: about 40 RED KNOTS, almost 40
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 2 DUNLIN, and a single
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER in breeding.
Now, as we're into July, SHOREBIRDS will be
migrating again, on their way south.
In the Piedmont, just north of the DE-PA state
line, in the White Clay Creek Valley in
Pennsylvania, birds this week on June 26th, included:
3 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, 2 LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSHES, 2 WARBLING VIREOS, a dozen CEDAR
WAXWINGS, both ACADIAN and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS,
many BLUEBIRDS, and both WOOD THRUSHES and VEERIES.
Back in northern Delaware, in the area of the
Brandywine Creek Valley, at Harry's Pond, a
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was a nice sight this morning, July 1st.
Now, here, some updates to reports given
yesterday on the Philadelphia Birdline (for June 30th):
The male CINNAMON TEAL at Tinicum Refuge in
Southwest Philadelphia was seen this morning, July 1st.
At Cape May Point NJ, early this morning, before
the beach got covered with people, birds there
included: the previously-reported single ROSEATE
TERN, and COMMON and FORSTER'S TERNS resting on
the beach, and ROYAL and BLACK TERNS flying by.
Regarding BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS that have
been in Maryland and Pennsylvania:
The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK in Gaithersburg,
Maryland, was seen after June 21st (on the
Philadelphia Birdline yesterday that was noted as
the last report). However, the bird was seen
there on Sunday, June 25th. A birder from
Pennsylvania went there that day and saw it.
In relation to the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (noted on the
Philadelphia Birdline as seen there on June 24th
- and it was said that it was not known if the
bird was seen since): Actually, it was seen the
next day, Sunday, June 25th, when actually 2
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were observed there
at the Alcoa Marsh, off the Fruitville Pike, just north of Lancaster.
There was a report on yesterday's Philadelphia
Birdline of a female COMMON MERGANSER seen on
June 23rd in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, with 25 young in tow.
Another birder, who was canoeing in upstate
Pennsylvania last year, in June '05, notes that
he encountered several female COMMON MERGANSERS
with chicks in tow. The average number of
ducklings seemed to be about a dozen, but he did
see one female with 24, and another with an
astounding 36 in tow! (It's interesting that the
numbers all were in dozens!) The female
MERGANSERS, he says, were always solitary.
Now, here, lastly, another extralimital report:
On Friday afternoon, June 30th, at about 4:20pm,
an AHHINGA was said to be seen at New York City's
Central Park, at the north end of the reservoir. The bird was seen in flight.
And that's it for now. More next time, including
the resumption of our Birdline Feature, as it's
also given each week on the radio.
Until next time, thank you for tuning in, and
good birding, wherever you may be.
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* Delaware
* Statewide
* July 1, 2006
* DEST0606.01
* Birds mentioned:
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (from shore)
ANHINGA (extralimital, ny)
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (pa)
CINNAMON TEAL (pa)
Ruddy Duck
Common Merganser (pa)
Common Moorhen
Black-necked Stilt
Black-bellied Plover (belated report)
Red Knot (belated report)
Dunlin (belated report)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (belated report)
White-rumped Sandpiper (belated report)
Short-billed Dowitcher (belated report)
Wilson's Phalarope
Roseate Tern (nj)
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Black Tern
Black Skimmer
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Acadian Flycatcher (pa)
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo (pa)
Purple Martin
Cliff Swallow
Wood Thrush (pa)
Veery (pa)
Eastern Bluebird (pa)
Cedar Waxwing (pa)
Louisiana Waterthrush (pa)
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blue Grosbeak
Grasshopper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Birdline Delaware
Date: July 1, 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 Saturday, July 1st, this is Birdline Delaware
- from the Delaware Museum of Natural History,
and supported by a number of regional birders.
I'm Armas Hill, glad again to be with you.
Among birds observed at the Bombay Hook National
Wildlife Refuge in central Delaware on Monday,
June 26th, there was a BLACK TERN in breeding
plumage, always nice to see in these parts.
Also, there were about 35 BLACK-NECKED STILTS.
Among birds reported at Bombay Hook the previous
week, June 18 to 24, there were these:
WILSON'S PHALAROPE, BLACK SKIMMER, WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, and BLUE GROSBEAK. Near the refuge
headquarters, there's been a nice number of
PURPLE MARTINS at the colony, and a very nice
number of RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS coming to
the feeders. One day, recently, about 2 dozen
HUMMINGBIRDS were tallied there. Where such a
number of HUMMINGBIRDS gather, it's worthwhile to
look at them carefully, and not just assume that
they're all RUBY-THROATED. Last week, for
instance, in upstate New York, a BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD was observed.
Just over a week ago, there was a nice number of
another good bird to see at Bombay Hook,
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS in the area of Bear Swamp.
North of Bombay Hook this week on June 28th, at
Taylor's Gut, along Route 9, near Woodland Beach,
a female RUDDY DUCK was seen. A couple weeks
earlier maybe that same bird was seen in that area.
Just over a week ago, at Woodland Beach itself,
along the Delaware Bay, a single ROYAL TERN was
observed on at least a couple occasions.
This week, on June 28th, these birds were noted
in the Woodland Beach area, from the Delaware Bay to Route 9:
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, both YELLOW-BILLED and
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, CLIFF SWALLOW, and SEASIDE
and the "COASTAL PLAIN" SWAMP SPARROW.
Further south in Delaware, last weekend, on
Saturday, June 24th, these birds were observed in
the area of the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge:
2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES and 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS along Broadkill Beach Road,
2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS along Deep Branch Road,
a dozen MOORHENS along Prime Hook Road,
and several WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS seen over the
Delaware Bay from Prime Hook Beach.
At the end of the Dike Trail at the Prime Hook
Refuge, a single BLACK TERN was seen.
Some of the last reports of SHOREBIRDS during
their northward migration, that we're aware of,
follow. We're not aware, of course, how far these
birds would continue, if they would, on their way north.
Over the weekend of June 17-18, at Mispillion
Harbor: 3 RED KNOTS, 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS,
25 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 15 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 2 DUNLIN.
On the South Bowers side of Brockambridge Gut
that weekend: about 40 RED KNOTS, almost 40
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 2 DUNLIN, and a single
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER in breeding.
Now, as we're into July, SHOREBIRDS will be
migrating again, on their way south.
In the Piedmont, just north of the DE-PA state
line, in the White Clay Creek Valley in
Pennsylvania, birds this week on June 26th, included:
3 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, 2 LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSHES, 2 WARBLING VIREOS, a dozen CEDAR
WAXWINGS, both ACADIAN and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS,
many BLUEBIRDS, and both WOOD THRUSHES and VEERIES.
Back in northern Delaware, in the area of the
Brandywine Creek Valley, at Harry's Pond, a
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was a nice sight this morning, July 1st.
Now, here, some updates to reports given
yesterday on the Philadelphia Birdline (for June 30th):
The male CINNAMON TEAL at Tinicum Refuge in
Southwest Philadelphia was seen this morning, July 1st.
At Cape May Point NJ, early this morning, before
the beach got covered with people, birds there
included: the previously-reported single ROSEATE
TERN, and COMMON and FORSTER'S TERNS resting on
the beach, and ROYAL and BLACK TERNS flying by.
Regarding BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS that have
been in Maryland and Pennsylvania:
The BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK in Gaithersburg,
Maryland, was seen after June 21st (on the
Philadelphia Birdline yesterday that was noted as
the last report). However, the bird was seen
there on Sunday, June 25th. A birder from
Pennsylvania went there that day and saw it.
In relation to the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (noted on the
Philadelphia Birdline as seen there on June 24th
- and it was said that it was not known if the
bird was seen since): Actually, it was seen the
next day, Sunday, June 25th, when actually 2
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were observed there
at the Alcoa Marsh, off the Fruitville Pike, just north of Lancaster.
There was a report on yesterday's Philadelphia
Birdline of a female COMMON MERGANSER seen on
June 23rd in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, with 25 young in tow.
Another birder, who was canoeing in upstate
Pennsylvania last year, in June '05, notes that
he encountered several female COMMON MERGANSERS
with chicks in tow. The average number of
ducklings seemed to be about a dozen, but he did
see one female with 24, and another with an
astounding 36 in tow! (It's interesting that the
numbers all were in dozens!) The female
MERGANSERS, he says, were always solitary.
Now, here, lastly, another extralimital report:
On Friday afternoon, June 30th, at about 4:20pm,
an AHHINGA was said to be seen at New York City's
Central Park, at the north end of the reservoir. The bird was seen in flight.
And that's it for now. More next time, including
the resumption of our Birdline Feature, as it's
also given each week on the radio.
Until next time, thank you for tuning in, and
good birding, wherever you may be.
- end transcript