RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* July 7, 2006
* DEST0607.07
* Birds mentioned:
Brown Pelican
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Osprey
Bald Eagle
American Oystercatcher
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Royal Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Warbling Vireo
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Louisiana Waterthrush
Ovenbird
Grasshopper Sparrow
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Birdline Delaware
Date: July 7, 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, July 7th, 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.
During the rains and flooding last week, the
Brandywine Creek was over its banks on Wednesday,
June 28th, and the flood plain at the state park was inundated.
A few days later, on Sunday, July 2nd, some
birding at the Brandywine Creek State Park produced:
WARBLING VIREOS in trees by the hawkwatch parking
lot and along the trail to the freshwater marsh,
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS (2 of them, singing) at the disc golf course fields,
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS (at least 3),
and 5 species of WARBLERS: PRAIRIE, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, and
OVENBIRD, all rather expected, and a male
AMERICAN REDSTART, unexpected on July 2nd.
With heavy rains recently in central Delaware,
freshwater impoundments are still high at places
such as Bombay Hook, Little Creek, the Ted Harvey
WMA, and Woodland Beach. And so, shorebird
habitat there is still minimal. A few shorebirds
are about but, so far, not many: some
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and LEAST SANDPIPERS are
among the first of the southbound migrants.
Back in northern Delaware, in the area of the C&D
Canal and Delaware City, some birds seen lately have included:
LITTLE BLUE HERON at Dragon Run Marsh,
GLOSSY IBIS at the Grass Dale Center and Fort DuPont,
and 2 immature BALD EAGLES and OSPREY at the 1000 Acre Marsh.
At Cape Henlopen, in southern Delaware, birders
in a kayak going around the cape, on July 4th,
saw one male BLACK SCOTER and 3 SURF SCOTERS,
along with 7 BROWN PELICANS and 4 OYSTERCATCHERS.
TERNS were: ROYAL, COMMON, FORSTER'S, and LEAST.
In the water, there were about 15 BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS.
More next time, on the Birdline. Hopefully, more next time.
Until then, good birding, wherever you may be.
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* Delaware
* Statewide
* July 7, 2006
* DEST0607.07
* Birds mentioned:
Brown Pelican
Little Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Osprey
Bald Eagle
American Oystercatcher
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Royal Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Warbling Vireo
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Louisiana Waterthrush
Ovenbird
Grasshopper Sparrow
Bottle-nosed Dolphin
Birdline Delaware
Date: July 7, 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, July 7th, 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.
During the rains and flooding last week, the
Brandywine Creek was over its banks on Wednesday,
June 28th, and the flood plain at the state park was inundated.
A few days later, on Sunday, July 2nd, some
birding at the Brandywine Creek State Park produced:
WARBLING VIREOS in trees by the hawkwatch parking
lot and along the trail to the freshwater marsh,
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS (2 of them, singing) at the disc golf course fields,
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS (at least 3),
and 5 species of WARBLERS: PRAIRIE, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, and
OVENBIRD, all rather expected, and a male
AMERICAN REDSTART, unexpected on July 2nd.
With heavy rains recently in central Delaware,
freshwater impoundments are still high at places
such as Bombay Hook, Little Creek, the Ted Harvey
WMA, and Woodland Beach. And so, shorebird
habitat there is still minimal. A few shorebirds
are about but, so far, not many: some
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and LEAST SANDPIPERS are
among the first of the southbound migrants.
Back in northern Delaware, in the area of the C&D
Canal and Delaware City, some birds seen lately have included:
LITTLE BLUE HERON at Dragon Run Marsh,
GLOSSY IBIS at the Grass Dale Center and Fort DuPont,
and 2 immature BALD EAGLES and OSPREY at the 1000 Acre Marsh.
At Cape Henlopen, in southern Delaware, birders
in a kayak going around the cape, on July 4th,
saw one male BLACK SCOTER and 3 SURF SCOTERS,
along with 7 BROWN PELICANS and 4 OYSTERCATCHERS.
TERNS were: ROYAL, COMMON, FORSTER'S, and LEAST.
In the water, there were about 15 BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS.
More next time, on the Birdline. Hopefully, more next time.
Until then, good birding, wherever you may be.
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