RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* September 2, 2005
* DEST0509.02
*Birds mentioned
Audubon's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Least Bittern
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
American Golden Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
Bobolink
- Transcript
Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: September 2, 2005
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, September 2nd this is Birdline Delaware, from the
Delaware Museum of Natural History in Greenville. I'm Andy Ednie,
glad to be with you this week. Armas Hill is away.
Maurice Barnhill's previously mentioned BAIRD'S SANDPIPER continues
to be seen just north of the town of Little Creek, in a harvested
potato field at the intersection of Rt 9 and Edgewater Farm Lane.
Today, there were 4-5 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS in the same field.
There have been 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in Shearness Pool in
Bombay Hook NWR for most of the week. These birds were seen on the
little grassy flats by the hammock of trees at the sharp turn on the
northeast side of the pool. BAIRD'S, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL, and
STILT SANDPIPERS are also being seen on Shearness Pool, along with a
distant MARBLED GODWIT. Up to 6 BLACK-NECKED STILTS continue to be
seen at Bear Swamp in Bombay Hook. The grass along the dikes at
Bombay Hook are full of BOBOLINK right now.
The BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were not seen today, but could have been
chased out of the area by a PEREGRINE FALCON hunting in the area.
A HUDSONAIN GODWIT was seen at the north Pond of the Logan Lane tract
off the Kitts Hummock Rd. GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN, LEAST, COMMON,
FORSTER'S and BLACK TERNS have also been reported there this week.
3 COMMON MOORHENS were seen at Thousand Acre Marsh, south of Delaware
City last weekend. A LEAST BITTERN was also seen there this week.
Last weekend was okay for warblers. At Brandywine Creek State Park,
BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, MAGNOLIA, CANADA, PRAIRIE, and
lots of CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS were seen. There have also been
several YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, BLUE GROSBEAK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and
SCARLET TANAGER seen.
Today was a good day for Warblers at White Clay Creek State Park.
KENTUCKY, CANADA, and TENNESSEE, plus CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-AND-WHITE, AMERICAN
REDSTART, BLACKBURNIAN, and OVENBIRD were reported. Earlier in the
week, a WORM-EATING WARBLER was present.
Two pelagic trips out of Lewes produced similar results. On Friday to
Wilmington Canyon, the best bird was a dark morph LONG-TAILED JAEGER.
Also seen were 2 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, and AUDUBON'S, CORY'S and
GREATER SHEARWATER.
Saturday's trip only stayed in Delaware briefly on its way to
Baltimore Canyon. There was a rapid, fly-by PARASITIC JAEGER, along
with 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and a NORTHERN GANNET.
Birdline Delaware has a special feature every week, heard on 1450
WILM News Radio. You can hear the birdline on the radio on Wednesday
at 5:55 and 8:55 am and 6:55 pm. Here is this week's special feature.
This is Birdline Delaware, a service of the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
Most Delawareans are aware of Sandpipers, those little gray
shorebirds that run up and down the beach. Sandpipers are generally
associated with sandy areas close to water. There are however,
several species of sandpiper that prefer short grassy field as their
favorite niche. Those birds are referred to as grasspipers.
A bird of meadows and fields, the Upland Sandpiper is a true
grasspiper. They are brown, long necked, and short-billed. They like
to sing their "wolf whistle "song (Upland Sfx) from fence posts.
Because of their short bill, they were once called upland plovers.
Now, ornithologists believe they are more closely related to Curlews.
A rare fall visitor to Delaware, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper is a
long distant migrant. In spring, they go up the Mississippi valley
stopping in prairie habitat, on their way to the tundra where they
nest. In fall the come back through along the coast heading to South
America, looking for grassy fields to rest.
The prince of the grasspipers is the American Golden Plover. Black
bellied and golden back, they have long wings and are graceful
fliers. They have to be strong fliers, in the fall; they migrate out
over the ocean. Only big storms, like a hurricane will push them inland.
In Delaware, you can look for grasspipers around sod farms, grassy
wet meadows, or in old plowed potato fields. Sometimes the grassy
tarmacs around airport runways provide good habitat. Now is a good
time to look for grasspipers over the Labor Day Holiday, since the
beaches are all full of people.
I'm Andy Ednie, good birding.
Call your bird reports to (302) 792-9591 or email me at
ednieap@wittnet.com. Thank you for calling.
-end transcript
* Delaware
* Statewide
* September 2, 2005
* DEST0509.02
*Birds mentioned
Audubon's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Least Bittern
Peregrine Falcon
Common Moorhen
American Golden Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Marbled Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Blue Grosbeak
Baltimore Oriole
Bobolink
- Transcript
Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date: September 2, 2005
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, September 2nd this is Birdline Delaware, from the
Delaware Museum of Natural History in Greenville. I'm Andy Ednie,
glad to be with you this week. Armas Hill is away.
Maurice Barnhill's previously mentioned BAIRD'S SANDPIPER continues
to be seen just north of the town of Little Creek, in a harvested
potato field at the intersection of Rt 9 and Edgewater Farm Lane.
Today, there were 4-5 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS in the same field.
There have been 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS in Shearness Pool in
Bombay Hook NWR for most of the week. These birds were seen on the
little grassy flats by the hammock of trees at the sharp turn on the
northeast side of the pool. BAIRD'S, WHITE-RUMPED, PECTORAL, and
STILT SANDPIPERS are also being seen on Shearness Pool, along with a
distant MARBLED GODWIT. Up to 6 BLACK-NECKED STILTS continue to be
seen at Bear Swamp in Bombay Hook. The grass along the dikes at
Bombay Hook are full of BOBOLINK right now.
The BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were not seen today, but could have been
chased out of the area by a PEREGRINE FALCON hunting in the area.
A HUDSONAIN GODWIT was seen at the north Pond of the Logan Lane tract
off the Kitts Hummock Rd. GULL-BILLED, CASPIAN, LEAST, COMMON,
FORSTER'S and BLACK TERNS have also been reported there this week.
3 COMMON MOORHENS were seen at Thousand Acre Marsh, south of Delaware
City last weekend. A LEAST BITTERN was also seen there this week.
Last weekend was okay for warblers. At Brandywine Creek State Park,
BLACKBURNIAN, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, MAGNOLIA, CANADA, PRAIRIE, and
lots of CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS were seen. There have also been
several YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, BLUE GROSBEAK, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and
SCARLET TANAGER seen.
Today was a good day for Warblers at White Clay Creek State Park.
KENTUCKY, CANADA, and TENNESSEE, plus CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA,
BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-AND-WHITE, AMERICAN
REDSTART, BLACKBURNIAN, and OVENBIRD were reported. Earlier in the
week, a WORM-EATING WARBLER was present.
Two pelagic trips out of Lewes produced similar results. On Friday to
Wilmington Canyon, the best bird was a dark morph LONG-TAILED JAEGER.
Also seen were 2 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, and AUDUBON'S, CORY'S and
GREATER SHEARWATER.
Saturday's trip only stayed in Delaware briefly on its way to
Baltimore Canyon. There was a rapid, fly-by PARASITIC JAEGER, along
with 3 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and a NORTHERN GANNET.
Birdline Delaware has a special feature every week, heard on 1450
WILM News Radio. You can hear the birdline on the radio on Wednesday
at 5:55 and 8:55 am and 6:55 pm. Here is this week's special feature.
This is Birdline Delaware, a service of the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
Most Delawareans are aware of Sandpipers, those little gray
shorebirds that run up and down the beach. Sandpipers are generally
associated with sandy areas close to water. There are however,
several species of sandpiper that prefer short grassy field as their
favorite niche. Those birds are referred to as grasspipers.
A bird of meadows and fields, the Upland Sandpiper is a true
grasspiper. They are brown, long necked, and short-billed. They like
to sing their "wolf whistle "song (Upland Sfx) from fence posts.
Because of their short bill, they were once called upland plovers.
Now, ornithologists believe they are more closely related to Curlews.
A rare fall visitor to Delaware, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper is a
long distant migrant. In spring, they go up the Mississippi valley
stopping in prairie habitat, on their way to the tundra where they
nest. In fall the come back through along the coast heading to South
America, looking for grassy fields to rest.
The prince of the grasspipers is the American Golden Plover. Black
bellied and golden back, they have long wings and are graceful
fliers. They have to be strong fliers, in the fall; they migrate out
over the ocean. Only big storms, like a hurricane will push them inland.
In Delaware, you can look for grasspipers around sod farms, grassy
wet meadows, or in old plowed potato fields. Sometimes the grassy
tarmacs around airport runways provide good habitat. Now is a good
time to look for grasspipers over the Labor Day Holiday, since the
beaches are all full of people.
I'm Andy Ednie, good birding.
Call your bird reports to (302) 792-9591 or email me at
ednieap@wittnet.com. Thank you for calling.
-end transcript