RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* March 19, 2007
* DEST0703.19
* Birds mentioned:
Red-throated Loon
Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Wood Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
Canvasback
American Kestrel
Merlin
American Coot
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Birdline Delaware
Date: March 19, 2007
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 Monday, March 19th, 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.
FOX SPARROWS have been noted this past week in
numbers throughout the state, from Claymont and
Hockessin in the north, south to Cape Henlopen
along the seacoast. Most sightings have been this
past week, but last week, on March 7th, a flock
of up to 15 FOX SPARROWS was seen scratching in
the snow at the Cape Henlopen campgrounds.
PHOEBES has been seen lately along both the
Brandywine and the White Clay Creeks.
Also in northern Delaware, the following birds
have been seen recently at the Ashland Nature
Center, in addition to the PHOEBE:
On Saturday, March 17th, late in the afternoon, 3
PIPITS were at the marsh near the nature center
building, where also there were, that day, 8
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, a SNIPE, and several SWAMP SPARROWS.
Two days earlier, a MERLIN was seen near Ashland,
perched on a fencepost, eating a small mammal.
After the MERLIN left, a KESTREL came, perching on a telephone wire nearby.
That same day, March 15th, many GEESE (both
CANADA and SNOW) were seen in the sky above
Ashland, migrating north. Birds heard singing at
the Ashland Nature Center on March 15th included
a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and a couple FIELD SPARROWS.
At another northern Delaware location, last week
on March 8th, the following were seen by the
Nonesuch Creek, by Airport Road, south of I-95:
SNIPE, and a half-dozen WOOD DUCK (male &
female). Even more WOOD DUCKS were in the marsh
by Old Airport Road, near Newport.
7 species of GULLS were noted at the Cherry
Island Landfill, north of Wilmington, on March
17th. Of the 5,000 or so gulls there, most were
HERRING. There were about a hundred RING-BILLED,
and not that many GREAT BLACK-BACKED. There were
just over a dozen LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
White-winged GULLS were GLAUCOUS and ICELAND,
both first-winter birds. Only 1 LAUGHING GULL was found.
There were nearly 2,000 ducks nearby at the
Wilmington wastewater treatment plant. Most were
LESSER SCAUP. There were some GREATER SCAUP.
Also, there were several hundred RING-NECKED
DUCKS, a few CANVASBACKS, and 2 REDHEAD. That's
all 5 of the regular American AYTHYA species.
The previously-reported NORTHERN SHRIKE in
southern Delaware, near Prime Hook, was reported
by a couple different observers on March 10th, by
the 90 degree bend along Turkle Pond Road.
Several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were behind the
visitor center at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge that day.
On the impoundments by Prime Hook Road, there
were SNIPE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and TUNDRA SWANS.
At Fowler Beach that day, along the Delaware Bay,
2 "IPSWICH" SAVANNAH SPARROWS were seen.
At Slaughter Beach, there was a RED-THROATED LOON very close to shore.
Near Mispillion Light, there were OYSTERCATCHERS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and a flock of up to a couple
dozen AVOCETS that were out in the water, giving the appearance of swimming.
At the Ted Harvey Wildlife Area on March 10th,
there were many COOTS, over a thousand. And a couple AVOCETS.
And that's it, this time on the Birdline. More, next time.
Good birding, wherever you may be, and thank you for tuning in to the Birdline.
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* Delaware
* Statewide
* March 19, 2007
* DEST0703.19
* Birds mentioned:
Red-throated Loon
Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Wood Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Redhead
Canvasback
American Kestrel
Merlin
American Coot
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
Field Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Birdline Delaware
Date: March 19, 2007
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 Monday, March 19th, 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.
FOX SPARROWS have been noted this past week in
numbers throughout the state, from Claymont and
Hockessin in the north, south to Cape Henlopen
along the seacoast. Most sightings have been this
past week, but last week, on March 7th, a flock
of up to 15 FOX SPARROWS was seen scratching in
the snow at the Cape Henlopen campgrounds.
PHOEBES has been seen lately along both the
Brandywine and the White Clay Creeks.
Also in northern Delaware, the following birds
have been seen recently at the Ashland Nature
Center, in addition to the PHOEBE:
On Saturday, March 17th, late in the afternoon, 3
PIPITS were at the marsh near the nature center
building, where also there were, that day, 8
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, a SNIPE, and several SWAMP SPARROWS.
Two days earlier, a MERLIN was seen near Ashland,
perched on a fencepost, eating a small mammal.
After the MERLIN left, a KESTREL came, perching on a telephone wire nearby.
That same day, March 15th, many GEESE (both
CANADA and SNOW) were seen in the sky above
Ashland, migrating north. Birds heard singing at
the Ashland Nature Center on March 15th included
a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and a couple FIELD SPARROWS.
At another northern Delaware location, last week
on March 8th, the following were seen by the
Nonesuch Creek, by Airport Road, south of I-95:
SNIPE, and a half-dozen WOOD DUCK (male &
female). Even more WOOD DUCKS were in the marsh
by Old Airport Road, near Newport.
7 species of GULLS were noted at the Cherry
Island Landfill, north of Wilmington, on March
17th. Of the 5,000 or so gulls there, most were
HERRING. There were about a hundred RING-BILLED,
and not that many GREAT BLACK-BACKED. There were
just over a dozen LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.
White-winged GULLS were GLAUCOUS and ICELAND,
both first-winter birds. Only 1 LAUGHING GULL was found.
There were nearly 2,000 ducks nearby at the
Wilmington wastewater treatment plant. Most were
LESSER SCAUP. There were some GREATER SCAUP.
Also, there were several hundred RING-NECKED
DUCKS, a few CANVASBACKS, and 2 REDHEAD. That's
all 5 of the regular American AYTHYA species.
The previously-reported NORTHERN SHRIKE in
southern Delaware, near Prime Hook, was reported
by a couple different observers on March 10th, by
the 90 degree bend along Turkle Pond Road.
Several WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were behind the
visitor center at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge that day.
On the impoundments by Prime Hook Road, there
were SNIPE, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and TUNDRA SWANS.
At Fowler Beach that day, along the Delaware Bay,
2 "IPSWICH" SAVANNAH SPARROWS were seen.
At Slaughter Beach, there was a RED-THROATED LOON very close to shore.
Near Mispillion Light, there were OYSTERCATCHERS,
BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and a flock of up to a couple
dozen AVOCETS that were out in the water, giving the appearance of swimming.
At the Ted Harvey Wildlife Area on March 10th,
there were many COOTS, over a thousand. And a couple AVOCETS.
And that's it, this time on the Birdline. More, next time.
Good birding, wherever you may be, and thank you for tuning in to the Birdline.
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