RBA: Birdline Delaware, October 30th, 2009

[Andy Ednie]

RBA
* Delaware
* Statewide
* October 30, 2009
* DEST0910.30

*Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Common Eider
Pied-billed Grebe
Cattle Egret
Wood Stork
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Nighthawk
Horned Lark
Black-capped Chickadee
Winter Wren
Palm Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch

Hotline:       Birdline Delaware
Date:            Hotline: Birdline Delaware
Date:            October 30, 2009
Number:      302-658-2747
To Report:   Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE)
Compiler:    Andy Ednie (ednieap@...)
Coverage:    Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern
                     New Jersey, Maryland
Transcriber: Andy Ednie (ednieap@...)

For Friday, October 30th, this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum
of Natural History in Greenville. The 2009 Unofficial Delaware State Year
List now stands at 325 species, with three new additions this week.

A WOOD STORK was seen at a distance flying over the Ashland Nature Center
Hawk Watch on Sunday. That same bird was seen an hour later at the Militia
Hill Hawk Watch in Ft. Washington State Park in Montgomery Co., PA. That's
over 30 miles away!

Two GOLDEN EAGLES with 15 BALD EAGLES at the Ashland hawk watch today. Also
at Ashland this week: a BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE arrived, several PURPLE
FINCHES and a female BALTIMORE ORIOLE made a brief visit.  

It has been a wash out all week at the Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch, but
yesterday a HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen among the scoter flocks passing through.
Also reported were 2 male WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS.  And today, 7 COMMON EIDERS
were seen flying by with several flocks of GREATER SCAUP. COMMON EIDER was
also reported at the breakwaters off the Cape May - Lewes Ferry. The best
day at the hawk watch was Sunday, with 125 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 53 COOPER'S
HAWKS, 70 AMERICAN KESTRELS 6 MERLINS and 7 PEREGRINE FALCONS.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL continues to be seen along the beach at Kitts
Hummock. 9 PIED-BILLED GREBES were seen at the north pond of the Logan
Tract, along with a large mixed flock of AMERICAN WIGEON and GADWALL.

2 CATTLE EGRETS were seen along Rt. 9 at Taylor's Bridge American Avocets
continue to be seen at Bombay Hook NWR. The SNOW GEESE number there has
reached over ten thousand. Shorebirds seen include BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED and WESTERN SANDPIPER.
Several BALD EAGLES are in the area along with PEREGRINE FALCON.

There were 20+ PALM WARBLERS at Brandywine Creek State Park last weekend.
Also reported were 6 species of Woodpecker, and WINTER WREN.

The Auto Mall in Middletown has several flocks of HORNED LARK this week, but
no LAPLAND LONGSPURS yet. The Auto Mall is west of town off Rt. 301.

A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was reported at Wolfe's Neck between Rehoboth Beach and
Lewes this week. That bird was flushed while censusing the deer herd. A
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was reported at Prime Hook NWR.

Special thanks this week to Bob Rufe, Derek Stoner, Chris Bennett, Lynn
Smith, Kim Steininger, and our hawk watchers; Cyrus Moqtaderi and Forrest
Rowland for their reports. You can report sightings or add to the State Year
List by calling 302-792-9591 or email ednieap@.... Until next week,
good birding and GO PHILLIES!

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Andy Ednie
Claymont, Delaware

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