Date: 4/10/26 5:04 pm From: Andrew Ednie <000006be14ba5998-dmarc-request...> Subject: [de-birds] RBA: Birdline Delaware, April 10th, 2026
RBA * Delaware * Statewide * April 10, 2026 * DEST 26.04.10
*Birds mentioned Snow Goose Cackling Goose Mute Swan Blue-winged Teal American Wigeon EURASIAN WIGEON Ring-necked Duck COMMON EIDER Common Merganser Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite Chimney Swift Eastern Whip-poor-will Virginia Rail American Coot Sandhill Crane American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt American Avocet Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover Piping Plover Hudsonian Whimbrel Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Willet Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson’s Snipe Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer LITTLE GULL Black-headed Gull Bonaparte’s Gull Iceland Gull Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Brown Pelican Great Cormorant White Ibis Glossy Ibis Black-crowned Night Heron Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Western Cattle Egret Barn Owl Barred Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-headed Woodpecker Peregrine Falcon Common Raven White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Black-capped Chickadee Barn Swallow Bank Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch American Pipit Purple Finch Pine Siskin LAPLAND LONGSPUR Vesper Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Salt Marsh Sparrow Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Orange-crowned Warbler Black and White Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Common Yellowthroat Northern Yellow Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler
Hotline: Birdline Delaware Date: April 10, 2026 To Report: Andy Ednie 302-792-9591 (VOICE) Compiler: Andy Ednie (<ednieap...>) Coverage: Delaware, Delmarva Peninsula, nearby Delaware Valley, Southern New Jersey, Maryland
For Friday, April 10th this is Birdline Delaware from the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science in Greenville. The Birdline is sponsored by the Delaware Ornithological Society (DOS). Statements made on the Birdline do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. This is Andy Ednie, glad to be with you. Spring migration is heating up with 8 species of warbler and 2 vireos. The unofficial Delaware Annual List increased by 14 birds to 231 species this week. New additions included CHIMNEY SWIFT, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL, SPOTTED and SOLITARY SANDPIPER, EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, WHITE-EYED and BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, OVERNBIRD, plus BLACK AND WHITE and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER.
There was a big flight of BONAPARTE’S GULLS along the coast this week that included an immature LITTLE GULL on Tuesday from the hawkwatch at Cape Henlopen State Park. More BONAPARTE’S were seen at Mispillion Inlet from the duPont Nature Center that included a winter plumaged adult BLACK-HEADED GULL. There was also a big flock of BONAPARTE’S GULLS at Leatherbury Flats in Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge and at Woodland Beach.
There was also a spectacular drake EURASIAN WIGEON seen from the first pullout at the pond along the Broadkill Beach Road. This bird was found on the sandbar to the small island with AMERICAN WIGEON and NORTHERN SHOVELERS. AMERICAN AVOCET, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON’S SNIPE, LITTLE BLUE HERON, and GLOSSY IBIS were seen at the Dike Trail in Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. BLACK-NECKED STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPER was seen at Oyster Rocks Road. AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and SEASIDE SPARROW were found at Mispillion Inlet.
The first PROTHONOTARY WARBLER of the year was found at the Jester Tract, Redden State Forest. The first NORTHERN YELLOW WARBLER and OVENBIRDS were found at Trap Pond State Park. An early BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER was seen at Brandywine Creek State Park. The first BLUE-HEADED VIREO was found at Middle Run Natural area near Newark. LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, plus PALM, PINE, and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS seen across the state.
The previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at First Sate National Historical Park south of Ramsey Road near Wilmington. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Dartmouth Woods off Namaan’s Road. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH was reported at Winterthur Museum and Gardens. PINE SISKIN and a BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE were reported from the feeders at Ashland Nature Center. PURPLE FINCH, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH continue to be seen at White Clay Creek State Park. A HORNED GREBE was seen at Newark Reservoir. BARRED OWLS were reported at Canterbury Hills, Hockessin and Middle Run. NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN SWALLOW were seen at Glasgow Park.
CACKLING and SNOW GOOSE were seen at Battery Park in New Castle. WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was found along Dutch Neck Road near Knightsbridge Estates. LITTLE BLUE HERON, SNOWY EGRET, CASPIAN TERN, and WILSON’S SNIPE was seen at Thousand Acre Marsh. SANDHILL CRANE, BLUE-WINGED TEAL and PIED-BILLED GREBE were seen at the Ashton Tract in Augustine Wildlife Area. AMERICAN COOT was found at the Port Penn impoundments. A GREAT CORMORANT was seen at Augustine Beach. Night birding at Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area produced the first EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL of the year, along with AMERICAN WOODCOCK and BARN OWL. WILD TURKEY and NORTHERN BOBWHITE were found at daybreak.
AMERICAN GOLDEN and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER were seen at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Other shorebirds included BLACK-NECKED STILT, AMERICAN AVOCET, WILLET, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON’S SNIPE, plus SPOTTED, PECTORAL, and LEAST SANDPIPER. Waders reported included SANDHILL CRANES, SNOWY EGRET, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, and GLOSSY IBIS. Waterfowl reported included MUTE SWAN, SNOW GOOSE, RING-NECKED DUCK, RUDDY DUCK plus COMMON and HOODED MERGANSER. A SALT MARSH SPARROW, WHITE-EYED VIREO, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT were reported from the Boardwalk Trail. AMERICAN PIPIT was seen from Whitehall Neck Road and an early BANK SWALLOW was reported at Taylor’s Gut in Woodland Beach Wildlife Area.
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at the Delaware State University campus in Dover. VIRGINIA RAIL and WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was found at Little Creek Wildlife Area. A late COMMON GOLDENEYE was seen at Bower’s Beach with WILLET and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. BARN SWALLOW and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH were found at Killen’s Pond State Park. A COMMON RAVEN was reported in Milford.
A HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL and COMMON EIDER along with a late LAPLAND LONGSPUR were reported flying past the Cape Henlopen Hawkwatch. PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BLACK SKIMMER, and ICELAND GULL were seen at Cape Henlopen Point. A single CHIMNEY SWIFT was seen flying over the Point parking lot. RED-BREASTED and BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES were seen at the Seaside Nature Center. COMMON EIDER and RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were seen from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry.
The previously reported COMMON EIDERS were at the Indian River Inlet along with AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, BROWN PELICAN, GREAT CORMORANT and PEREGRINE FALCON. A lone drake COMMON GOLDENEYE was seen at Burton’s Island in Delaware Seashore State Park. WHITE IBIS were reported from Savage’s Ditch. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen again at Peninsula Golf Course near Millsboro. A VESPER SPARROW was found near Ellendale at the intersection of Holly Tree and Hummingbird Roads.
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