| Current
report - Wednesday April 28, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
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accounts for many of these birds
White-faced Ibis (NJ)+
Yellow Rail (NJ)+
Eurasian Collared-dove (DE)+
(NJ)+ (Details requested by New
Jersey Birds Records Committee)
(PA)+ (Details requested by Pennsylvania
Ornthological Records Committee)
(DE)+ (Details requested by Delaware
Records Committee)
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Glossy Ibis
Snow Goose
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Clapper Rail
King Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-plover
Piping Plover
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Willet
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ruff
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Phalarope
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
Barn Owl
Barred Owl
Chuck-will's-widow
Whip-poor-will
Red-headed Woodpecker
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Summer Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
Hotline: Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert
Email reports to:
Compiler: Steve Kacir, Delaware
Valley Ornithological Club
Phone: (215) 240-7547
Voice of the Delaware Valley RBA: Cindy Ahern and Win Shafer
URL: http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm
Welcome to the Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert, a service
provided by the joint efforts of the Academy
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Delaware
Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC), covering the Delaware
Valley Regions of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
This week, we highlight reports of WHITE-FACED IBIS
and YELLOW RAIL in Cumberland County, NJ and EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE in
Sussex County, DE.
For New Jersey: Click
Here for the New Jersey Birding List
Cape May County:
Click
Here for Cape May County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On Apr 27, a WILSON’S
PHALAROPE was at a flooded field off Tabernacle Rd, just east of the
Villas. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was at the Yellow Trail at Cape May
Point State Park on Apr 24. Other sightings from Cape May Point State
Park included RED-THROATED LOONS, CATTLE EGRET and PIPING PLOVER. The
Nature Conservancy Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge had a GULL-BILLED
TERN on Apr 26. This week, the refuge also had TRICOLORED HERON, PIPING
PLOVERS and WHIMBRELS. An AMERICAN BITTERN flushed from the flooded
railroad tracks at the Rea Farm on Apr 24. A migrant fallout on Apr
26 left Higbee Beach WMA with 10 RED-THROATED LOONS, 250 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS, NASHVILLE WARBLER, 50 PALM WARBLERS, 5 WORM-EATING WARBLERS,
3 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, SUMMER TANAGER and BLUE GROSBEAK. Other highlights
from Higbee this week included BLACK SCOTER, WHIMBREL, YELLOW-THROATED
VIREO and HOODED WARBLER. On Apr 26, Hidden Valley Ranch had WORM-EATING
WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and BOBOLINK. Sightings from Sunset Beach included
RED-THROATED LOONS and BLACK SCOTERS. A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 45 WILLETS
and 10 WHIMBRELS were seen from Cape May Point on Apr 26. A few hours
of seawatching at Cape May led to a tally of 206 WILLETS on Apr 23.
A drake HARLEQUIN DUCK was at the Two Mile Beach Unit of Cape May NWR
on Apr 24. That day, 2 TRICOLORED HERONS were at the Cape May County
Back Bay. Two TRICOLORED HERONS, 40 WHIMBRELS and a breeding-plumaged
RED KNOT were at Nummy Island on Apr 22. Stone Harbor had TRICOLORED
HERON and LITTLE BLUE HERON on Apr 28. Sightings from Belleplain State
Forest included WILD TURKEY, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, HOODED WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER and WORM-EATING
WARBLER. A KING RAIL called from Tuckahoe WMA on Apr 20.
Click
here for Karl and Judy Lukens's website where there are pictures
of various interesting birds that have been seen in Cape May County
and in New Jersey.
Atlantic County:
Click
Here for Atlantic County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A TRICOLORED HERON was at Cedar Run Dock Rd on Apr 26.
Monmouth County:
Click
Here for Monmouth County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
An AMERICAN BITTERN flew over Sandy Hook’s K
Lot on Apr 23. On Apr 21, Sandy Hook had a VIRGINIA RAIL and SORA at
Plum Island, a BARRED OWL at Raccoon Alley, a WHIP-POOR-WILL at Atlantic
Dr and good numbers of passerine migrants including 18 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS,
50 HERMIT THRUSHES, 90 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 100 PALM WARBLERS, 2 NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSHES, 100 SAVANNAH SPARROWS and 1,000 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS.
Reports from the Sandy Hook Migration Watch included RED-THROATED LOON,
NORTHERN GANNET, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, PEREGRINE FALCONS, CLIFF SWALLOWS
and PRAIRIE WARBLERS. Assunpink WMA had COMMON LOON and WHITE-EYED VIREOS.
A RING-NECKED PHEASANT has been frequenting the area around a bait shop
on Imlaystown Rd, just past its intersection with Herbert Rd.
Burlington County:
Click
Here for Burlington County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Cumberland County:
Click
Here for Cumberland County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On the evening of Apr 22 (and into the morning of
Apr 23), Turkey Point at the Glades Wildlife Refuge had calling YELLOW
RAIL, VIRGINIA RAIL, CLAPPER RAIL, BARN OWL, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW,
WHIP-POOR-WILL and SEASIDE SPARROWS. A WHITE-FACED IBIS and an AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER were at the last impoundment at Heislerville WMA on Apr
25. Two WHITE-FACED IBISES were there on Apr 26, and three WHITE-FACED
IBISES were found at the impoundment on Apr 27. Other highlights from
Heislerville WMA included TRICOLORED HERON, LITTLE BLUE HERON, YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON, LESSER SCAUP, HOODED WARBLER and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.
On Apr 27, a possible nesting pair of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES was seen
from Railroad Ave near the parking area where Route 555 crosses the
railroad tracks. PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were reported in that area as
well. On Apr 22, Peaslee WMA had YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, PRAIRIE WARBLERS,
WORM-EATING WARBLERS and a PURPLE FINCH.
Camden County:
Click
Here for Camden County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Ocean County:
Click
Here for Ocean County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A New Jersey Audubon grassland survey team found an
UPLAND SANDPIPER at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station on Apr 21.
Salem County:
Click
Here for Salem County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Four CATTLE EGRETS were on Featherbed Lane on Apr
26. Supawna Meadows NWR had BROAD-WINGED HAWK and WILD TURKEYS.
Gloucester County:
Click
Here for Gloucester County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Greenwich Lake Park had a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and
WARBLING VIREOS on Apr 24. Glassboro Woods WMA had COMMON LOONS, WILD
TURKEY, WHITE-EYED VIREO and WORM-EATING WARBLER. On Apr 28, a BANK
SWALLOW was at a flooded yard near the intersection of Corkery Ln and
Blue Bell Rd in Williamstown.
Hunterdon County:
Click
Here for Hunterdon County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On Apr 26, Spruce Run Reservoir had a RED-THROATED
LOON, 108 COMMON LOONS and 3 BONAPARTE’S GULLS. On Apr 25, there
were 102 AMERICAN PIPITS in a field off Pittstown Rd, four miles west
of Pittstown.
Middlesex County:
No reports
Mercer County:
Click
Here for Mercer County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
The Princeton Institute Woods had WARBLING VIREO on
Apr 22. A RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH visited a feeder in Princeton.
Warren County:
Click
Here for Warren County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Old Mine Rd had YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS near the
abandoned white house across from the swampy area south of Millbrook
Village.
Somerset County:
Click
Here for Somerset County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Morris County:
No reports
Union County:
No reports
Bergen County:
No reports
NJ Extralimitals:
No reports
For Delaware: Click
Here for the Delaware Birding List
New Castle County
Click
Here for New Castle County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On Apr 23, KING RAIL and SORA called from the Thousand
Acre Marsh. A KING RAIL called from the south base of the Reedy Point
Bridge on Apr 26. That day, four LITTLE BLUE HERONS were at the base
of the Reedy Point Bridge. White Clay Creek State Park had PRAIRIE WARBLERS
and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES. On the evening of Apr 27, the Pea Patch
Heron Survey (conducted at Battery Park at the end of Clinton St in
Delaware City) noted 200 BONAPARTE’S GULLS, 141 LITTLE BLUE HERONS,
446 CATTLE EGRETS and 383 GLOSSY IBISES.
Kent County:
Click
Here for Kent County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On Apr 24, a male RUFF was at Raymond Pool in Bombay
Hook NWR. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were
at Bombay Hook on Apr 27. Other sightings from Bombay Hook included
BLACK-NECKED STILTS, AMERICAN AVOCETS and MARSH WREN. On Apr 27, ten
CASPIAN TERNS were flying over Leipsic. On Apr 21, a HORNED GREBE, the
drake EURASIAN WIGEON and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were at the north
pond of Ted Harvey WA. On Apr 27, Norman G Wilder WA had SWAINSON’S
THRUSH, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, WHITE-EYED VIREO, PRAIRIE WARBLER, WORM-EATING
WARBLER and KENTUCKY WARBLER. A WHIP-POOR-WILL called from the Norman
G Wilder WA on Apr 28. On Apr 22, Killens Pond State Park had COMMON
LOON, SNOW GEESE, WORM-EATING WARBLER and PROTHONOTARY WARBLER.
Sussex County:
Click
Here for Sussex County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Reports from the Cape Henlopen State Park Hawk Watch
included NORTHERN GANNETS, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, ROYAL TERNS, BROWN-HEADED
NUTHATCH, PRAIRIE WARBLER and Bottlenose Dolphin. On Apr 26, the hawk
watch tallied 78 MERLINS and 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS. On Apr 27, the hawk
watch counted 79 MERLINS and 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS. Gordons Pond at Cape
Henlopen had BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES. Fowlers Beach had 150 AMERICAN
AVOCETS and 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS on Apr 21. That day, 20 BONAPARTE’S
GULLS were seen from Evans Dr in Slaughter Beach. On Apr 27, the flooded
marshes of Delaware Seashore State Park had GREAT CORMORANT, TRICOLORED
HERON, AMERICAN BITTERN, CLAPPER RAILS, SEASIDE SPARROWS, 2 SALTMARSH
SPARROWS and a NELSON’S SPARROW.
A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and VESPER SPARROW were on a
fence at Fleatown Rd. Redden State Forest had YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER,
PRAIRIE WARBLER and WORM-EATING WARBLER. On Apr 25, two VESPER SPARROWS
were at Maple Branch Rd near the Jester Tract of Redden State Forest.
Cherry Walk area of Philips Landing Recreation Area had BARRED OWL and
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. The Fisher Property at Great Cypress Swamp had
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and WORM-EATING WARBLER. On Apr 25, a CATTLE EGRET
was at a storm water pond west of Selbyville on Route 54, while a EURASIAN
COLLARED-DOVE was in Selbyville. On Apr 25, a KING RAIL was in a tidal
freshwater march near Milford. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was on private
property at Rehoboth Beach on Apr 24. The Oak Grove area had GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW on Apr 25 and LITTLE BLUE HERON on Apr 26. A CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW
and a BARRED OWL called in Georgetown on Apr 28.
For Pennsylvania: Click
Here for the Pennsylvania Birding List
Philadelphia County:
Click
Here for Philadelphia County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A RUDDY TURNSTONE flew past Pennypack on the Delaware
on Apr 26. On Apr 25, John Heinz NWR at Tinicum had a VIRGINIA RAIL
and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
Delaware County:
Click Here
for Delaware County Birding Resources including an interactive map with
locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.No reports
No reports
Chester County:
Click Here
for Chester County Birding Resources including an interactive map with
locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On Apr 27, Chambers Lake had 3 COMMON LOONS, a drake
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, CASPIAN TERNS, possible FORSTER’S TERN, 2
BANK SWALLOWS and a CLIFF SWALLOW. A SORA called from Longwood Gardens
on Apr 20. The Church Farm School pond had 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS on Apr
22. Recent sightings from Struble Lake included GREATER SCAUP and PURPLE
MARTIN. Marsh Creek State Park had COMMON LOONS, GADWALL and RUDDY DUCK.
Montgomery County:
Click
Here for Montgomery County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.No Reports
No reports
Bucks County:
Click
Here for Bucks County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Recent sightings from Peace Valley Park included COMMON
LOON, BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, WILD TURKEY, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and
WARBLING VIREO. Recent sightings from Churchville Nature Center included
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, WILD TURKEY, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES and WARBLING
VIREOS. Silver Lake Park had RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. On Apr 21, a RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK was at Falls of the Delaware Park near Morrisville.
Northampton County:
Click
Here for Northampton County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On Apr 24-25, an UPLAND SANDPIPER was at Graver’s
Hill in Moore Twp. Graver’s Hill had VESPER SPARROWS and HORNED
LARKS on Apr 24-26. The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was at the Koch property
through Apr 28, and was seen mating with a CHIPPING SPARROW on Apr 22.
A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was at the Koch property on Apr 25. A VESPER
SPARROW was at Glase Rd near the exotic duck pond on Apr 24. A RED-THROATED
LOON and 9 COMMON LOONS were at Lake Minsi on Apr 26. The AMERICAN BITTERN
at East Bangor Dam was still there on Apr 26. In East Allen Twp, Driftwood
Rd had PURPLE MARTINS on Apr 26. The Bethlehem Boat Club had YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLERS, as did the towpath at Wilson Ave west of Farmersville Rd.
A BLUE-WINGED WARBLER and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH were at the Monocacy
Nature Center on Apr 22.
Lehigh County:
Click
Here for Lehigh County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports.
Schuylkill County:
Click
Here for Schuylkill County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Berks County:
Click
Here for Berks County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Reports from Hawk Mountain Sanctuary included sightings
of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and CLIFF SWALLOW. On Apr 24, the Northkill Gap
area of SGL 110 had RUFFED GROUSE, AMERICAN WOODCOCKS and BARRED OWL.
Lancaster County:
Click
Here for Lancaster County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Three LITTLE GULLS were in a flock of 20 BONAPARTE’S
GULLS just south of the Route 462 bridge at Columbia. On Apr 27, Middle
Creek WMA had 15 WILLETS at a small pond just north of Stop #1. On Apr
27, thousands of swallows were seen at the Susquehanna River including
hundreds of BANK SWALLOWS and many PURPLE MARTINS. Five BONAPARTE’S
GULLS and 2 COMMON RAVENS were also seen at the Susquehanna that day.
Safe Harbor Park had PEREGRINE FALCONS and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS.
Lebanon County:
Click
Here for Lebanon County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On Apr 25, a pond a mile north of Route 322 at Mount
Pleasant Rd had 48 WILLETS. That area had AMERICAN PIPITS on Apr 24
& 26, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER on Apr 24-26, three PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
on Apr 21 and a DUNLIN on Apr 25-26. The Kreider Farms pond had 2 DUNLINS,
AMERICAN PIPITS and PURPLE MARTINS on Apr 26. On Apr 25, a BLACKPOLL
WARBLER was reported from Swatara Watershed Park in East Hanover Twp.
Shuey Lake had SORA on Apr 22-27 and VIRGINIA RAIL on Apr 23-27, a MARSH
WREN on Apr 23 and an AMERICAN BITTERN on Apr 22. Governor Dick Park
had a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH on Apr 23. On Apr 23, a HOODED WARBLER sang
near the parking area at Middle Rd in Memorial Lake State Park.
Carbon County:
No reports
Monroe County:
A VIRGINIA RAIL called from the Delaware State Forest
Headquarters on Apr 24.
Pike County:
No reports
Wayne County:
No reports
PA Extralimitals:
No reports
Extralimital Reports
No reports
Announcements
On May 8, Steve Kacir will lead a DVOC photography field
trip to Heislerville WMA in Cumberland County, NJ. The trip will meet
at the impoundment near the intersection of County Rd 736 and Matts Landing
Rd at 6:00AM. While the trip leader is secretly hoping for rarities, the
trip will focus on photographing migrant shorebirds and other wildlife
in the area. In case of foul weather, this trip will be rescheduled to
May 9 or cancelled. Please contact Steve if you plan on attending. On
May 9, Frank Windfelder will lead a DVOC field trip to John Heinz NWR
at Tinicum in Philadelphia, PA. This trip will focus on migrant songbirds
at the refuge. The Tinicum trip will meet at the refuge parking lot at
6:30AM. Additional information for these trips along with contact information
for the trip leaders can be found on the DVOC website: http://www.dvoc.org
The next meeting of the DVOC is on May 6 at 7:30pm at
the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, when Andy Wilson will
present “Results of the Second Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas
– A Sneak Preview.” The meeting after that will be on May
20, featuring a program by Hernan Arauz. Details are on the website, and
guests are always welcome.
The Delaware Valley Rare Bird Alert is a weekly
report on birding in the Delaware Valley Region
including Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. To report birds or significant
upcoming birding events and planned pelagic trips, please email:
This is Steve Kacir, good birding to you all and thanks
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