| Current
report - Wednesday July 21, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
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accounts for many of these birds
Brown Booby (DE)+
Black-bellied Whistling-duck (NJ)+
Chuck-will's-widow (PA)+
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (NJ)+ ~EXTRALIMITAL~
(NJ)+ (Details requested by New
Jersey Birds Records Committee)
(PA)+ (Details requested by Pennsylvania
Ornthological Records Committee)
(DE)+ (Details requested by Delaware
Records Committee)
Pied-billed Grebe
Wilson's Storm-petrel
Brown Pelican
Least Bittern
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Glossy Ibis
Brant
Tundra Swan
King Eider
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Indian Peafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Piping Plover
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Western Willet
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Black Tern
Common Nighthawk
Whip-poor-will
Red-headed Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pine Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Dark-eyed Junco
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Bobolink
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 the first record
of BROWN BOOBY for Delaware in Sussex County as well as BLACK-BELLIED
WHISTLING-DUCKS in Cape May County, NJ; CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW in Lebanon
County, PA and an extralimital report of SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER in
Bergen County, NJ.
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.
Three BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were seen at the
Bunker Pond in Cape May Point State Park on July 18-20 and were also
seen at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge.
The immature drake KING EIDER was spotted offshore from Cape May Point
State Park on July 20, and two BROWN PELICAN flew over the EIDER as
birders looked on from the dune at the park. A SANDWICH TERN was on
an island at the Bunker Pond on July 19-20. Other sightings from Cape
May Point State Park included LITTLE BLUE HERON, PIPING PLOVER, WESTERN
WILLET, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER,
BLUE GROSBEAK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and Bottlenose Dolphin. On July
19, two BLACK TERNS were at the Rips and a SURF SCOTER was at the St
Mary’s jetty. Sightings from TNC Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge
included PIPING PLOVER and WHIMBREL. An UPLAND SANDPIPER flew the length
of western dune and hedgerow at Higbee Beach WMA on July 20. Other migrants
passing through Higbee Beach WMA included LEAST FLYCATCHER, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. The Cape May
County Back Bay had YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON. Seawatching from the
8th St jetty in Avalon turned up WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, a distant
probable BROWN PELICAN and Bottlenose Dolphins on July 15.
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.
On July 17, LEAST BITTERNS were seen at both the Tuckahoe
and Corbin City Units of Tuckahoe (MacNamara) WMA. That day, the Tuckahoe
portion of Tuckahoe WMA also had CASPIAN TERN, BLUE GROSBEAK and BOBOLINK.
On July 14, two BRANT were at the Brigantine Division of Edwin B Forsythe
NWR. Other sightings from Brigantine included LITTLE BLUE HERON, INDIAN
PEAFOWL, CASPIAN TERN and GULL-BILLED TERN. A COMMON EIDER was at Little
Egg Inlet on July 19. On July 15, sightings from Great Egg Harbor and
Inlet included BROWN PELICAN, TRICOLORED HERON, LITTLE BLUE HERON and
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON.
Monmouth County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On July 17, an AMERICAN AVOCET flew over north beach
at Sandy Hook, representing the second record of AVOCET for Sandy Hook.
On July 18, Sandy Hook had a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. On July 18, a
SURF SCOTER was at the end of East St in Long Branch.
Burlington County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc. was
still at Whitesbog through June 12.
A DARK-EYED JUNCO was at Amico Island on July 17.
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was on the beaver dam at Palmyra Cove Nature Park
on July 21. The injured TUNDRA SWAN and GULL-BILLED TERNS were reported
from Whitesbog through July 17.
Cumberland County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On July 15, the marshes along Seabreeze Rd had LEAST
BITTERN, WILLOW FLYCATCHER and BOBOLINK. A NORTHERN HARRIER and its
recently fledged offspring were at Gandy’s Beach that day. Two
CASPIAN TERNS flew past Bivalve on July 15.
Camden County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Ocean County:
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Here for Ocean County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Salem County:
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with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Gloucester County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Hunterdon County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Middlesex County:
No reports
Mercer County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Warren County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Somerset County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A GLOSSY IBIS was at the Negri-Nepote Native Grassland
Preserve on July 18, but was found dead on July 21.
Morris County:
South Branch WMA had BOBOLINK on July 16.
Union County:
No reports
Bergen County:
In Bergen County, an adult SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
was seen on a wire adjacent to the ski slope at Campgaw Mountain Reservation.
NJ Extralimitals:
For Delaware: Click
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New Castle County
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Here for New Castle County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was at the Montchanin Golf
Course on July 16.
Kent County:
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with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
Taylor’s Gut had STILT SANDPIPERS and BANK SWALLOWS
on July 17. Bombay Hook NWR had LEAST BITTERNS, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON,
AMERICAN AVOCETS, WESTERN SANDPIPERS, NORTHERN BOBWHITES, WILLOW FLYCATCHER,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, BLUE GROSBEAKS and BOBOLINKS. The North Pool
at the Logan Tract of Ted Harvey WA had up to 4 BLACK TERNS, a GULL-BILLED
TERN and 2 CASPIAN TERNS on July 17. Five BLACK TERNS were at the North
Pool on July 19, and 4 BLACK TERNS were there on July 20. Ted Harvey
also had LITTLE BLUE HERON, WESTERN SANDPIPER, CASPIAN TERN, ROYAL TERN
and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. A NORTHERN HARRIER was at Port Mahon on July
17.
Sussex County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On July 19, a BROWN BOOBY landed on the Thelma Dale
IV while it was on a fishing trip to Delaware Bay off of Broadkill Beach.
The BROWN BOOBY stayed on the boat all the way back to the docks at
Lewes. This is the first record of BROWN BOOBY for Delaware. From there
the BOOBY was taken to Tri-State Bird Rescue for rehabilitation. Two
COMMON EIDERS, an immature male and a female, were at the Inner Breakwater
at Cape Henlopen State Park on July 17. Cape Henlopen also had PIPING
PLOVERS, WHIMBRELS, ROYAL TERNS and Bottlenose Dolphins. On July 18,
Delaware Seashore State Park had BROWN PELICANS, TRICOLORED HERON, LITTLE
BLUE HERONS, and a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON that was at Bottom Hills
Drain. On July 18, the south impoundment at Broadkill Beach Rd in Prime
Hook NWR had 27 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 20 STILT SANDPIPERS, a LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER, WESTERN SANDPIPERS and a CASPIAN TERN. On July 17, that same
area had 35-40 STILT SANDPIPERS, AMERICAN AVOCETS, over a dozen BLACK-NECKED
STILTS, a possible MARBLED GODWIT and a ROYAL TERN. Another Broadkill
impoundment report from July 21, noted calling NORTHERN BOBWHITES, BLACK-NECKED
STILTS, STILT SANDPIPERS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.
Two BONAPARTE’S GULLS were at Fowler Beach on July 17. On July
18, Mispillion Harbor had LITTLE BLUE HERONS, a PEREGRINE FALCON and
a BONAPARTE’S GULL.
For Pennsylvania: Click
Here for the Pennsylvania Birding List
Philadelphia County:
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Here for Philadelphia County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Delaware County:
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for Delaware County Birding Resources including an interactive map with
locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.No reports
No reports
Chester County:
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for Chester County Birding Resources including an interactive map with
locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Montgomery County:
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Here for Montgomery County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.No Reports
Ten GREAT EGRETS flew over Fort Washington State Park
on July 17.
Bucks County:
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with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
A NORTHERN BOBWHITE called from Plumstead Twp on July
17-18. Churchville Nature Center had 8 GREAT EGRETS on July 19. Churchville
also had PINE WARBLERS. Warminster Community Park had breeding PURPLE
MARTINS.
Northampton County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On July 19, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK and a BLUE-HEADED VIREO
were seen from the Appalachian Trail at Little Gap. The Koch property
had WILLOW FLYCATCHER and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
Lehigh County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Schuylkill County:
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Here for Schuylkill County Birding Resources including an interactive
map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
No reports
Berks County:
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Here for Berks County Birding Resources including an interactive map
with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On July 17, the Route 183 area of SGL 110 had a RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH.
Lancaster County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
On July 15, a CATTLE EGRET was on Avocet Point at
the Conejohela Flats. On July 19, a SANDERLING was at the Conejohela
Flats. Other birds at the Flats that day included PIED-BILLED GREBE
and 3 male BLUE GROSBEAKS, with one at the Blue Rock Rd parking area,
one Rookery Island and one at the River Rd Turkey Hill Dairy. On July
20, two LITTLE BLUE HERONS and a possible CATTLE EGRET were at the Conejohela
Flats. On July 21, Susquehannock State Park had YELLOW-THROATED VIREO,
CERULEAN WARBLER and KENTUCKY WARBLER.
Lebanon County:
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map with locations, satellite views, driving directions, etc.
The CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW and local WHIP-POOR-WILLS
were still singing at Fort Indiantown Gap through July 16; the bird
has been heard along Tomstown Rd near Cold Springs Rd and more recently
near Neuins Lane in Grantville. Neuins Lane is the road leading to the
Second Mountain Hawk Watch.
Carbon County:
A BLUE GROSBEAK was at the LNE Trail at Lehigh Gap
Wildlife Refuge on July 17.
Monroe County:
No reports
Pike County:
No reports
Wayne County:
No reports
PA Extralimitals:
No reports
Extralimital Reports
No reports
Announcements
On August 29, Frank Windfelder will lead a DVOC
field trip to Palmyra Cove Nature Park in Burlington County, NJ. The trip
is limited to a maximum of 10 participants. Please contact Frank Windfelder
to register for this trip if you plan on attending. The trip will meet
at the Palmyra Cove Nature Park parking lot at 6:45AM. Additional information
including the past trip reports and contact information for the trip leader
can be found on the DVOC website: http://www.dvoc.org
The next meeting of the DVOC is the annual picnic on
July 31, hosted by Paul and Anita Guris. The rain date for the picnic
is Aug 1. The picnic begins at 1:00PM at Paul & Anita’s place
in Green Lane, PA. Please RSVP for the picnic by July 23 if you intend
to attend. More information about the picnic can be downloaded from the
DVOC website: http://www.dvoc.org
An informal summer meeting of the DVOC takes place on
August 5 at 7:30pm at Palmyra Cove Nature Park in Palmyra, NJ. This informal
meeting’s short presentations will include “Rushton Farm Bird
Banding Station” by Lisa Kiziuk & Doris McGovern and a new installment
on Tom Bailey’s famous Birding Quiz. The next informal meeting will
be on September 2 at the John Heinz NWR at Tinicum. Details are on the
website, and guests are always welcome.
See Life Paulagics is running pelagic trips out
of Lewes, DE on August 15 (sign-up by July 10) and August 19-20 (sign-up
by July 25) and out of Belmar, NJ on Aug 22 (sign-up by July 20). These
trips focus on summer seabirds and cetaceans, including White-Faced Storm-petrel.
For more information, call 215-234-6805 or visit them on the web at http://www.paulagics.com
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
for calling, surfing and reporting.
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