[MDOsprey] Delaware and Cape May weekend
MH1920@aol.com
Tue, 25 May 1999 15:45:44 EDT
Kevin Fehskens and I took a trip down the coast of Delaware on Saturday and
then took the ferry over to Cape May on Sunday. Despite the lack of migrant
songbirds, we managed to pick up 132 species for the weekend. Only 11
species of warbler were seen, but everyone at Cape May was having just as
lousy a day as we were (with songbirds anyway). Highlights included: an
adult Little Blue Heron at Finis Pool in Bombay Hook, 2 Tricolored Herons (1
at Port Mahon the other flying over Delaware Bay during the ferry ride),
Peregrine Falcon fly-by at Bombay Hook, Piping Plover at Cape May, Whimbrel
at Cape May, White-rumped Sandpipers in good numbers at Bombay, a pair of
Red-necked Phalaropes at Prime Hook, 2 Gull-billed Terns at Little Creek,
Chuck-will's-widow calling at Cape Henlopen. All in all it was still a good
trip and we plan to do it again next year. Below is the full list.
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
D-C Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Glossy Ibis
Mute Swan
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
R-B Merganser
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
R-T Hawk
Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant
Bobwhite
Clapper Rail
Coot
B-B Plover
Semi Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Oystercatcher
B-N Stilt
Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semi Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
W-R Sandpiper
Dunlin
S-B Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gull
R-B Gull
Herring Gull
G B-B Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
R-T Hummingbird
Chuck-will's-widow
R-B Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
R-W Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
B-G Gnatcatcher
Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Robin
Catbird
Mockingbird
Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Redstart
Prothonatary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Yellowthroat
Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
R-W Blackbird
B-T Grackle
Common Grackle
Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
Goldfinch
House Sparrow
We missed a lot of common things like kingfisher and ovenbird and plenty of
others.
Matt Hafner
Bel Air, MD