Delmarva 11/7-11/10--List & Index

Saxis Marsh
Photo: Shari Zirlin

Shari & I went on a van trip, led by Scott Barnes & Linda Mack of NJ Audubon down to the Delmarva Peninsula. Our major stops were Bombay Hook, Chincoteague NWR, Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR, Kiptopeke State Park, Magothy Nature Preserve, and Prime Hook. While only a few of these spots were new to us, it always a pleasure to go to familiar areas with experts who have the patience and knowledge that allow you to "get on" birds you would probably overlook.

Wolfe Neck Waste Treatment Plant 11/7--Black-headed Gull
Chincoteague NWR 11/8--White Ibis, Brown-headed Nuthatch
Saxis WMA 11/8--Virginia Rail
Seaside Road 11/9--Western Kingbird
Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR 11/9--Golden Eagle
Prime Hook 11/10--American White Pelican




For the 4 days I listed 114 species. The cumulative number for the group is always more. I would guess there were probably 5 or 6 species I missed. I'm very happy with what I got, including 6 years birds.

Snow Goose

Canada Goose

Tundra Swan

Wood Duck

Gadwall

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Ring-necked Duck

Surf Scoter

Black Scoter

Bufflehead

Hooded Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Northern Bobwhite

Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Northern Gannet

Double-crested Cormorant

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

White Ibis

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Bald Eagle

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Virginia Rail

American Coot

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

Greater Yellowlegs

Willet

Lesser Yellowlegs

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Sanderling

Dunlin

Western Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Bonaparte's Gull

Black-headed Gull

Laughing Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Forster's Tern

Royal Tern

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

American Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Western Kingbird

Blue Jay

American Crow

Horned Lark

Tree Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Winter Wren

Marsh Wren

Carolina Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Common Yellowthroat

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Nelson's Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Boat-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch