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| American Avocets at Bombay Hook , photo by Sandy Paci |
site = Brandywine Valley Weekend
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club
Leader P.Dorosh
Members: S.Paci, D.Evans, B.Manian, B.Friedman, E.Goren
Locations: (in order of visit) John Heinz NWR ( formerly Tinicum NWR) (PA) , Stroud Preserve (PA), Brandywine Creek State Park (DE) , 1000 Acres Marsh (DE), Bombay Hook NWR (DE), Ridley Creek State Park (PA), Brightview Farms ( NJ)
Noted higlights : AMERICAN AVOCET abundant numbers at Bombay Hook NWR, kettle of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS at Ridley Creek State Park; CASPIAN TERNS at 1000 Acres Marsh;18 species warblers; BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and GOLDEN PLOVER; BALD EAGLES in three different locales
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| Avocet flock at Bombay Hook Raymond Pool, photo by Sandy Paci |
112 species
1Pied-billed Grebe
2Double-crested Cormorant
3Snowy Egret
4Little Blue Heron
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| Great Blue Heron , Bombay Hook, photo by Sandy Paci |
5Green Heron
6Great Egret
8Turkey Vulture
9Black Vulture
10Northern Shoveler
11Blue-winged Teal
12Gadwall
13American Black Duck
14Canada Goose
15American Wigeon
16Wood Duck
17Green-winged Teal
18Northern Pintail
19Mallard
20Cooper's Hawk
21Broad-winged Hawk
22Bald Eagle 5
23Red-tailed Hawk
24Osprey
25Sharp-shinned Hawk
26Northern Harrier
27Peregrine Falcon
28American Kestrel
29Merlin
30Clapper Rail
31American Golden-Plover
32Black-bellied Plover
33Semipalmated Plover
34American Avocet 750+ Bombay Hook NWR
35Semipalmated Sandpiper
36Marbled Godwit
37Red Knot
38Short-billed Dowitcher
39Dunlin
40Lesser Yellowlegs
41White-rumped Sandpiper
42Buff-breasted Sandpiper
43Greater Yellowlegs
44Laughing Gull
45Great Black-backed Gull
46Caspian Tern
47Forster's Tern
48Ring-billed Gull
49Herring Gull
50Rock Pigeon
51Mourning Dove
52Yellow-billed Cuckoo
53Chimney Swift
54Ruby-throated Hummingbird
55Belted Kingfisher
56Downy Woodpecker
57Red-bellied Woodpecker
58Northern Flicker
59Least Flycatcher
60Traill’s Flycatcher species
61Great Crested Flycatcher
62Eastern Phoebe
63Eastern Wood-Pewee
64Red-eyed Vireo
65American Crow
66Blue Jay
67Fish Crow
68Tree Swallow
69Barn Swallow
70Northern Rough-winged Swallow
71Tufted Titmouse
72Carolina Chickadee
73Red-breasted Nuthatch
74White-breasted Nuthatch
75House Wren
76Carolina Wren
77Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
78American Robin
79Eastern Bluebird
80Gray Catbird
81Brown Thrasher
82Northern Mockingbird
83European Starling
84Prairie Warbler
85Yellow Warbler
86American Redstart
87Black-and-white Warbler
88Blackpoll Warbler
89Ovenbird
90Canada Warbler
91Black-throated Green Warbler
92Bay-breasted Warbler
93Black-throated Blue Warbler
94Common Yellowthroat
95Cape May Warbler
96Palm Warbler
97Chestnut-sided Warbler
98Northern Parula
99Magnolia Warbler
100Nashville Warbler
101Northern Waterthrush
102Scarlet Tanager
103Chipping Sparrow
104Savannah Sparrow
105Song Sparrow
106Field Sparrow
107Northern Cardinal
108Red-winged Blackbird
109House Finch
110American Goldfinch
111Wild Turkey
112Whimbrel
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| Variegated Fritillary, Stroud Preserve |
Common Checkered-Skipper
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Red-banded Hairstreak
Monarch
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| Checked Skipper, Brightview Farm |
Variegated Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Red-spotted Purple
Viceroy
Pearl Crescent
Common Buckeye
Red Admiral
American Lady
Eastern Tail Blue
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| Meadow Fritillary, Stroud Preserve |
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| Viceroy, John Heinz NWR |
