Brooklyn Bird Club Field Trip Reports: May 27th -May 30th Weekend OVERNIGHT, Breeding birds of Delaware State

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Participants : Marc Brawer, Chris Laskowski, Kathy Toomey, Leslie Coleman

List compiled by Chris Laskowski; all photos taken by Marc Brawer ( except last photo)

Brown headed Nuthatch, Cape Henlopen State Park

Species List-107 Species

eBird Checklist Summary for: May 27, 2017, 9:00 AM to May 30, 2017, 9:30 PM

Number of Checklists: 9
Number of Taxa: 104

Checklists included in this summary:
(1): Whitehall Neck Rd.
Date: May 27, 2017, 9:03 AM
(2): Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Date: May 27, 2017, 9:31 AM
(3): Little Creek Wildlife Area
Date: May 27, 2017, 5:13 PM
(4): Cape Henlopen State Park
Date: May 28, 2017, 7:38 AM
(5): DuPont Nature Center (Mispillion)
Date: May 28, 2017, 2:05 PM
(6): Trap Pond State Park
Date: May 29, 2017, 7:58 AM
(7): Redden State Forest--Headquarters Tract
Date: May 29, 2017, 1:20 PM
(8): Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Date: May 29, 2017, 4:13 PM
(9): Prime Hook NWR
Date: May 30, 2017, 7:54 AM

Prothonotary Warbler, Trap Pond State Park

4 Snow Goose -- (2),(8)
35 Canada Goose -- (2),(8),(9)
3 Mute Swan -- (2),(8)
2 American Black Duck -- (9)
10 Mallard -- (2),(5),(6),(8)
1 Northern Bobwhite -- (2)
1 Wild Turkey -- (9)
50 Double-crested Cormorant -- (2),(3),(4),(5),(8)
21 Great Blue Heron -- (2),(3),(5),(8),(9)
12 Great Egret -- (2),(3),(8)
54 Snowy Egret -- (2),(4),(8),(9)
1 Green Heron -- (2)
1 Black-crowned Night-Heron -- (2)
1 Black Vulture -- (2)
20 Turkey Vulture -- (1),(2),(4),(5),(8)
7 Osprey -- (2),(4),(5),(8),(9)
12 Bald Eagle -- (2),(8),(9)
5 Clapper Rail -- (2),(5),(8)
6 Black-necked Stilt -- (2),(5),(8)
27 American Avocet -- (2)
1 American Oystercatcher -- (5)
15 Black-bellied Plover -- (2)
1 Semipalmated Plover -- (4)
2 Killdeer -- (2)
2019 Ruddy Turnstone -- (4),(5)
1500 Red Knot -- (5)
5 Sanderling -- (5)
55 Dunlin -- (3),(4),(5)
490 Semipalmated Sandpiper -- (2),(4),(5),(8)
31 Short-billed Dowitcher -- (2),(5),(9)

Ruddy Turnstone, among 1000's Point Mispillion

2 Spotted Sandpiper -- (2),(4)
14 Willet -- (2),(4),(5),(8),(9)
435 Laughing Gull -- (3),(4),(5),(8),(9)
24 Herring Gull -- (4),(5),(8)
16 Great Black-backed Gull -- (4),(5)
1 Least Tern -- (9)
3 Caspian Tern -- (2),(8)
22 Forster's Tern -- (2),(3),(4),(5),(8),(9)
1 Royal Tern -- (5)
118 Black Skimmer -- (2),(3),(4),(5),(8),(9)
8 Mourning Dove -- (2),(4),(6),(8),(9)
2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo -- (6),(7)
2 Chimney Swift -- (2),(4)
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird -- (2),(4)
3 Red-bellied Woodpecker -- (2),(6),(7)
2 Downy Woodpecker -- (2),(7)
2 Pileated Woodpecker -- (6)
10 Eastern Wood-Pewee -- (2),(4),(6),(8)
4 Acadian Flycatcher -- (6)
2 Willow Flycatcher -- (2),(8)
6 Great Crested Flycatcher -- (2),(4),(6)
8 Eastern Kingbird -- (2),(4),(8)
3 White-eyed Vireo -- (2),(7)
7 Red-eyed Vireo -- (2),(6),(7)

Caspian Tern of 3 at Bombay Hook NWR Raymond Pool

2 Blue Jay -- (2),(6)
4 American Crow -- (4),(6),(7)
6 Fish Crow -- (4)
1 Horned Lark -- (1)
104 Purple Martin -- (2),(4),(5),(8),(9)
31 Tree Swallow -- (2),(8),(9)
2 Bank Swallow -- (8)
40 Barn Swallow -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(8),(9)
18 Carolina Chickadee -- (2),(4),(6),(7)
8 Tufted Titmouse -- (2),(4),(6),(7)
1 White-breasted Nuthatch -- (2)
10 Brown-headed Nuthatch -- (4)

Two of multitude Bald Eagles at Bombay Hook NWR

8 House Wren -- (2),(4),(9)
14 Marsh Wren -- (2),(8)
7 Carolina Wren -- (2),(4),(6),(9)
14 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -- (4),(6),(7)
2 Wood Thrush -- (2),(7)
28 American Robin -- (1),(2),(4),(6),(7),(8),(9)
33 Gray Catbird -- (2),(3),(4),(8),(9)
3 Brown Thrasher -- (2),(8),(9)
5 Northern Mockingbird -- (2),(4),(9)
9 European Starling -- (2),(9)
16 Cedar Waxwing -- (4),(8),(9)
4 Ovenbird -- (2),(6),(7)
3 Prothonotary Warbler -- (6)
20 Common Yellowthroat -- (2),(3),(4),(6),(8),(9)
1 American Redstart -- (2)
8 Yellow Warbler -- (2),(8)
1 Blackpoll Warbler -- (3)
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler -- (2)
16 Pine Warbler -- (4),(6),(7)
2 Prairie Warbler -- (4)
6 Seaside Sparrow -- (2),(8)
15 Chipping Sparrow -- (1),(4),(6)
7 Field Sparrow -- (2),(4),(8),(9)
1 Savannah Sparrow -- (8)
3 Song Sparrow -- (4),(5),(9)
5 Eastern Towhee -- (2),(4),(8)
1 Summer Tanager -- (6)
14 Northern Cardinal -- (2),(4),(6),(7),(8),(9)
6 Blue Grosbeak -- (2),(4),(8)
11 Indigo Bunting -- (2),(4),(8),(9)
78 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(8),(9)
73 Common Grackle -- (1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(8),(9)
9 Boat-tailed Grackle -- (5)
5 Brown-headed Cowbird -- (2),(4)
3 Orchard Oriole -- (8)
5 House Finch -- (4)
13 American Goldfinch -- (1),(2),(4),(8)
4 House Sparrow -- (4)