Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Cape Henlopen trip

Trip leaders: Russell Kovach Date of trip: February 24, 2024
Locations: Stops in Delaware: Fowler Beach Road, Sussex (2 stops); Prime Hook NWR; Herring Point, Sussex; Cape Henlopen; Silver Lake, Rehoboth; and Indian River Inlet Number attending: 15
Brant
Brant, Cape Henlopen (Mary Prowell
Snow Bunting, Prime Hook NWR (Mary Prowell)

Fowler Beach Road, Sussex 8:19 a.m.
Ring-billed Gull 7
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Snow Goose 2035
Tundra Swan 14
Northern Shoveler 13
American Black Duck 28
Northern Pintail 13
Green-winged Teal 2
Surf Scoter 12
Bufflehead 6
Red-breasted Merganser 11
Ruddy Duck 1
Mourning Dove 2
Killdeer 8
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Dunlin 41
Greater Yellowlegs 1

Herring Gull 13
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Forster’s Tern 1
Turkey Vulture 11
Northern Harrier 7
Bald Eagle 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 1
Horned Lark 5
Snow Bunting 126
Savannah Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 8
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Common Grackle

Fowler Beach Road, Sussex 10:21 a.m.
Snow Goose 250
Canada Goose 3
Northern Pintail 5
Mourning Dove 4
Herring Gull 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2

Carolina Chickadee 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 2
Brown Thrasher 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 11
Eastern Towhee 3
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 4

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge 10:56 a.m.
Snow Goose 2500
Tundra Swan 8
American Black Duck 6
Northern Pintail 6
Common Merganser 6
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Dunlin 7
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 6

Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 6
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 4
White-throated Sparrow 12
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 9
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 6
Northern Cardinal 4

Herring Point Sussex 12:28 p.m.
Greater Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 36
Black Scoter 2
Long-tailed Duck 65
Red-breasted Merganser 7
Horned Grebe 1
Sanderling 3
Bonaparte’s Gull 7
Ring-billed Gull 12
Herring Gull 26
Great Black-backed Gull 22

Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Red-throated Loon 14
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 18
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Song Sparrow 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Northern Cardinal 1

Cape Henlopen 1:58 p.m.
Brant 39
Surf Scoter 11
Black Scoter 5
Bufflehead 9
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Semipalmated Plover 1
Sanderling 21
Dunlin 57
Bonaparte’s Gull 3
Herring Gull 27
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7

Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 24
Great Cormorant 2
Double-crested Cormorant 36
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5

Silver Lake, Rehoboth 4:07 p.m.
Canada Goose 2
Canvasback 29
Common Merganser 1
Mourning Dove 1
Ring-billed Gull 5
Great Blue Heron 1

Carolina Wren 1
American Robin 8
House Sparrow 2
House Finch 5
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7

Indian River Inlet 4:45 p.m.
Snow Goose 7500
Surf Scoter 6
Black Scoter 3
Long-tailed Duck 75
Red-breasted Merganser 9
Horned Grebe 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 1
Sanderling 32
Dunlin 5
Razorbill 3
Bonaparte’s Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 16
Great Black-backed Gull 13

Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 2
Red-throated Loon 6
Common Loon 11
Northern Gannet 75
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
European Starling 37
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 5
Boat-tailed Grackle 3