DELAWARE FIELD CHECKLIST
Delmarva Ornithological Society (www.DOSBirds.org)
Date   Weather  
Observers  
Localities
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Red-throated Loon      
Common Loon      
Pied-billed Grebe      
Horned Grebe      
Red-necked Grebe      
*Eared Grebe      
Northern Fulmar      
Cory's Shearwater      
Greater Shearwater      
Sooty Shearwater      
Manx Shearwater      
Audubon's Shearwater      
Wilson's Storm-Petrel      
Leach's Storm-Petrel      
Northern Gannet      
*American White Pelican      
Brown Pelican      
Double-crested Cormorant      
Great Cormorant      
American Bittern      
Least Bittern      
Great Blue Heron      
Great Egret      
Snowy Egret      
Little Blue Heron      
Tricolored Heron      
Cattle Egret      
Green Heron      
Black-crowned Night-Heron      
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron      
*White Ibis      
Glossy Ibis      
White-faced Ibis      
Black Vulture      
Turkey Vulture      
Greater White-fronted Goose      
Snow Goose      
Ross's Goose      
Canada Goose      
Brant      
Mute Swan      
Tundra Swan      
Wood Duck      
Gadwall      
Eurasian Wigeon      
American Wigeon      
American Black Duck      
Mallard      
Blue-winged Teal      
Northern Shoveler      
Northern Pintail      
Green-winged Teal      
Canvasback      
Redhead      
Ring-necked Duck      
Greater Scaup      
Lesser Scaup      
King Eider      
Common Eider      
Harlequin Duck      
Surf Scoter      
White-winged Scoter      
Black Scoter      
Long-tailed Duck      
Bufflehead      
Common Goldeneye      
Hooded Merganser      
Common Merganser      
Red-breasted Merganser      
Ruddy Duck      
Osprey      
Bald Eagle      
Northern Harrier      
Sharp-shinned Hawk      
Cooper's Hawk      
Northern Goshawk      
Red-shouldered Hawk      
Broad-winged Hawk      
Red-tailed Hawk      
Rough-legged Hawk      
Golden Eagle      
American Kestrel      
Merlin      
Peregrine Falcon      
Ring-necked Pheasant      
Wild Turkey      
Northern Bobwhite      
*Yellow Rail      
Black Rail      
Clapper Rail      
King Rail      
Virginia Rail      
Sora      
Common Moorhen      
American Coot      
Black-bellied Plover      
American Golden-Plover      
Semipalmated Plover      
Piping Plover      
Killdeer      
American Oystercatcher      
Black-necked Stilt      
American Avocet      
Greater Yellowlegs      
Lesser Yellowlegs      
Solitary Sandpiper      
Willet      
Spotted Sandpiper      
Upland Sandpiper      
Whimbrel      
Hudsonian Godwit      
Marbled Godwit      
Ruddy Turnstone      
Red Knot      
Sanderling      
Semipalmated Sandpiper      
Western Sandpiper      
Least Sandpiper      
White-rumped Sandpiper      
Baird's Sandpiper      
Pectoral Sandpiper      
Purple Sandpiper      
Dunlin      
Curlew Sandpiper      
Stilt Sandpiper      
Buff-breasted Sandpiper      
Ruff      
Short-billed Dowitcher      
Long-billed Dowitcher      
Wilson's Snipe      
American Woodcock      
Wilson's Phalarope      
Red-necked Phalarope      
*Red Phalarope      
Pomarine Jaeger      
Parasitic Jaeger      
Laughing Gull      
Little Gull      
Black-headed Gull      
Bonaparte's Gull      
Ring-billed Gull      
Herring Gull      
Iceland Gull      
Lesser Black-backed Gull      
Glaucous Gull      
Great Black-backed Gull      
Black-legged Kittiwake      
Gull-billed Tern      
Caspian Tern      
Royal Tern      
Sandwich Tern      
*Roseate Tern      
Common Tern      
*Arctic Tern      
Forster's Tern      
Least Tern      
Bridled Tern      
Black Tern      
Black Skimmer      

Use actual numbers counted (preferable), or abundance code: R (rare)=1-3; U (uncommon)=4-10; C (common)=11-100, A (abundant)=101-1000; S (superabundant)=1001+

* Birds on the Delaware Review List are marked with an asterisk. All of these and any other species not on the list currently require documentation. Reports should be sent to the DOS, Bird Records Committee, PO Box 4247, Greenville, DE 19807.    9/02

Razorbill      
Atlantic Puffin      
Rock Dove      
Mourning Dove      
Black-billed Cuckoo      
Yellow-billed Cuckoo      
Barn Owl      
Eastern Screech-Owl      
Great Horned Owl      
Snowy Owl      
Barred Owl      
Long-eared Owl      
Short-eared Owl      
Northern Saw-whet Owl      
Common Nighthawk      
Chuck-will's-widow      
Whip-poor-will      
Chimney Swift      
Ruby-throated Hummingbird      
*Rufous Hummingbird      
Belted Kingfisher      
Red-headed Woodpecker      
Red-bellied Woodpecker      
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker      
Downy Woodpecker      
Hairy Woodpecker      
Northern Flicker      
Pileated Woodpecker      
Olive-sided Flycatcher      
Eastern Wood-Pewee      
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher      
Acadian Flycatcher      
Alder Flycatcher      
Willow Flycatcher      
Least Flycatcher      
Eastern Phoebe      
Great Crested Flycatcher      
Eastern Kingbird      
*Loggerhead Shrike      
White-eyed Vireo      
Yellow-throated Vireo      
Blue-headed Vireo      
Warbling Vireo      
Philadelphia Vireo      
Red-eyed Vireo      
Blue Jay      
American Crow      
Fish Crow      
Horned Lark      
Purple Martin      
Tree Swallow      
Northern Rough-winged Swallow      
Bank Swallow      
Cliff Swallow      
Barn Swallow      
Carolina Chickadee      
Black-capped Chickadee      
Tufted Titmouse      
Red-breasted Nuthatch      
White-breasted Nuthatch      
Brown-headed Nuthatch      
Brown Creeper      
Carolina Wren      
House Wren      
Winter Wren      
Sedge Wren      
Marsh Wren      
Golden-crowned Kinglet      
Ruby-crowned Kinglet      
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      
Eastern Bluebird      
Veery      
Gray-cheeked Thrush      
*Bicknell's Thrush      
Swainson's Thrush      
Hermit Thrush      
Wood Thrush      
American Robin      
Gray Catbird      
Northern Mockingbird      
Brown Thrasher      
European Starling      
American Pipit      
Cedar Waxwing      
Blue-winged Warbler      
Golden-winged Warbler      
Tennessee Warbler      
Orange-crowned Warbler      
Nashville Warbler      
Northern Parula      
Yellow Warbler      
Chestnut-sided Warbler      
Magnolia Warbler      
Cape May Warbler      
Black-throated Blue Warbler      
Yellow-rumped Warbler      
Black-throated Green Warbler      
Blackburnian Warbler      
Yellow-throated Warbler      
Pine Warbler      
Prairie Warbler      
Palm Warbler      
Bay-breasted Warbler      
Blackpoll Warbler      
Cerulean Warbler      
Black-and-white Warbler      
American Redstart      
Prothonotary Warbler      
Worm-eating Warbler      
Ovenbird      
Northern Waterthrush      
Louisiana Waterthrush      
Kentucky Warbler      
Connecticut Warbler      
Mourning Warbler      
Common Yellowthroat      
Hooded Warbler      
Wilson's Warbler      
Canada Warbler      
Yellow-breasted Chat      
Summer Tanager      
Scarlet Tanager      
Eastern Towhee      
American Tree Sparrow      
Chipping Sparrow      
*Clay-colored Sparrow      
Field Sparrow      
Vesper Sparrow      
Savannah Sparrow      
Grasshopper Sparrow      
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow      
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow      
Seaside Sparrow      
Fox Sparrow      
Song Sparrow      
Lincoln's Sparrow      
Swamp Sparrow      
White-throated Sparrow      
White-crowned Sparrow      
Dark-eyed Junco      
Lapland Longspur      
Snow Bunting      
Northern Cardinal      
Rose-breasted Grosbeak      
Blue Grosbeak      
Indigo Bunting      
*Painted Bunting      
Dickcissel      
Bobolink      
Red-winged Blackbird      
Eastern Meadowlark      
Yellow-headed Blackbird      
Rusty Blackbird      
Brewer's Blackbird      
Common Grackle      
Boat-tailed Grackle      
Brown-headed Cowbird      
Orchard Oriole      
Baltimore Oriole      
Purple Finch      
House Finch      
Red Crossbill      
White-winged Crossbill      
Common Redpoll      
Pine Siskin      
American Goldfinch      
Evening Grosbeak      
House Sparrow      
Total Species: