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Delaware Records Committee [Get DE Checklists]

Nick Pulcinella (President), Frank Rohrbacher (Secretary), Bob Rufe, Jim White, Anthony Gonzon

 Delaware
State Bird List

The records committee is charged with maintaining the Delaware State List of Bird Species, which consists of all bird species accepted as having been observed in Delaware. They also maintain the Delaware Review List, which are those birds for which the committee requests documentation from the observer.

Summary of Completed Reviews -- An index of all of the records reviewed by the committee that form the basis for these state lists.

The Delaware Bird Records Committee held its 2007 Annual Meeting on July 12, 2007. Bruce Peterjohn, the last of the original members from the 1995 re-organization of the Delaware Bird Records Committee and President for the last six years has retired. His knowledge and dedication to the Committee will be missed. The new Committee for the coming year consists of Nick Pulcinella, President, Frank Rohrbacher, Secretary, Anthony Gonzon, Bob Rufe and Jim White. During that meeting, we voted to remove American White Pelican from the Delaware Review Species.

The following list is a summary of the records reviewed during the year 2006-2007 by the Delaware Bird Records Committee. 62 reports constituting 25 records on 23 different species reported in Delaware. No new species were added to the Delaware State List of Bird Species, so the total remains at 398 as of September 1, 2007. Unaccepted records have a very brief note as to the reason for non-acceptance; by far the most common explanation is lack of sufficient detail in the description to positively and diagnostically identify the claimed species. More detailed discussions of all these records will be published on the DOS Web page and in the 2008 DOS Ornithologist.

RECORDS ACCEPTED

 

 

DBRC #

Date

Species

Location

Reporters

05/25 12/4-6/2005 ‘Black’ Brant Indian River Inlet Frank Rohrbacher, Bill Fintel
06/12 9/29/07-10/3/07 Cinnamon Teal Ted Harvey WMA Bruce Peterjohn, Frank Rohrbacher
01/51 2/5/2001 Eared Grebe Dewey Beach Jeff Gordon
06/05 5/28/06-6/2/06 Western Grebe Battery Park, New Castle Frank Rohrbacher, Chip Krilowicz, Al Guarente, Marie Z. Gardner, Colin Campbell, Bob Rufe, Maurice Barnhill, Chuck Brandt
06/07 8/25/2006 White-faced Storm-Petrel 38 29.244N 73 10.972W Mary Gustafson, Frank Rohrbacher, Ed Sigda, Mike Fritz, Paul Guris
06/16 10/31/06-11/3/06 American White Pelican Gordon’s Pond SP Chris Bennett, Frank Rohrbacher, Steve Colins, Derek Stoner
06/22 12/31/2006 American White Pelican Assawoman WMA Sam Dyke
05/22 11/7/2005 Magnificent Frigatebird Cape Henlopen SP Bill Fintel, Larry Graff, Susan Gruver
06/03 3/25/2006 Yellow Rail Prime Hook NWR Ed Sigda, Bruce Peterjohn
06/08 8/25/2006 Sabine’s Gull 38 28N 73 25W Mary Gustafson, Ed Sigda, Paul Guris, Frank Rohrbacher
06/14 10/7/2006 Sabine’s Gull Cape Henlopen SP Frank Rohrbacher, Bruce Peterjohn
06/11 9/1-2/2006 Roseate Tern Cape Henlopen SP Jeff Gordon
06/09 8/25/2006 Arctic Tern 38 35.1N 74 20.41W Paul Guris
06/10 8/26/2006 South Polar Skua 38 35.1N 74 20.41 W Paul Guris, George Jett
05/21 11/2-5/2005 Long-tailed Jaeger Cape Henlopen SP Bruce Peterjohn, Frank Rohrbacher, Sam Dyke
06/04 5/12-19/2006 White-winged Dove Cape Henlopen SP Bruce Peterjohn, Colin Campbell
02/33 11/23/2002 Allen’s Hummingbird Woodland Beach WMA Mary Gustafson
06/06 8/7-15/2006 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Route 9/Deakynville Road Frank Rohrbacher, Larry Lynch, Al Guarente, Marie Z. Gardner, Derek Stoner, Colin Campbell, Maurice Barnhill, Bob Cunningham, Sarah Warner
05/26 12/27/05-1/12/06 Northern Shrike Prime Hook NWR Ed Sigda, Frank Rohrbacher
06/18 12/2/2006 Cave Swallow Augustine Beach France Dewaghe
02/22 9/7/2002 Lark Sparrow Raymond Neck Road Bill Murphy, Bruce Peterjohn
06/21 12/23-30/2006 Painted Bunting Seaford David Fees

 

 

 

 

 

RECORDS NOT ACCEPTED

    

 

 

 

 

 

02/23 10/20/2003 Eurasian Curlew Bombay Hook NWR Insufficient detail to rule out alternatives
02/08 5/11/2002 Bicknell’s Thrush Prime Hook NWR Bicknell’s Thrush records cannot be accepted without sound records
04/02 12/19/1987 Clay-colored Sparrow Angola Neck Insufficient detail to rule out alternatives
You are encouraged to submit records of unusual sightings in Delaware to Frank Rohrbacher, DRC Secretary, 5 Neva Court, Wilmington, DE 19810 by regular or e-mail. Detailed descriptions and any sketches, no matter how crude, are important for documenting rare state birds particularly for difficult to identify species. Good quality photographs and sound recordings are especially helpful.