Delaware Records Committee

 

Jim White (President), Frank Rohrbacher (Secretary), Chris Bennett, Anthony Gonzon, Jean Woods, John Janowski

Delaware
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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 observe r.

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 The Delaware Bird Records Committee held its 2010 Annual Meeting on July 29, 2010.    The new Committee for the coming year consists of Jim White, President, Frank Rohrbacher, Secretary, Anthony Gonzon, Chris Bennett, Jean Woods, and John Janowski.  The Committee voted to publish accepted records on de-birds as soon at the vote occurs, rather then wait until the end of the year.  We will still submit a more complete report including those records not accept each year for the Ornithologist.  Clay-colored Sparrow was removed from the Delaware Review Species List.

 

The following list is a summary of the records reviewed during the year 2010 by the Delaware Bird Records Committee.  A total of 68 reports constituting 30 records on 13 different species were voted on this year.   Three new species, Roseate Spoonbill, Tropical Kingbird and European Golden-Plover was added to the Delaware State List of Bird Species this year, so that the total number of species now is 405 as of January 1, 2011.    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 2011 DOS Ornithologist.

 
    RECORDS ACCEPTED    
DBRC # Date Species Location Reporters
08/35
11/23/08-8/19/09
 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1000 Acre Marsh Kim Steininger, Sharon Lynn
      Frank Rohrbacher, Steve Colins
      Jeff Gordon, Chuck Brandt,
      Chip Krilowwicz, Hank Hox
      Chuck Lane, Ben Anderson,
      Gina Jenson, Derek Stoner
09/01
2/14-15/2009
 Green-winged "Common" Teal Braoadkill Beach Road Frank Rohrbacher
09/16
9/15/2009
 White-faced Storm-Petrel 38.32.609N 74.01/897 Ed Sigda
09/26
7/1-7/2009
 Great White Egret Bethany Jim Hall, Chuck Brandt,
      Frank Rohrbacher, Bruce Peterjohn
09/07
6/21/2009-8/19/2009
 Roseate Spoonbill Fenwick Island Frank Rohrbacher, Colin Campbell
      Maurice Barnhill, Kevin Fleming
      Derek Stoner, Janet Owen
09/08
6/6,8/2009
 Roseate Spoonbill Fowler Beach Ed Sigda
09/09
7/16-22/2009
 Roseate Spoonbill 1000 Acre Marsh Frank Rohrbacher, Colin Campbell
      J. Young
09/10
7/20-28/2009
 Roseate Spoonbill Bombay Hook NWR Frank Rohrbacher, Matt Orsie
      Bill Schreitz, Katherine Boyd
09/05
4/25/2009
 Swallow-tailed Kite Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Sue Gruver, Lynn Smith
10/04
4/4/2010
 Swallow-tailed Kite Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Keith&Beth Hamilton
10/05
4/10/2010
 Swallow-tailed Kite Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Bruce Peterjohn
04/13
6/3/2004
 Mississippi Kite Route 40 nr. MD border Anthony Gonzon
09/18
9/19/2009
 Swainson's Hawk Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Forrest Rowland
07/17
12/7/2007
 Gyrfalcon Delaware Seashore SP Bruce Peterjohn
10/06
5/17/2010
 Sandhill Crane Clinton Road Larry Curlett
09/15
9/14-15/2009
 European Golden-Plover Wick's Potato Field, Route 9 Anthony Gonzon, Chris Bennett
      Andy Urquhart
05/16
8/26/2005
 Long-tailed Jaeger Wilmington Canyon, DE Waters Ed Sigda, Frank Rohrbacher
09/03
12/18/08-2/16/09
 Eurasian Collared-Dove Smyna Derek Stoner
09/28
11/15-16/2008
 Ash-throated Flycatcher Prime Hook NWR Frank Rohrbacher, Ed Sigda
      Chuck Fullmer, Colin Campbell,
      Bruce Peterjohn
09/21
10/13/2009
 Tropical Kingbird Prime Hook Beach Frank Marenghi, Ed Sigda
      Forrest Rowland
09/27
11/2/2009
 Western Kingbird Cape Henlopen SP Forrest Rowland
08/34
11/18-19/2008
 Cave Swallow Augustine Beach John Janowski, Colin Campbell
07/11
10/20-21/2007
 Clay-colored Sparrow Prime Hook NWR Lin Just, Frank Rohrbacher,
      Steve Collins, Dennis Murphy
07/23
12/24/2007
 Clay-colored Sparrow Fowler Beach Road Bruce Peterjohn
09/17
9/12/2009
 Lark Sparrow Cape Henlopen SP Jeff Gordon
09/20
10/11/2009
 Lark Sparrow Cape Henlopen Hawk Watch Sharon Lynn
09/22
10/18/2009
 Lark Sparrow Dover Frank Marenghi
09/23
10/19/2009
 Le Conte's Sparrow Cape Henlopen SP Chuck Fullmer
08/10
4/22/2008
 Painted Bunting Georgetown Janet Davidson
09/11
8/11/2009
 Painted Bunting Prime Hook NWR Larry Riddle
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.