Birding
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Delaware specialtySwampForest
A bright yellow bird in a dark wet wood.
At Bombay Hook
From the refuge's own checklist. This describes Bombay Hook, not Delaware — no one publishes per-species seasons for the whole state, and generalising one refuge across it would be inventing a fact.
- Spring · occasional
- Summer · occasional
- Fall · rare
Prothonotary Warbler is occasional in spring and summer, rare in fall at Bombay Hook.
In Delaware
A swamp warbler, and one of the reasons southern Delaware's cypress and millpond country is worth the drive from the north. Bombay Hook records it as occasional in spring and summer — it is a bird of the wet woods rather than the marsh, so the refuge is not where you would go for it.
Where to look
Bald cypress and wet woodland. Trap Pond is the habitat this bird is associated with in Delaware.
Current sightings
Whether anyone is seeing one right now is oneBird, not here. This page is what the bird is and where it fits; that page is what people found this week.
Source
- Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Birds — U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — Occasional spring and summer at Bombay Hook.
Field Guide interest labels are editorial, not official rarity classifications.