RI-RBA for October 2005

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Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, October 20, 2005
From: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
Date: 20 Oct 2005 8:57pm

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- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide 
* October 20, 2005
* RIRI0510.20

- Birds mentioned:
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER 
Snow Goose
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Scarlet Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
VESPER SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Wilson's Snipe
Marsh Wren
TRICOLORED HERON
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
American Pipit
Pectoral Sandpiper
COMMON RAVEN
Northern Shoveler
Pine Siskin
Foster's Tern

     date: October 20, 2005
     (401) 245-7500 ex- 55 
     to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
     coverage: statewide
     compiled:  Janice St.Jean
     transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint(AT)aol.com)
     www.asri.org

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for October 20th, 
2005.  This report covers the period from October 14th to October 20th, and 
will be updated again on October 27th.

The sun finally returned and with it some northwest winds and a cold front.  
This brought some outstanding bird reports from the last several days.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was found on Block Island on the 19th.  It was 
found in the morning and seen again in the late afternoon on the guardrail and
in
the low vegetation along the southern end of Sachem Pond, on Corn Neck Road.  
Other birds seen on the island included: 4 SNOW GEESE, 8 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 
15 COOPER'S HAWK, 3 AMERICAN KESTREL, 12 MERLIN, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 3 
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, 40 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 20
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 12 BROWN CREEPER, 1 WINTER WREN, numbers of both 
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 24 HERMIT THRUSH, 1
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH,
25 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 10 RED-EYED VIREO, 6 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 6 NORTHERN 
PARULA, 2 YELLOW WARBLER,  1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER, 20 
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER, 8 BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 1
CONNECTICUT
WARBLER, 3 SCARLET TANAGER, 20 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 6 PURPLE FINCH.

At Sunset Farm in Narragansett, seen from the parking lot looking towards the 
gardens on the 18th, 3 BLUE GROSBEAK were seen along the fence.  On the 19th, 
1 DICKCISSEL, 1 VESPER SPARROW, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 1 FIELD SPARROW, 4 
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1 INDIGO BUNTING and 1 BOBOLINK. On the 20th, the VESPER
SPARROW was again located.

In Westerly, at Avondale Farm Preserve on the 15th, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 
and on the 16th, 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and 1 WILSON'S SNIPE were observed.  
On the 18th, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 MARSH WREN, 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1 
FIELD SPARROW and 2 AMERICAN KESTREL were counted.

In the marsh at Quonochontaug on the 18th, a late TRICOLORED HERON was 
reported.

At Pardon Gray Preserve in Tiverton on the 20th, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2 
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and 1 DICKCISSEL were seen.

Eighty to one hundred SNOW GEESE were seen flying over URI in Kingston on the 
19th and, and 54 were seen in Cranston on that day.

On the 15th, along Heaton Orchard Road in Richmond, 95 AMERICAN PIPIT and 32 
PECTORAL SANDPIPER.

Walkers Farm in Barrington had another report of a DICKCISSEL on the 16th, 
and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW continues to be seen there.

Near the Woonsocket Reservoir, 2 COMMON RAVEN on the 16th.

Two NORTHERN SHOVELER were seen at the East Providence Reservoir.

PINE SISKINS were observed in Middletown and Westerly on the 20th.

At Moonstone Beach, 1 FORSTER'S TERN was spotted on the 16th.

The Audubon Society of Rhode Island offers many walks and special field 
trips, some non-bird related, open to both members and non-members.  Call 
headquarters at 401-949-5454 for a copy of the Audubon Report.  

That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!

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Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, October 28, 2005
From: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
Date: 28 Oct 2005 9:52pm

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- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide 
* October 28, 2005
* RIRI0510.28

- Birds mentioned:
NORTHERN SHRIKE 
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Winter Wren
American Oystercatcher
Whimbrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Snow Bunting
American Pipit
SEDGE WREN 
Redhead
SORA
American Bittern
BLACK-HEADED GULL 
Savannah Sparrow
Horned Lark
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Wilson's Snipe
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Nashville Warbler
Pal Warbler
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
American Golden Plover
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
EURASIAN WIGEON 
American Wigeon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Blue-headed Vireo
Brown Creeper
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Hermit Thrush
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
VESPER SPARROW

     date: October 28, 2005
     (401) 245-7500 ex- 55 
     to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
     coverage: statewide
     compiled:  Janice St.Jean
     transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint(AT)aol.com)
     www.asri.org

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for October 28th, 
2005.  This report covers the period from October 21st to October 28th, and 
will be updated again on November 3rd.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen at Napatree Point in Westerly on the 27th.  Other 
birds that day included: 3 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, 1 WHITE-CROWNED 
SPARROW, 1 WINTER WREN, 20 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, 1 WHIMBREL, 1 SPOTTED 
SANDPIPER, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 3 LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 8
 SNOW
BUNTING and many AMERICAN PIPITS.

A single LAPLAND LONGSPUR was recorded in a yard near Beavertail in Jamestown 
on the 26th.

At Trustom Pond NWR on the 23rd, a SEDGE WREN was observed at the Northeast 
corner of the large field closest to the parking area.  Seen on the pond on the
27th were 4 REDHEADS.

A SORA was found at Mud Pond, at the end of Moonstone Beach Road on the 23rd. 
 An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen there on the 27th.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was also reported in the marsh at Jerusalem on the 21st, 
and a BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen behind Capt'n Jack's Restaurant on the 27th.

Along Moonstone Beach, 1 "IPSWICH" SAVANNAH SPARROW, 1 HORNED LARK, 1 
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and 1 
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER were observed on the 27th.

Birds reported at Avondale Farm Preserve this week included: 3 WILSON'S 
SNIPE, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 40 SWAMP SPARROW, 27
SAVANNAH
SPARROW, 2 FIELD SPARROWS, 3 CHIPPING SPARROWS, 1 INDIGO BUNTING, 1 NASHVILLE 
WARBLER, 5 PALM WARBLER and 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.

Walker Farm in Barrington on the 27th had 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW among the more 
common sparrows.

On the 21st along the Escape Road in Galilee, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER were 
spotted.

A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was reported from the Grassy Point Trail at 
Ninigret NWR on the 21st.

At Watchemoket Cove in East Providence on the 23rd, 1 EURASIAN WIGEON with 
about 80 AMERICAN WIGEON.  

Finally, on Block Island on the 24th, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED 
SAPSUCKER, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 6 BROWN CREEPER, 2 
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 6 HERMIT THRUSH, 3 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1 
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 SCARLET TANAGER, 10 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 1
VESPER
SPARROW.

The Audubon Society of Rhode Island offers many walks and special field 
trips, some non-bird related, open to both members and non-members.  Call 
headquarters at 401-949-5454 for a copy of the Audubon Report.  

That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!

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