Rhode Island (Statewide) RBA
May 9, 2008
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* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* May 9, 2008
* RIRI0805.09
- Birds mentioned:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Tennessee Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Wood Thrush
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Indigo Bunting
Orchard Oriole
Least Flycatcher
Brown Thrasher
Solitary Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
DUNLIN
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Piping Plover
Laughing Gull
American Bittern
Green Heron
Seaside Sparrow
COMMON RAVEN
Cattle Egret
Solitary Sandpiper
Worm-eating Warbler
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
Bald Eagle
Winter Wren
CLIFF SWALLOW
Purple Martin
Blackburnian Warbler
Whip-poor-will
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-billed Cuckoo
Louisiana Waterthrush
Hooded Warbler
PILEATED WOODPECKER
Eastern Wood Pewee
date: May 9, 2008
(401) 949-5454 or 245-7500 ext 3052
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coverage: statewide
compiler: Janice St.Jean
transcriber: Janice St.Jean (_DLSaint@aol_ (mailto:DLSaint@aol) )
_www.asri.org_ (http://www.asri.org)
Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for May 9th,
2008. This report covers the period from May 3rd to May 9th and will be
updated
again on May 16th.
Swan Point Cemetery in Providence hosted many early migrants this week,
starting on the 5th. Highlights included: 13 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 TENNESSE
WARBLER, 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER, 16 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, 5 NASHVILLE, 4
MAGNOLIA, 8 PALM, 6 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 5 YELLOW WARBLERS, 8
NORTHERN PARULAS, 4 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 1
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 6 BLUE-HEADED BIREOS, 3 WOOD
THRUSH, 4 VEERYS, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 2 INDIGO
BUNTINGS,
1 ORCHARD ORIOLE, 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 1 BROWN THRASHER, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER
and 2 CASPIAN TERNS.
On the 7th at the Charlestown Breachway (Ninigret Pond tidal flats), 180
DUNLIN, 150 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 8 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS, 12 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 4 PIPING PLOVERS, 4 LEAST TERNS, 1
LAUGHING
GULL, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 2 GREEN HERONS and 1 SEASIDE SPARROW.
On the 3rd at St. Mary's Pond in Portsmouth, 1 CASPIAN TERN was found.
Seen soaring over Route 1 near the off-ramp for Charlestown Breachway was a
COMMON RAVEN on the 7th.
One CATTLE EGRET was reported this week at the farm along Weedon Lane in
Jamestown.
At Burdickville in Charlestown, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen on the 3rd.
In South Kingstown, near Trustom Pond, 1 WORM-EATING WARBLER was reported
this week.
On the 6th, 1 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found on Block Island.
A BALD EAGLE was seen near the Narrow River in Narraganset on the 3rd.
At White Brook in Carolina, a WINTER WREN was heard singing this week.
At Durfee Hill Management Area in Glocester, 2 COMMON RAVENS, 1 LEAST
FLYCATCHER, 1 CLIFF SWALLOW, 1 PURPLE MARTIN, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and 1
LEAST
FLYCATCHER were recorded on the 3rd..
In Smithfield, 1 WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Audubon's Newman Refuge on the
5th.
In Foster, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER and 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO were seen
along Ponagansett Road, and at Ram's Tail Road bridge 2 LOUISIANA
WATERTHRUSHES
were found.
On the 4th, a HOODED WARBLER was heard singing off Tripps Corner Road in
Exeter.
Also on the 4th, at Lincoln Woods State Park in Lincoln, 1 PILEATED
WOODPECKER was observed.
On the 9th in Scituate at Lawton Farm along Seven Mile Road, 6 BOBOLINKS
were reported.
Finally, representatives from US Fish and Wildlife banded two healthy 8
Seen near the site that day was an EASTERN WOOD PEWEE.
The total species count through April is 215. (Thanks to Dave Gumbley for
the statistics)
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
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