Rhode Island (Statewide) RBA
January 7, 2010
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* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* January 7, 2010
* RIRI1001.07
- Birds mentioned:
TUFTED DUCK
CACKLING GOOSE
Bald Eagle
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Razorbill
Red-necked Grebe
Bonaparte's Gull
Fox Sparrow
Brown Thrasher
Peregrine Falcon
American kestrel
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
BLACK VULTURE
COMMON RAVEN
TUNDRA SWAN
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Short-eared Owl
Rough-legged Hawk
VESPER SPAROW
Hermit Thrush
White-crowned Sparrow
Virginia rail
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
EURASIAN WIGEON
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Redhead
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Long-tailed Duck
Eastern Bluebird
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
date: January 7, 2010
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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 January
7th, 2010. This report covers the period from January 1st to January 7th.
The next update will be in about one week.
A male TUFTED DUCK was sighted at the south side of the causeway at the
East Providence Reservoir on the 1st. The bird was only seen for one day. A
CACKLING GOOSE was seen there on the 1st and 2nd. A BALD EAGLE was also
sighted there.
On the 1st, 1 BLACK GUILLEMOT, 8 RAZORBILLS, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES and 5
BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen at Beavertail Point in Jamestown. Just north of
Beavertail on the 5th, a FOX SPARROW and a BROWN THRASHER were noted. A
past week, and an AMERICAN KESTREL was seen north of the toll gates.
In Westerly, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen along Atlantic Avenue on the
1st, and a BLACK VULTURE was reported from Ashaway on the 5th.
Two COMMON RAVENS were seen in Hope Valley.
In Coventry, 2 TUNDRA SWANS were observed behind Flare Restaurant on Route
3.
One TUNDRA SWAN was seen at Trustom Pond every day from the 2nd, and a
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was found there on the 6th and 7th. A SHORT-EARED OWL and
1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were reported from the fields to the east of the pond on
the 5th. Along Moonstone Beach Road, one to two VESPER SPAROWS have been
seen sporadically all week. Also seen were 2 HERMIT THURSHES and a
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
A RAZORBILL was in the Charlestown Breachway. It was going as far up as
the boat launch on the 5th. Also in Charlestown, at Quonochontaug: 1
1st.
In East Providence, a EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on the 5th from the bike
path near the Squantum Club. Efforts to find this bird on subsequent days
were not successful. At nearby Watchemoket Cove 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS were
observed on the 4th. A REDHEAD was seen at Bullocks Cove in East Providence
on the 4th.
On the 7th, at Narrow River Fishing Area at the end of Pollock Ave in South
Kingstown: 1 EURASIAN WIGEON was observed.
Sightings from Apponaug Cove in Warwick this week included: 1 ICELAND
GULL , 1 GLAUCOUS GULL, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 1 LONG-TAILED DUCK.
In Smithfield, 30 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were reported.
Finally, 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were reported from Block Island on
the 2nd and 3rd.
The final number of species seen in Rhode Island in 2009 is 320. Thanks
to Dave Gumbley for the statistics. See RIBird.org to participate in the RI
Year Bird Challenge 2010.
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
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