Rhode Island (Statewide) RBA
February 6, 2010
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* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
*February 6, 2010
* RIRI1002.06
- Birds mentioned:
IVORY GULL
PACIFIC LOON
KING EIDER
Snow Bunting
BLACK VULTURE
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Lapland Longspur
Horned Lark
Rough-legged Hawk
American Bittern
Short-eared Owl
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Redhead
Canvasback
Fox Sparrow
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
CACKLING GOOSE
Snow Goose
Yellow-breasted Chat
Red-necked Grebe
Harlequin Duck
Ruddy Turnstone
Eastern Meadowlark
BLACK-HEADED GULL
COMMON RAVEN
Brown Creeper
Eastern Bluebird
American Pipit
VESPER SPARROW
Rusty Blackbird
Bald Eagle
ICELAND GULL
date: February 6, 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 February
6th, 2010. This report covers the period from January 30th to February
5th. The next update will be in about one week.
The last confirmed report of the IVORY GULL was on the 27th in Middletown,
however there was an unconfirmed but reliable report that the bird was seen
on the 30th in the same spot on Easton's Pond.
In Great Salt Pond, on Block Island, 1 PACIFIC LOON was observed on the
5th.
A KING EIDER was reported from Newport, at Brenton Point on the 3rd and
5th. A SNOW BUNTING was seen on the seawall here on the 5th.
In Tiverton, 3 BLACK VULTURES were spotted soaring over the fields at
Pardon Gray Preserve, along Route 77 on the 4th. Also on that day in
Tiverton, 1 EASTERN PHOEBE and 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS were seen near the
the 31st. In the cornfields along Seapowet Avenue, 2
LAPLAND LONGSPURS were seen with about 50 HORNED LARKS, and a ROUGH-LEGGED
HAWK was in the area on the 4th.
At Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge in South Kingston, highlights this
week included: 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 1 SHORT-EARED OWL,
1 female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, 3 REDHEADS, 3 CANVASBACKS and a FOX SPARROW.
A drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was reported from at Grassy Point at Ninigret
NWR, along with the continuing LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the 30th.
A CACKLING GOOSE and 8 SNOW GEESE were seen along Wapping Road in
Middletown this week. The Snow Geese are moving around a lot, and are not
reliably
found.
On the 30th, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Sachuest Point in
Middletown. Other sightings from Sachuest included: 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 34
HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE and 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
At Watchemoket Cove, East Providence, 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL was recorded on
the 31st.
One COMMON RAVEN, 2 BROWN CREEPERS and 3 EASTERN BLUBIRDS were spotted at
Francis Carter Preserve in Charlestown.
On the 30th, at Scarborough State Beach 3 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen, and
in the Matunuck area that day, 1 VESPER SPARROW and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD were
noted.
More than 10 sightings of BALD EAGLES this week, from various locations,
from the south coast, north to Cumberland.
Finally, a clam and snail wash-up has on Easton's Beach in Newport has
drawn in over a thousand gulls this past week, with 1 ICELAND GULL sighted
several times feeding in the fray.
Total species count recorded in January is 145.
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
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