Rhode Island (Statewide) RBA
July 8, 2010
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* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* July 8, 2010
* RIRI1007.08
- Birds mentioned:
ROYAL TERN
Red Knot
BLACK SKIMMER
Short-billed Dowitcher
Caspian Tern
Orchard Oriole
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Brown Thrasher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Prairie Warbler
Ovenbird
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Field Sparrow
Black-billed Cuckoo
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy ibis
White-rumped Sandpiper
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Purple Finch
date: July 8, 2010 (401) 949-5454 or 245-7500 ext 3052
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 July 8th,
2010. This report covers the period from June 18th to July 7th. The next
update will be in about one week.
In Charlestown, on the tidal flats of Ninigret Pond, 2 ROYAL TERNS and 1
RED KNOT were observed on the 26th. On the 27th, 1 BLACK SKIMMER, 1 RED KNOT
and 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER were found.
One CASPIAN TERN and an ORCHARD ORIOLE were seen at Trustom Pond NWR in
South Kingstown on the 3rd.
At The Nature Conservancy's Francis Carter Preserve in Charlestown, 1
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was singing from atop a post on the 3rd. Other sightings
included: 1 BROWN THRASHER, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
several breeding PRAIRE WARBLERS, OVENBIRDS, SCARLET TANAGERS, INDIGO
BUNTINGS and FIELD SPARROWS.
Off Shannock Road in Charlestown, 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen on the
1st.
At Sachuest Saltmarsh, (Third beach Restoration area) in Middletown, 1
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 3 GLOSSY IBIS,, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and 1
SHORT-BILLED DOWITHCER were reported.
On the 21st, 1 COMMON GOLDENEYE was observed in the Providence River, south
of Bold Point.
Finally, reports of a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH from Little Compton and also
from Providence this week, and a PURPLE FINCH visited a feeder in East
Providence.
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
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