Rhode Island (Statewide) RBA
July 24, 2010
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* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* July 24, 2010
* RIRI1007.24
- Birds mentioned:
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Caspian Tern
BLACK SKIMMER
Roseate Tern
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
Whimbrel
Red Knot
American Oystercatcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Eastern Meadowlark
Black-billed Cuckoo
Piping Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
ICELAND GULL
White-winged Scoter
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet
Cliff Swallow
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Barred Owl
COMMON RAVEN
Cattle Egret
date: July 24, 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 24th,
2010. This report covers the period from July 9th to July 24th. The next
update will be in about one week.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen sitting on a rock at Trustom Pond in
South Kingstown on the 24th. The bird was observed as it flew out of the
RIRI
TERN was seen there.
Highlights from the Charlestown Breachway, ( Ninigret Pond tidal flats)
included: 2 BLACK SKIMMERS on the 10th, a CASPIAN TERN on the 22nd, 2 ROSEATE
TERNS on the 19th, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER on the 18th and 20th. A
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was reported on the 20th. Five WESTERN SANDPIPERS were
seen on
the 24th, along with 1 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 2 WHIMBREL, 3 RED
KNOTS, 3 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK and
1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO.
A WHIMBREL was noted at Napatree Point in Westerly on the 22nd. Other
birds included: several ROSEATE TERNS, 42 PIPING PLOVERS, 20 SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS, 18 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and over 100 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.
An immature ICELAND GULL has been reported on several occasions in Newport
at First Beach (Easton's Beach).
Birds observed from the Block Island ferry on the 19th included: 1
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 1 ROSEATE TERN, 82 WILSON'S STORM PETRELS, 2 WHIMBRELS
and 2
NORTHERN GANNETS. Two CLIFF SWALLOWS were seen in the Block Island Harbor.
A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continues to be seen and heard at Francis Carter
Nature Conservancy Preserve in Charlestown. A BARRED OWL was seen there on
the 19th.
On the 13, a COMMON RAVEN was observed flying over Matunuck Schoolhouse
Road in South Kingstown.
Finally, 2 CATTLE EGRETS were seen in Jamestown on the 19th.
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
- End transcript
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