Rhode Island (Statewide) RBA
August 25, 2010
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* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* August 25, 2010
* RIRI1008.25
- Birds mentioned:
UPLAND SANDPIPER
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
American golden Plover
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
TRICOLORED HERON
Peregrine Falcon
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
Forster's Tern
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Stilt Sandpiper
Red Knot
American Oystercatcher
Cliff Swallow
Wilson's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
DICKCISSEL
Black Tern
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Bonaparte's Gull
Solitary Sandpiper
Common Nighthawk
date: August 25, 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 August
RIRI
The next update will be in about one week.
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was found along Heaton Orchard Road in Richmond on the
20th. The bird was also seen on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th. A BUFF-BREASTED
SANDPIPER was found there on the 19th, and seen every day this week. On
the 19th, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was observed, and on the 21st, there was
a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was found along Switch Road in Richmond, north of
Chariho High School on the 21st.
On the 18th, a HUDSONIAN GODWIT was reported at Third Beach (Sachuest NWR
Saltmarsh) in Middletown. It was there for a short time, and not
relocated.
A TRICOLORED HERON was seen at the Charlestown Breachway, (Ninigret pond
tidal flats) on the 21st. Other highlights from the past week included: 1
PEREGRINE FALCON, 4 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 1 FORSTER'S TERN, 8
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIEPRS, 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 1 WHIMBREL and 1 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER. A STILT SANDPIPER was seen on the 19th.
On the 20th, in Westerly, at Napatree Point, 3 RED KNOTS, 1 WHIMBREL, 40
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and 1 CLIFF SWALLOW.
At Trustom Pond NWR, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER was seen on the 20th, and on the
21st, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER and 1 DICKCISSEL were reported.
In Little Compton, off Sakonnet Point, 1 BLACK TERN was observed on the
23rd, and a BLACK TERN was identified at Sachuest Point in Middletown on the
21st.
At Camp Cronin in Point Judith on the 22nd, a BLACK-HEADED GULL was
reported with 2 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. Black-headed Gulls are unusual in our area
in the summer.
At White Brook in Carolina, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER was found on the
upstream side of the bridge there.
Finally, COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from West Greenwich and Glocester
this past week.
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
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