- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* August 18, 2005
* RIRI0508.18
- Birds mentioned:
MARBLED GODWIT
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Greater Yellowlegs
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Golden Plover
Black-bellied Plover
American Bittern
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Common Loon
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black Tern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Western Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Red Knot
Whimbrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
COMMON RAVEN
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Northern Gannet
Sooty Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
date: August 18, 2005
(401) 245-7500 ex- 55
to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint@aol.com
coverage: statewide
compiled: Janice St.Jean
transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint@aol.com)
www.asri.org
Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for August 18th,
2005. This report covers the period from August 12th to August 18th.
MARBLED GODWITS were seen at three locations this past week. One bird was
found at Quonochontaug Breachway in Charlestown on the 13th, and was still being
seen on the 18th. A MARBLED GODWIT was seen at the Charlestown Breachway
mudflats on the 13th, and eight individuals were sighted there on the 17th.
Another sighting was had at Third Beach Restoration area in Middletown on the
17th.
A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was found at Trustom Pond NWR on the 18th. It was seen
from the platform at Otter Point feeding along the shore of the pond with 2
GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
Four UPLAND SANDPIPERS were sighted at the turf farm along Switch Road
opposite Chariho High School on the 13th, and 3 continued to be seen there on the
14th. A single UPLAND SANDPIPER was found on the turf fields at Heaton Orchard
on the 16th, and on the 15th, 10 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER
were seen.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER with 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was reported at
Succotash Marsh in Jerusalem on the 16th. On the 17th, an AMERICAN BITTERN was found
in the marsh.
In the Slocum section of North Kingston, on the turf farm along Indian Corner
Road, 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were viewed on the 13th. On the 14th, 1
BUFF-BREASTED and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPER were found here.
On the 14th at Napatree Point in Westerly: 2 COMMON LOON, 20 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, 210 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2 PIPING PLOVER, 22 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, 6
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 90 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 100 SANDERLING,
12O SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 9 LEAST SANDPIPER, 170 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. On
the 13th there was a sighting of a BLACK TERN.
Highlights from the Charlestown Breachway include: 12 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 1 STILT SANDPIPER, 2
RED KNOT, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 WHIMBREL, 15 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 10
RUDDY TURNSTONE, 4 PIPING PLOVER, 250 COMMON TERN, 10 ROSEATE TERN, and 2 BLACK
TERN.
A COMMON RAVEN was spotted in northern Rhode Island, near the Woonsocket
Reservoir.
Several CORY'S SHEARWATER have been observed from Block Island.
On ASRI's Shark Safari on the 15th, 20 WILSON'S STORM PETREL, 2 NORTHERN
GANNET, 20 CORY'S SHEARWATER, 1 SOOTY SHEARWATER and
1 GREATER SHEARWATER.
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island offers many walks and special field
trips, some non-bird related, open to both members and non-members. Call
headquarters at 401-949-5454 for a copy of the Audubon Report.
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
- End transcript
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* August 18, 2005
* RIRI0508.18
- Birds mentioned:
MARBLED GODWIT
WILSON'S PHALAROPE
Greater Yellowlegs
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Golden Plover
Black-bellied Plover
American Bittern
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Common Loon
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
American Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black Tern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Western Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Red Knot
Whimbrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
COMMON RAVEN
Cory's Shearwater
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Northern Gannet
Sooty Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
date: August 18, 2005
(401) 245-7500 ex- 55
to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint@aol.com
coverage: statewide
compiled: Janice St.Jean
transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint@aol.com)
www.asri.org
Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for August 18th,
2005. This report covers the period from August 12th to August 18th.
MARBLED GODWITS were seen at three locations this past week. One bird was
found at Quonochontaug Breachway in Charlestown on the 13th, and was still being
seen on the 18th. A MARBLED GODWIT was seen at the Charlestown Breachway
mudflats on the 13th, and eight individuals were sighted there on the 17th.
Another sighting was had at Third Beach Restoration area in Middletown on the
17th.
A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was found at Trustom Pond NWR on the 18th. It was seen
from the platform at Otter Point feeding along the shore of the pond with 2
GREATER YELLOWLEGS.
Four UPLAND SANDPIPERS were sighted at the turf farm along Switch Road
opposite Chariho High School on the 13th, and 3 continued to be seen there on the
14th. A single UPLAND SANDPIPER was found on the turf fields at Heaton Orchard
on the 16th, and on the 15th, 10 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPER
were seen.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER with 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was reported at
Succotash Marsh in Jerusalem on the 16th. On the 17th, an AMERICAN BITTERN was found
in the marsh.
In the Slocum section of North Kingston, on the turf farm along Indian Corner
Road, 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were viewed on the 13th. On the 14th, 1
BUFF-BREASTED and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPER were found here.
On the 14th at Napatree Point in Westerly: 2 COMMON LOON, 20 BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, 210 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2 PIPING PLOVER, 22 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, 6
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 4 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 90 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 100 SANDERLING,
12O SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 9 LEAST SANDPIPER, 170 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. On
the 13th there was a sighting of a BLACK TERN.
Highlights from the Charlestown Breachway include: 12 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 1 STILT SANDPIPER, 2
RED KNOT, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 WHIMBREL, 15 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 10
RUDDY TURNSTONE, 4 PIPING PLOVER, 250 COMMON TERN, 10 ROSEATE TERN, and 2 BLACK
TERN.
A COMMON RAVEN was spotted in northern Rhode Island, near the Woonsocket
Reservoir.
Several CORY'S SHEARWATER have been observed from Block Island.
On ASRI's Shark Safari on the 15th, 20 WILSON'S STORM PETREL, 2 NORTHERN
GANNET, 20 CORY'S SHEARWATER, 1 SOOTY SHEARWATER and
1 GREATER SHEARWATER.
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island offers many walks and special field
trips, some non-bird related, open to both members and non-members. Call
headquarters at 401-949-5454 for a copy of the Audubon Report.
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
- End transcript