- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* March 23, 2006
* RIRI0603.23
- Birds mentioned:
EVENING GROSBEAK
PILEATED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Winter Wren
Wood Duck
Eastern Phoebe
American Oystercatcher
Great Egret
Fox Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Common Merganser
Killdeer
Tree Swallow
COMMON RAVEN
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Bald Eagle
Eastern Phoebe
Wilson's Snipe
Osprey
American Kestrel
Eastern Bluebird
Piping Plover
Wild Turkey
date: March 23, 2006
(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 March 23,
2006. This report covers the period from March 17th to March 23rd and will be
updated on March 30th.
The 2 female EVENING GROSBEAK at the feeder at the farm house along
Ponagansett Road in Foster that were found on the 9th, continue to be reported. They
were observed at the feeder, or in the pine tree near the house on the 18th,
19th, 20th, and 22nd.
A PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen in the Escoheag section of the Arcadia
Management in West Kingston. It was seen near the old picnic shelter near Stepstone
Falls. Also seen that day was a NORTHERN GOSHAWK over Breakheart Pond.
Another sighting of NORTHERN GOSHAWK came from Hope Valley, near the town
hall on the 20th.
On the 19th a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen along Route 95, near exit 8.
On the 21st, at the Carolina hatchery in Charlestown, 2 WINTER WREN, 6 WOOD
DUCK and 5 EASTERN PHOEBE.
Two AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER were reported from Rose Island on the 22nd.
At the Chafee NWR in Narragansett on the 21st, 1 GREAT EGRET a FOX SPARROW.
On the 21st at the East Providence Reservoir, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 25 WOOD
DUCK, 23 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 11 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 GADWALL, 2
RINGED-NECKED DUCK, 1 RUDDY DUCK, 9 COMMON MERGANSER, 19 KILLDEER and 34
TREE SWALLOW.
On the Woonsocket-Cumberland line, 2 COMMON RAVEN were spotted on the 20th.
On the 18th, 2 PEREGRINE FALCON were seen on the Newport Bridge.
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen in Jamestown on the entry road into Fort
Getty, and on the 17th, and a BALD EAGLE was seen just north of Great Creek in
Jamestown that day.
At the Great Swamp Management Area on the 18th, 5 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 WILSON'S
SNIPE, several WOOD DUCK, 1 OSPREY, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL and several EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS.
The first report of PIPING PLOVER were of 2 birds seen in Middletown on the
20th.
Finally, 16 WILD TURKEY were found on Old Boston Neck Road in Narragansett,
near the URI Bay Campus.
Save the date! Audubon's annual Birder's Meeting is April 1st, at the new
Kettle Pond Visitor's center in Charlestown.
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
* March 23, 2006
* RIRI0603.23
- Birds mentioned:
EVENING GROSBEAK
PILEATED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Winter Wren
Wood Duck
Eastern Phoebe
American Oystercatcher
Great Egret
Fox Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Common Merganser
Killdeer
Tree Swallow
COMMON RAVEN
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Bald Eagle
Eastern Phoebe
Wilson's Snipe
Osprey
American Kestrel
Eastern Bluebird
Piping Plover
Wild Turkey
date: March 23, 2006
(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 March 23,
2006. This report covers the period from March 17th to March 23rd and will be
updated on March 30th.
The 2 female EVENING GROSBEAK at the feeder at the farm house along
Ponagansett Road in Foster that were found on the 9th, continue to be reported. They
were observed at the feeder, or in the pine tree near the house on the 18th,
19th, 20th, and 22nd.
A PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen in the Escoheag section of the Arcadia
Management in West Kingston. It was seen near the old picnic shelter near Stepstone
Falls. Also seen that day was a NORTHERN GOSHAWK over Breakheart Pond.
Another sighting of NORTHERN GOSHAWK came from Hope Valley, near the town
hall on the 20th.
On the 19th a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen along Route 95, near exit 8.
On the 21st, at the Carolina hatchery in Charlestown, 2 WINTER WREN, 6 WOOD
DUCK and 5 EASTERN PHOEBE.
Two AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER were reported from Rose Island on the 22nd.
At the Chafee NWR in Narragansett on the 21st, 1 GREAT EGRET a FOX SPARROW.
On the 21st at the East Providence Reservoir, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 25 WOOD
DUCK, 23 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 11 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 GADWALL, 2
RINGED-NECKED DUCK, 1 RUDDY DUCK, 9 COMMON MERGANSER, 19 KILLDEER and 34
TREE SWALLOW.
On the Woonsocket-Cumberland line, 2 COMMON RAVEN were spotted on the 20th.
On the 18th, 2 PEREGRINE FALCON were seen on the Newport Bridge.
A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen in Jamestown on the entry road into Fort
Getty, and on the 17th, and a BALD EAGLE was seen just north of Great Creek in
Jamestown that day.
At the Great Swamp Management Area on the 18th, 5 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 WILSON'S
SNIPE, several WOOD DUCK, 1 OSPREY, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL and several EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS.
The first report of PIPING PLOVER were of 2 birds seen in Middletown on the
20th.
Finally, 16 WILD TURKEY were found on Old Boston Neck Road in Narragansett,
near the URI Bay Campus.
Save the date! Audubon's annual Birder's Meeting is April 1st, at the new
Kettle Pond Visitor's center in Charlestown.
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