- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* September 1, 2005
* RIRI0509.01
- Birds mentioned:
RED PHALAROPE
Red-breasted Merganser
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Ruddy Turnstone
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
Blue-winged Teal
White-rumped Sandpiper
Red Knot
Pectoral Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
American Golden Plover
Whimbrel
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Lesser Yellowlegs
American Kestrel
COMMON RAVEN
American Bittern
Solitary Sandpiper
Dunlin
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
Northern Gannet
Common Loon
Greater Shearwater
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Canada Warbler
date: September 1, 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 September
1st, 2005. This report covers two weeks, from August 20th to September 1st. It
will be updated again on September 8th.
Shorebirds again dominate the reports of the past two weeks, with one report
from Block Island of landbird migrants.
The most unusual bird of the period was a RED PHALAROPE accurately described
at the Third Beach Restoration in Middletown on the 31st. It was seen for
only a brief time, that day only. Other sightings here included: 1 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER, 16 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 25 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 4 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 40
SANDERLING, 160 LAUGHING GULL and 6 BONAPARTE'S GULL.
Five HUDSONIAN GODWIT were seen on the 31st at the Charlestown Breachway.
These birds were sighted on that day only, and they were joined by 5 MARBLED
GODWITS. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS have been seen here on several different days
over the past two weeks, the most seen was 4 on the 27th. Other highlights
included: 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 MERLIN, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 3 WESTERN
SANDPIPER, 6 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 3 RED KNOT, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, 4 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 1 WHIMBREL, 1 juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON, 1 CASPIAN TERN, 2 FORSTER'S TERN and 2 BLACK TERN.
On the 30th, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 WESTERN
SANDPIPER, 43 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and 23 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS were spotted along Heaton Orchard Road in Richmond. On the 31st,
10 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were counted here.
Along the Switch Road sod farms in Chariho, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER on the 22nd
and the 24th, and 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 30th.
Six BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were found on the turf fields in Slocum on the
30th, and 9 were seen on the 1st.. On the 31st, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 1
AMERICAN KESTREL, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON and a COMMON RAVEN were seen.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in the cove to the West among the cut phragmites
at the end of Otter Point Trail at Trustom Pond NWR on the 25th.
At the North end of Green End Pond in Middletown, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 DUNLIN, and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
On the 20th at Marsh Meadows in Jamestown, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON and 2 CATTLE
EGRET.
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen migrating in several location over the last two
weeks, with the highest number reported from Greenville.
An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL has been heard calling in Barrington, near North Lake
Drive.
On a dedicated pelagic on the Captain Frances boat out of Galilee on the
24th, the following were seen: 1 LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, 56 WILSON'S STORM PETREL, 6
CORY'S SHEARWATER, 1 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER and 2
NORTHERN GANNET.
>From the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's Shark Safari out to 15 miles ESE
of Block Island, 1 COMMON LOON, over 10 CORY'S SHEARWATER, 3 GREATER
SHEARWATER, 2 NORTHERN GANNET, 40 WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL and 1
FORSTER'S TERN. The trip was on the 29th.
Finally, from the Block Island ferry on the 23rd, 5 CORY'S SHEARWATER and on
Block Island: 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 25 YELLOW WARBLER, 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 3 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 1
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 12 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
20 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1 OVENBIRD, and 1 CANADA WARBLER.
The total species count for the year is 299. The count for August was 126,
with 10 new species reported. (Thanks to Dave Gumbley)
Owls, hawks, eagles and other live birds of prey will thrill the audience
during live presentations and flight programs at New England's largest raptor
event. The Audubon Society of Rhode Island will host its popular 3rd Annual
Raptor Weekend, on September 10 and 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the
Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope St., Bristol, RI
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
* September 1, 2005
* RIRI0509.01
- Birds mentioned:
RED PHALAROPE
Red-breasted Merganser
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Greater yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Ruddy Turnstone
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
Blue-winged Teal
White-rumped Sandpiper
Red Knot
Pectoral Sandpiper
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
American Golden Plover
Whimbrel
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Tern
Lesser Yellowlegs
American Kestrel
COMMON RAVEN
American Bittern
Solitary Sandpiper
Dunlin
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL
Wilson's Storm Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
Northern Gannet
Common Loon
Greater Shearwater
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackpoll
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Canada Warbler
date: September 1, 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 September
1st, 2005. This report covers two weeks, from August 20th to September 1st. It
will be updated again on September 8th.
Shorebirds again dominate the reports of the past two weeks, with one report
from Block Island of landbird migrants.
The most unusual bird of the period was a RED PHALAROPE accurately described
at the Third Beach Restoration in Middletown on the 31st. It was seen for
only a brief time, that day only. Other sightings here included: 1 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSER, 16 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 25 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 1 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 4 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 40
SANDERLING, 160 LAUGHING GULL and 6 BONAPARTE'S GULL.
Five HUDSONIAN GODWIT were seen on the 31st at the Charlestown Breachway.
These birds were sighted on that day only, and they were joined by 5 MARBLED
GODWITS. BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS have been seen here on several different days
over the past two weeks, the most seen was 4 on the 27th. Other highlights
included: 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 MERLIN, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 3 WESTERN
SANDPIPER, 6 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 3 RED KNOT, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER, 4 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 1 WHIMBREL, 1 juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON, 1 CASPIAN TERN, 2 FORSTER'S TERN and 2 BLACK TERN.
On the 30th, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 WESTERN
SANDPIPER, 43 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and 23 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS were spotted along Heaton Orchard Road in Richmond. On the 31st,
10 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were counted here.
Along the Switch Road sod farms in Chariho, 1 UPLAND SANDPIPER on the 22nd
and the 24th, and 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on the 30th.
Six BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were found on the turf fields in Slocum on the
30th, and 9 were seen on the 1st.. On the 31st, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 1
AMERICAN KESTREL, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON and a COMMON RAVEN were seen.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in the cove to the West among the cut phragmites
at the end of Otter Point Trail at Trustom Pond NWR on the 25th.
At the North end of Green End Pond in Middletown, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 DUNLIN, and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
On the 20th at Marsh Meadows in Jamestown, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON and 2 CATTLE
EGRET.
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen migrating in several location over the last two
weeks, with the highest number reported from Greenville.
An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL has been heard calling in Barrington, near North Lake
Drive.
On a dedicated pelagic on the Captain Frances boat out of Galilee on the
24th, the following were seen: 1 LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, 56 WILSON'S STORM PETREL, 6
CORY'S SHEARWATER, 1 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER, 1 LONG-TAILED JAEGER and 2
NORTHERN GANNET.
>From the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's Shark Safari out to 15 miles ESE
of Block Island, 1 COMMON LOON, over 10 CORY'S SHEARWATER, 3 GREATER
SHEARWATER, 2 NORTHERN GANNET, 40 WILSON'S STORM-PETREL, 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL and 1
FORSTER'S TERN. The trip was on the 29th.
Finally, from the Block Island ferry on the 23rd, 5 CORY'S SHEARWATER and on
Block Island: 1 NORTHERN PARULA, 25 YELLOW WARBLER, 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER,
1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 3 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 1
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 12 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
20 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1 OVENBIRD, and 1 CANADA WARBLER.
The total species count for the year is 299. The count for August was 126,
with 10 new species reported. (Thanks to Dave Gumbley)
Owls, hawks, eagles and other live birds of prey will thrill the audience
during live presentations and flight programs at New England's largest raptor
event. The Audubon Society of Rhode Island will host its popular 3rd Annual
Raptor Weekend, on September 10 and 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the
Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope St., Bristol, RI
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