- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* October 20, 2005
* RIRI0510.20
- Birds mentioned:
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Snow Goose
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Scarlet Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
VESPER SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Wilson's Snipe
Marsh Wren
TRICOLORED HERON
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
American Pipit
Pectoral Sandpiper
COMMON RAVEN
Northern Shoveler
Pine Siskin
Foster's Tern
date: October 20, 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 October 20th,
2005. This report covers the period from October 14th to October 20th, and
will be updated again on October 27th.
The sun finally returned and with it some northwest winds and a cold front.
This brought some outstanding bird reports from the last several days.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was found on Block Island on the 19th. It was
found in the morning and seen again in the late afternoon on the guardrail and in
the low vegetation along the southern end of Sachem Pond, on Corn Neck Road.
Other birds seen on the island included: 4 SNOW GEESE, 8 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK,
15 COOPER'S HAWK, 3 AMERICAN KESTREL, 12 MERLIN, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 3
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, 40 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 20
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 12 BROWN CREEPER, 1 WINTER WREN, numbers of both
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 24 HERMIT THRUSH, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH,
25 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 10 RED-EYED VIREO, 6 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 6 NORTHERN
PARULA, 2 YELLOW WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER, 20
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER, 8 BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 1 CONNECTICUT
WARBLER, 3 SCARLET TANAGER, 20 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 6 PURPLE FINCH.
At Sunset Farm in Narragansett, seen from the parking lot looking towards the
gardens on the 18th, 3 BLUE GROSBEAK were seen along the fence. On the 19th,
1 DICKCISSEL, 1 VESPER SPARROW, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 1 FIELD SPARROW, 4
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1 INDIGO BUNTING and 1 BOBOLINK. On the 20th, the VESPER
SPARROW was again located.
In Westerly, at Avondale Farm Preserve on the 15th, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
and on the 16th, 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and 1 WILSON'S SNIPE were observed.
On the 18th, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 MARSH WREN, 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1
FIELD SPARROW and 2 AMERICAN KESTREL were counted.
In the marsh at Quonochontaug on the 18th, a late TRICOLORED HERON was
reported.
At Pardon Gray Preserve in Tiverton on the 20th, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and 1 DICKCISSEL were seen.
Eighty to one hundred SNOW GEESE were seen flying over URI in Kingston on the
19th and, and 54 were seen in Cranston on that day.
On the 15th, along Heaton Orchard Road in Richmond, 95 AMERICAN PIPIT and 32
PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
Walkers Farm in Barrington had another report of a DICKCISSEL on the 16th,
and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW continues to be seen there.
Near the Woonsocket Reservoir, 2 COMMON RAVEN on the 16th.
Two NORTHERN SHOVELER were seen at the East Providence Reservoir.
PINE SISKINS were observed in Middletown and Westerly on the 20th.
At Moonstone Beach, 1 FORSTER'S TERN was spotted on the 16th.
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!
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* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* October 20, 2005
* RIRI0510.20
- Birds mentioned:
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Snow Goose
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Scarlet Tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
VESPER SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Wilson's Snipe
Marsh Wren
TRICOLORED HERON
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
American Pipit
Pectoral Sandpiper
COMMON RAVEN
Northern Shoveler
Pine Siskin
Foster's Tern
date: October 20, 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 October 20th,
2005. This report covers the period from October 14th to October 20th, and
will be updated again on October 27th.
The sun finally returned and with it some northwest winds and a cold front.
This brought some outstanding bird reports from the last several days.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was found on Block Island on the 19th. It was
found in the morning and seen again in the late afternoon on the guardrail and in
the low vegetation along the southern end of Sachem Pond, on Corn Neck Road.
Other birds seen on the island included: 4 SNOW GEESE, 8 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK,
15 COOPER'S HAWK, 3 AMERICAN KESTREL, 12 MERLIN, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 3
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, 40 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 20
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 12 BROWN CREEPER, 1 WINTER WREN, numbers of both
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 24 HERMIT THRUSH, 1 GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH,
25 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 10 RED-EYED VIREO, 6 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 6 NORTHERN
PARULA, 2 YELLOW WARBLER, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER, 20
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER, 8 BLACKPOLL WARBLER, 1 CONNECTICUT
WARBLER, 3 SCARLET TANAGER, 20 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 6 PURPLE FINCH.
At Sunset Farm in Narragansett, seen from the parking lot looking towards the
gardens on the 18th, 3 BLUE GROSBEAK were seen along the fence. On the 19th,
1 DICKCISSEL, 1 VESPER SPARROW, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 1 FIELD SPARROW, 4
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1 INDIGO BUNTING and 1 BOBOLINK. On the 20th, the VESPER
SPARROW was again located.
In Westerly, at Avondale Farm Preserve on the 15th, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
and on the 16th, 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and 1 WILSON'S SNIPE were observed.
On the 18th, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 1 MARSH WREN, 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, 1
FIELD SPARROW and 2 AMERICAN KESTREL were counted.
In the marsh at Quonochontaug on the 18th, a late TRICOLORED HERON was
reported.
At Pardon Gray Preserve in Tiverton on the 20th, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2
LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 1 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and 1 DICKCISSEL were seen.
Eighty to one hundred SNOW GEESE were seen flying over URI in Kingston on the
19th and, and 54 were seen in Cranston on that day.
On the 15th, along Heaton Orchard Road in Richmond, 95 AMERICAN PIPIT and 32
PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
Walkers Farm in Barrington had another report of a DICKCISSEL on the 16th,
and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW continues to be seen there.
Near the Woonsocket Reservoir, 2 COMMON RAVEN on the 16th.
Two NORTHERN SHOVELER were seen at the East Providence Reservoir.
PINE SISKINS were observed in Middletown and Westerly on the 20th.
At Moonstone Beach, 1 FORSTER'S TERN was spotted on the 16th.
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!
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