RBA: Rhode Island, November 14, 2009

[DLSaint]

* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* November 14, 2009
*  RIRI0911.14
 
- Birds mentioned:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada  Goose
Baltimore Oriole
TUFTED DUCK
Eastern Meadowlark
Snow  Bunting
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
PACIFIC  LOON
Black-legged Kittiwake
Greater Shearwater
Long-tailed Duck
American Bittern
Virginia  Rail
Great Egret
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Blue-headed  Vireo
Eastern Bluebird
Purple Finch
Pine  Siskin
Dickcissel
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern  Gannet
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Fox Sparrow
Swamp  Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Broad-winged  Hawk
Wood Thrush
Snow Goose
Yellow-breasted Chat
Black-crowned  Night-Heron
Lapland Longspur
American Oystercatcher
Ruddy  Turnstone
Tree Swallow
Horned Lark
 
    date: November 14, 2009
(401)  949-5454 or 245-7500 ext 3052
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coverage: statewide
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 November  
14th,  2009.  This report covers  the period  from November  6th to November
13th.   The next update will be in about one  week.
 
The 2 juvenile GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in Middletown, first spotted on  
the 5th,  were reported again several times this past week.   They  were
seen with a flock of CANADA GEESE in a field along Green End  Avenue, just
east of Third beach Road. They were also seen in the field north of  the
parking lot for Norman Bird Sanctuary on the 9th.   In the weedy  lot at the
eastern end of Green End Ave, 1 BALTIMAORE ORIOLE was seen on the  2nd.
 
A female TUFTED DUCK was reported at Trustom Pond NWR on the 12th.  It  was
seen from Osprey Point with over 300 Scaup species.  Also, 2 EASTERN  
MEADOWLARKS were observed in the fields to the east of the main trails.  A  SNOW
BUNTING, 2 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and a LAUGHING GULL was seen along Moonstone  
Beach that day.  On the 7th, a GLAUCOUS GULL was noted there.
 
Three PACIFIC LOONS were found from the southwest side of Block Island on  
the 9th.  Other sightings from Block Island from the past week included: 6  
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 1 GREATER SHEARWATER, 3 LONG-TAIELD DUCKS, 1
AMERICAN  BITTERN, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 3 GREAT EGRETS, 1 BROWN THRASHER, 1 BALTIMORE
ORIOLE,  22 AMERICAN PIPITS, 3 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS,1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO,  4
EASTERN  BLUEBIRDS, 3 PURPLE FINCHES, 3 PINE SISKINS, 3 DICKCISSELS, 1
WHITE-CROWNED  SPARROW and 13 SNOWBUNTINGS.  Over 400 NORTHERN GANNETS were also  
observed  feeding offshore.
 
On the 10th at Avondale Farm Preserve in Westerly: 2 ORANGE-CROWNED  
WARBLERS, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1 FOX SPARROW, 4 SWAMP SPARROWS and 1 AMERICAN  
TREE SPARROW.  Also in Westerly, at Manfredi Farm along Langworthy Road, 1  
DICKCISSEL was found, and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen along Route 1A
 that day.  At Avondale on the 7th, a BROAD-WINGED HAWK was observed along  
with 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
 
A late WOOD THRUSH was spotted near the Hazard Road Saltmarsh in Newport on
 the 11th.
 
On the 9th and 10th a SNOW GOOSE was observed on the turf fields in  Slocum.
 
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Camp Cronin in Narraganset on the  7th.
 
On the 12th, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON was seen at Succotash Marsh in  
Jerusalem, and another was recorded at Watchemoket Cove in East Providence on  
the 6th.
 
At Napatree Point on the 7th there was 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 1  
ORANGE-CROWNED WARLBER. On the 11th, 7 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 3 RUDDY  TURNSTONES, 3
 TREE SWALLOWS and an AMERICAN PIPIT were noted.
 
Finally, flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS have been reported from many coastal beach
 parking lots this past week, the largest flock of about 70 birds at
Misquamicut  Beach in Westerly, along with 14 HORNED
LARKS.
 
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
 
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