RBA: Rhode Island, October 29, 2009

[DLSaint]

* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide
* October 29, 2009
*  RIRI0910.29
 
- Birds mentioned:
SANDHILL CRANE
Tennessee Warbler
Blackpoll  Warbler
Palm Warbler
American Pipit
Long-tailed Duck
Red-necked  Grebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Peregrine Falcon
White-crowned  Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
Western  Sandpiper
Merlin
Lesser Yellowlegs
White-rumped Sandpiper
VESPER  SPARROW
Field Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Bluebird
Common  Loon
Northern Gannet
Greater Shearwater
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty  Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
NORTHERN FULMAR
LESSER BLACK-BACKED  GULL
Pomarine Jaeger
American Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Green-winged  Teal
Blue-winged teal
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
American  Wigeon
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed  Grebe
American Coot
Marsh Wren
Barred Owl
Osprey
"Ipswich"  Savannah Sparrow
Parasitic Jaeger
American Woodcock
Nashville  Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Siskin
Ruby-crowned  Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Baltimore Oriole
Eastern  Meadowlark
Cape May Warbler
Purple Finch
Winter Wren
CLAY-COLORED  SPARROW
WESTERN KINGBID
Wilson's Snipe
Snow Bunting
 
    date: October 29, 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 October  
29th,  2009.  This report covers  the period  from October  18th to October
29th.   The next update will be in about one  week.
 
Five SANDHILL CRANES were seen in flight over Portsmouth on the 29th, quite
 possibly the same five birds that have spent the last several weeks in
Wareham,  Mass.
 
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was identified in Johnston near the power lines along  
Route 5 on the 21st.  Also seen were several BLACKPOLL WARLBERS and a PALM  
WARBLER.  Also in Johnston, 15 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen in a field at Dame  
Farm.
 
Birds seen at Camp Cronin in Narraganset included: 1 LONG-TAILED DUCK, 1  
RED NECKED GREBE, 3 AMERICAN PIPITS, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1 PALM WARBLER, 1  
PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 1 NELSON'S SPARROW.
 
On the 23rd at Brenton Point in Newport, 3 DICKCISSELS,  6 WHITE  CROWNED
SPARROWS and 10 PALM WARBLERS were found.
 
A WESTERN SANDPIPER was found at Sachuest Point NWR on the 18th along with  
1 MERLIN, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS.  On the 21st, 5
 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were observed.
 
Another WESTERN SANPIPER was found at Beavertail Point in Jamestown on the  
25th.
 
On the 29th, near the Perryville Trout Hatchery in South Kingstown, 1  
VESPER SPARROW, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 3 FIELD SPARROWS, 1 CHIPPING SPARROW  
and 4 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS were recorded.
 
Birds seen on a dedicated pelagic to Mud Hole/ Cox's Ledge on the 20th  
included: 3 COMMON LOONS, 73 NORTHERN GANNETS, 286 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 23  
CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 1 SOOTY SHEARWATER, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS, 14 NORTHERN FULMAR,
 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 4 POMARINE JAEGERS.
 
At Grassy Point Trail at Ninigret Wildlife Refuge in Charlestown, 1 LESSER  
BLACK-BACKED GULL continues.
 
In Westerly, at Misquamicut, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN was reported on the 22nd,  
and 3 LITTLE BLUE HERONS were found on the 24th.
 
One AMERICAN BITTERN was found at Succotash Marsh in Jerusalem on the  22nd.
 
At Trustom Pond: 28 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 11 BLUE-WINGED TEAL,  6  NORTHERN
PINTAILS, 26 GADWALL, 111 AMERICAN WIGEONS, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3  HOODED
MERGANSERS, 160 RUDDY DUCKS, 10 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 41 AMERICAN  COOT.  In
the fields on the east side of the pond, 1 PALM WARBLER, 3 MARSH  WRENS and 1
NELSON'S SPARROW. One BARRED OWL was observed on the 28th, and 1  OSPREY
was seen on the 29th.
 
On the 27th in Tiverton, at Seapowet, in the parking area at the bridge  
near the Management Fields, 1 "Ipswich" SAVANNAH SPARROW was reported.
 
Finally, highlights from Block Island included: 130 NORTHERN GANNETS, 1  
PARSITIC JAEGER, 3 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN,
1  AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 1 DICKCISSEL, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 1 BLACK-THROATED
BLUE  WARBLER, 1 PINE SISKIN, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT, 26 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 60  
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 6 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 1 BALTIMORE ORIOLE, 1 VESPER
 SPARROW, 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER, 7 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS, 1  EASTERN BLUEBIRD, 6 PURPLE FINCHES, 2 WINTER WRENS and 1 CLAY-COLORED  
SPARROW.   On the 29th, a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen in flight near the  
Southeast Light, along with 2 WILSON'S SNIPE.  Four SNOW BUNTINGS were also  
reported that day.
 
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
 
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