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11 May South County ["Greg Sargeant" ] 11 May Naragansett orchard oriole ["Bryan Glemboski" ] 11 May Great Swamp Hooded warbler ["Bryan Glemboski" ] 11 May Orchard Orioles,Yellow-billed Cuckoo,N.Waterthrush @ Caratunk [ " Jack Sullivan " ] [] 10 May Saturday, 5/10 [Philip Budlong ] 10 May Swan Point ["Greg Sargeant" ] 10 May Burrillville/Lincoln birds ["tbmcleish" ] 10 May Good Morning Birders ["Michelle Lynn" ] 9 May RBA: Rhode Island, 5/09/08 [] 9 May Swan Point ["Greg Sargeant" ] 9 May Bobolinks ["Mike Tucker" ] 8 May Swan Point ["Greg Sargeant" ] 8 May Swan Point birds [] 08 May Swainson's Thrush, Yellow-billed Cuckoo @ Swan Point Cem. [ " Jack Sullivan " ] [] 8 May Oceanstatebutterflies ["wfbosse" ] 7 May Re: Century Run 5/7 COMMON RAVEN + ["Peter Capobianco" ] 7 May Migration Notes ["Peter Capobianco" ] 7 May Century Run 5/7 COMMON RAVEN + ["Peter Capobianco" ] 07 May Ninigret Pond ["Paul LEtoile" ] 7 May Wednesday, 5/7 [Philip Budlong ] 7 May Trustom birds 5/6, etc... [Wheelan Drew ] 7 May Swan Point-Tennessee Warbler ["Greg Sargeant" ] 07 May Avian Ecology Workshop ["msgl52" ] 6 May RE: Migration Tonight ["Greg Sargeant" ] 6 May birds today, Cattle Egret [] 06 May Bald eagle on Narrow river , swamp notes and butterfly question ["nipata" ] 6 May Scituate Bald Eagles ["Mike Tucker" ] 06 May Eastern Wood-Pewee and Scarlet Tanager @ the Scituate Reservoir [ " Jack Sullivan " ] [] 6 May ASRI Kimball Refuge Tuesday group, 5/6 [Philip Budlong ] 5 May RE: Migration Tonight ["Mike Tucker" ] 05 May Re: Migration Tonight [Pat Molloy ] 5 May Migration Tonight ["Peter Capobianco" ] 5 May Spring is here! Highlights from Cinco de Mayo ["Peter Capobianco" ] 5 May ASRI van trip highlights- 87 species ["Mike Tucker" ] 5 May Swan Point-Solitary Sandpiper ["Greg Sargeant" ] 05 May Birding Sunday 5/4 (late bufflehead, prairie warbler) ["eric88kp" ] 4 May Hooded Warbler ["Mike Tucker" ] 4 May Swan Point Yellowlegs and Wood Ducks ["Greg Sargeant" ] 4 May Charlestown yard birds - update! ["Nancy H." ] 4 May Charlestown yard birds ["Nancy H." ] 3 May Saturday, 5/3 [Philip Budlong ] 3 May Durfee Hill-5/3/08 [Jim Murphy ] 2 May White-Crowned Sparrow ["Greg Sargeant" ] 2 May RBA: Rhode Island, May 2, 2008 [] 1 May singing Winter Wren [] 01 May frm 4/30, Black-crowned Night- Heron, Purple Martins in South Kingstown [ " Jack Sullivan" ] [] 1 May ASRI Marion Eppley Refuge, 5/1 [Philip Budlong ] 30 Apr Durfee Hill- Least Fly, BT Green, BH Vireos, others ["Mike Tucker" ] 30 Apr Great Swamp Mgmt. Area- SOLITARY SANDPIPER and others ["puffinsurfer28" ] 30 Apr Spring Migration Trip -- Birding Mt. Auburn ["nbsanctuary" ] 29 Apr ASRI Kimball Refuge Tuesday group, 4/29 [Philip Budlong ] 28 Apr Swan Point Cemetery note ["Mike Tucker" ] Subject: South County From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 20:57:12 -0400 Saturday 5/11/08 The Cod Boat didn't sail today, so Carlos Pedro, Kathy Patric, Scott Tsagarakis and myself birded areas in South County including Burlingame, Charlestown Breachway, and Trustom Pond. Highlights included: WORM-EATING WARBLER CANADA WARBLER PRARIE WARBLER HOODED WARBLER WHITE-EYED VIREO BLUE-HEADED VIREO WARBLING VIREO UPLAND SANDPIPER LEAST TERN GREEN HERON VEERY PURPLE MARTIN BANK SWALLOW Migrant numbers were low at Trustom, although Yellow Warblers were everywhere. Pics of the Yellow Warblers can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/sargeguy.RI/BirdPhotos/photo#5199284416005040690 Greg Sargeant Providence, RI Sponsor Me at Birdathon: http://www.firstgiving.com/greg_sargeant Subject: Naragansett orchard oriole From: "Bryan Glemboski" <nipata AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 22:44:40 -0000 In our yard on the narrow river in Narragansett this afternoon while working in the garden: Orchard Oriole 1 male singing and foraging back and forth between a tall locust and a red oak tree. Baltimore Oriole 1 male singing in the same oak tree all afternoon. 1 coopers hawk , getting mobbed by the neiborhood grackles tree swallows: 3 Many robins, which we think should be called "Garden Thrush" from now on. Sarah was tossing them worms like pigeons eating bread in the park. On the river: 3 great egrets 1 green heron 1 osprey Bryan and Sarah Glemboski narragansett ri Subject: Great Swamp Hooded warbler From: "Bryan Glemboski" <nipata AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 18:34:49 -0000 Sunday Morning about 7:30 am in the parking lot 1 Hooded Warbler (male) flitting around the under growth along the edges of the parking lot. Fanning it's tail and hopping around, it put on quite a show. I've only ever glimpsed this wonderful species before. Its a real charmer. Also seen: Chestnut sided warbler Black and white warbler yellow warbler common yellowthroat blue-winged warbler Oven bird Eastern Kingbird Veery indigo bunting cedar waxwing blue-grey gnatcatcher tree swallow flicker downey woodpecker towhee cat bird titmouse cardinal mourning dove robin song sparrow chipping sparrow field sparrow osprey black bird grackle redtailed hawk Subject: Orchard Orioles,Yellow-billed Cuckoo,N.Waterthrush @ Caratunk [ " Jack Sullivan " ] From: Jackjsully AT aol.com Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 14:15:05 -0400 Around mid-day at Caratunk Audubon Refuge in Seekonk, and with Joe Koger, 1 pair of Orchard Orioles, 1 calling Yellow-billed Cuckoo,1 Northern Waterthrush,1 pair of Green?Herons, 3 Blue-winged Warblers,3 Wood Duck, 1 pair? of Bluebirds and 3 Red-shouldered hawks,?( 1 of which was being pursued by a Coopers hawk).? Good Birding, Jack Sullivan Rumford,RI Subject: Saturday, 5/10 From: Philip Budlong <blp8391 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:31:27 -0700 (PDT) Birding today with Fred Griffith, Mary Jo Murray, Kathy Patric, Carlos Pedro, Sandy Saunders and Scott Tsagarakis, at Miantonomi Park, Newport: Eastern Phoebes, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, Gray Catbirds, NORTHERN PARULA, Yellow-rumped Warblers, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (heard), Palm Warbler, Black-and-white Warblers, SCARLET TANAGER, Eastern Towhees, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. At Third Beach Restoration Area, Middletown: 68 Brant, Black-bellied Plover and Semipalmated Plover. At Toll Plaza, Jamestown: 1 Spotted Sandpiper. At Sheffield Cove, Jamestown: Great Blue Heron and Snowy Egret. At Fox Hill Salt Marsh, Jamestown: 3 LITTLE BLUE HERONS (1 immature). At Weeden Lane, Jamestown: 1 CATTLE EGRET, 53 Glossy Ibis, 8 Turkey Vultures, 1 EASTERN KINGBIRD, Barn Swallows, 2 BOBOLINKS and 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE. At Rome Point, North Kingstown: BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, PRAIRIE WARBLERS, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. At Potter Wood, Kingston: Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard), GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and 3 HOODED WARBLERS (2 heard). At ASRI Kimball Refuge, Charlestown: 2 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 2 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, AMERICAN REDSTARTS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (heard) and 2 Chipping Sparrows. At Ninigret Park, Charlestown: 2 HOUSE WRENS, Yellow Warblers, 2 Field Sparrows and 1 PURPLE FINCH. Phil Budlong, Westerly ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Swan Point From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 15:46:33 -0400 Swan Point 5/10/08 with Ryan Miller, Jack Sullivan, Skyler Streich and others: SWAINSON'S THRUSH WOOD THRUSH VEERY INDIGO BUNTING SCARLET TANAGER HAIRY WOODPECKER GREEN HERON WORM-EATING WARBLER OVENBIRD NASHVILLE WARBLER MAGNOLIA WARBLER BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER NORTHERN PARULA AMERICAN REDSTART EASTERN KINGBIRD CHIMNEY SWIFT Pictures from today are posted at: http://picasaweb.google.com/sargeguy.RI/BirdPhotos/photo#5198832385087171554 Greg Sargeant Providence, RI Bird-a-thon sponsorship page: http://www.firstgiving.com/greg_sargeant Subject: Burrillville/Lincoln birds From: "tbmcleish" <tbmcleish AT cox.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 17:22:59 -0000 Hi everybody, My favorite powerline corridor crossing West Ironstone Road in Burrillville, right near the Ocean State Power plant, was full of song this morning -- 5 blue winged warblers, 4 prairie, 3 yellow, 3 common yellowthroat, and several black-and-white, ovenbird, and chestnut- sided, along with a yellow throated vireo, wood thrush, veery, field sparrows and lots of towhees and catbirds. At Chace Farm in Lincoln, 7 bobolinks, 2 orchard orioles, 1 black billed cuckoo, 1 Wilson's warbler, and several each of blue winged, yellow, black-and-white and common yellowthroat. Todd McLeish Burrillville Subject: Good Morning Birders From: "Michelle Lynn" <parula AT cox.net> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 08:19:24 -0000 Hi everyone! I've finally found the time to get out and do a little birding yesterday ... only because it was raining and I couldn't work. I traveled through Exeter down New London Turnpike where I found a pair of Blackpoll Warblers, a pair of Yellow-rumped Warblers, and also heard a few Black-throated Green Warblers. The highlight from this area was discovering a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird busy attending to her nest. I've posted photos which are linked below. I'd never before found a Hummingbird nest. Very exciting! Down to Carolina Management Area where I found several Black-throated Greens in the Pine areas and several Ovenbirds. White Brook was very quiet. I was hoping I might find Blue-winged Teal there. Down to the South Shore ... at Charlestown Breachway I had several Willet, 2 Dunlin (breeding plumage), 4 Least Sandpipers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, a Common Tern and a Least Tern. Succotash featured several Black-bellied Plovers and Great and Snowy Egrets. I also saw a pair of Red-breasted Mergansers on the marsh. The Osprey nest near the DEM building had blown down in a winter storm. A new one was erected in the area but no sign of nesting Osprey there. Point Judith and Camp Cronin were very slow. I was hoping perhaps to catch a glimpse of a Pelagic brought in by the storm. I recently bought a home in the Big River Area which is one of the reasons I haven't been out birding. I've done some from my back yard. I have a Beaver Pond 70 feet from my home. I've seen Little Green Heron, Belted Kingfisher, nesting Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds, nesting Tree Swallows, Yellow-rumped, Pine, and Black & White Warblers. 4 Species of Woodpecker are common here including a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers. Many are nesting in the many dead standing trees. At my feeder I had a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak for 4 straight days but I haven't seen him for a while. Baltimore Orioles and Chipping Sparrows are also in the area. On Wednesday I observed a pair of mating Northern Water Snakes ... something I've never seen in the wild. Pretty cool stuff! I've Identified 5 species of amphibian by sound to date including Spring Peeper, American Toad, Bullfrog, Pickerel Frog and Gray Tree Frog. They are literally deafening at night. My neighbor has to put cotton in his ears so he can sleep. I rather enjoy falling asleep to this natural music. Here's a link to toad and frog sounds if you are interested ... http://www.naturesound.com/frogs/frogs.html and ... here are a few photos I've taken over the past 2 weeks including a few from Friday. http://picasaweb.google.com/michellelynnsts/RecentPhotos4 Regards, Michelle St.Sauveur parula AT cox.net Coventry, RI Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, 5/09/08 From: DLSaint AT aol.com Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 20:27:43 EDT * RBA * Rhode Island * Statewide * May 9, 2008 * RIRI0805.09 - Birds mentioned: Ruby-crowned Kinglet Tennessee Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-and-White Warbler Nashville Warbler Magnolia Warbler Palm Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Yellow Warbler Northern Parula Black-throated Blue Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Northern Waterthrush Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Wood Thrush Veery Swainson's Thrush Yellow-billed Cuckoo Indigo Bunting Orchard Oriole Least Flycatcher Brown Thrasher Solitary Sandpiper Caspian Tern DUNLIN Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Piping Plover Laughing Gull American Bittern Green Heron Seaside Sparrow COMMON RAVEN Cattle Egret Solitary Sandpiper Worm-eating Warbler YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON Bald Eagle Winter Wren CLIFF SWALLOW Purple Martin Blackburnian Warbler Whip-poor-will Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-billed Cuckoo Louisiana Waterthrush Hooded Warbler PILEATED WOODPECKER Eastern Wood Pewee date: May 9, 2008 (401) 949-5454 or 245-7500 ext 3052 to report: email to: _DLSaint AT aol.com_ (mailto:DLSaint AT aol.com) coverage: statewide compiler: Janice St.Jean transcriber: Janice St.Jean (_DLSaint AT aol_ (mailto:DLSaint AT aol) ) _www.asri.org_ (http://www.asri.org/) Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for May 9th, 2008. This report covers the period from May 3rd to May 9th and will be updated again on May 16th. Swan Point Cemetery in Providence hosted many early migrants this week, starting on the 5th. Highlights included: 13 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 1 TENNESSE WARBLER, 1 CAPE MAY WARBLER, 16 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, 5 NASHVILLE, 4 MAGNOLIA, 8 PALM, 6 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 5 YELLOW WARBLERS, 8 NORTHERN PARULAS, 4 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 6 BLUE-HEADED BIREOS, 3 WOOD THRUSH, 4 VEERYS, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE, 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 1 BROWN THRASHER, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER and 2 CASPIAN TERNS. On the 7th at the Charlestown Breachway (Ninigret Pond tidal flats), 180 DUNLIN, 150 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 8 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 12 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 4 PIPING PLOVERS, 4 LEAST TERNS, 1 LAUGHING GULL, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 2 GREEN HERONS and 1 SEASIDE SPARROW. On the 3rd at St. Mary's Pond in Portsmouth, 1 CASPIAN TERN was found. Seen soaring over Route 1 near the off-ramp for Charlestown Breachway was a COMMON RAVEN on the 7th. One CATTLE EGRET was reported this week at the farm along Weedon Lane in Jamestown. At Burdickville in Charlestown, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen on the 3rd. In South Kingstown, near Trustom Pond, 1 WORM-EATING WARBLER was reported this week. On the 6th, 1 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was found on Block Island. A BALD EAGLE was seen near the Narrow River in Narraganset on the 3rd. At White Brook in Carolina, a WINTER WREN was heard singing this week. At Durfee Hill Management Area in Glocester, 2 COMMON RAVENS, 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 1 CLIFF SWALLOW, 1 PURPLE MARTIN, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER were recorded on the 3rd.. In Smithfield, 1 WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard at Audubon's Newman Refuge on the 5th. In Foster, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER and 1 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO were seen along Ponagansett Road, and at Ram's Tail Road bridge 2 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were found. On the 4th, a HOODED WARBLER was heard singing off Tripps Corner Road in Exeter. Also on the 4th, at Lincoln Woods State Park in Lincoln, 1 PILEATED WOODPECKER was observed. On the 9th in Scituate at Lawton Farm along Seven Mile Road, 6 BOBOLINKS were reported. Finally, representatives from US Fish and Wildlife banded two healthy 8 weeks old eaglets at the BALD EAGE nest at the Scituate Reservoir on the 6th. Seen near the site that day was an EASTERN WOOD PEWEE. The total species count through April is 215. (Thanks to Dave Gumbley for the statistics) That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding! - End transcript **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) Subject: Swan Point From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 19:41:30 -0400 This morning at Swan Point between 7:15-8:00AM: WORM-EATING WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, HAIRY WOODPECKER, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, and WOOD THRUSH, VEERY. From 5-7PM with Ryan Miller in the pouring rain: NASHVILLE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, B&W WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, VEERY, GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER Greg Sargeant Providence, RI Subject: Bobolinks From: "Mike Tucker" <mtucker AT asri.org> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 19:23:51 -0400 Lawton Farm in Scituate had 6 Bobolinks in the field near the road (Seven Mile Road). Mike Tucker Seekonk Subject: Swan Point From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:20:06 -0400 There were quite a few birds in the cemetery despite the inclement weather. Birding alone, with Jan St. Jean and others we had the following: Cape May Warbler Tennessee Warbler (heard) Black-and-White Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Northern Parula Black-Throated Green Warbler Black-Throated Blue Warbler Magnolia Warbler Palm Warbler Chestnut-Sided Warbler Common Yellowthroat Ovenbird Red-Eyed Vireo Wood Thrush Veery Indigo Bunting Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Wood Duck Greg Sargeant Providence Subject: Swan Point birds From: DLSaint AT aol.com Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:55:30 EDT Today at Swan Point I had 17 species of warbler: 1 TENNESSEE, 1 CAPE MAY, 1 NASHVILLE, many NORTHERN PARULA, 2 YELLOW, 1 CHESTNUT-SIDED, 4 MAGNOLIA, 4 BLACK-THROATED BLUE, 6 BLACK-THROATED GREEN, 1 PRAIRIE, 3 PALM, 2 BLACKPOLL, 3 OVENBIRD, 1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, 4 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and numbers of YELLOW-RUMPED and BLACK-AND WHITE WARBLERS. Also, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1 BROWN THRASHER, 4 VEERY, 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH and several ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS and WOOD THRUSH. Jan St.Jean Chepachet, RI **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) Subject: Swainson's Thrush, Yellow-billed Cuckoo @ Swan Point Cem. [ " Jack Sullivan " ] From: Jackjsully AT aol.com Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 20:45:55 -0400 This afternoon there was 1 Swainson's Thrush, 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo and 1 Hairy Woodpecker in the NW area of the Swan Point Cemetery.At the E.Providence Turner Reservoir, 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron. Good Birding, Jack Sullivan Rumford, RI???? Subject: Oceanstatebutterflies From: "wfbosse" <wfbosse AT cox.net> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 15:20:56 -0400 Audubon has announced a new web site Butterflying with Audubon at http://www.butterflyingwithaudubon.blogspot.com/ This site will give Butterfly Count info, field trip dates, links to other sites and sightings info. Thanks to July Lewis of Audubon for setting this up. Walter Bosse Subject: Re: Century Run 5/7 COMMON RAVEN + From: "Peter Capobianco" <Peter.Capobianco AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 21:54:03 -0400 Sorry for all the mail tonight; the Bobolink was on Cards Pond Rd., not Moonstone Beach Rd. Pete On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Peter Capobianco wrote: > Hugh Willoughby and I made it to 100 today, barely. The complete list > is below, which has some serious gaps. The numbers of shorebirds were > much higher today at all the normal locales than they were on Monday. > Land-birding was pretty slow, which can be expected with the fairly > strong NW winds last night. > > > Common Loon > D-C Cormorant > Great Blue Heron > Great Egret > Snowy Egret > CATTLE EGRET (1) Weeden Lane, Jamestown > Glossy Ibis > Mute Swan > Brant (20+) 3rd Beach, Middltown > Canada Goose > Mallard > American Black Duck > Surf Scoter (7) 3rd Beach > Turkey Vulture > Osprey > Cooper's Hawk > Broad-winged Hawk (2) Great Swamp, Gilbert Stuart Rd. > Red-Tailed Hawk > Merlin (1) Succotash > Black-bellied Plover - Succotash > Semipal. Plover > Piping Plover > Killdeer > Greater Yellowlegs > Lesser Yellowlegs - Succotash > SOLITARY SANDPIPER (2) Great Swamp > Willet > Ruddy Turnstone > Sanderling > Semipal. Sandpiper > Least Sandpiper > Dunlin > Ring-billed Gull > Herring Gull > Great Black-backed Gull > Common Tern - Succotash > LEAST TERN - Charlestown Breachway > Rock Pigeon > Mourning Dove > Black-billed Cuckoo (2) Great Swamp > Belted Kingfisher > Red-bellied Woodpecker > Downy Woodpecker > Hairy Woodpecker - Great Swamp > Northern Flicker > Eastern Phoebe > Eastern Kingbird > Great Crested Flycatcher > Tree Swallow > Barn Swallow > N. Rough-winged Swallow > Blue Jay > Fish Crow - Miantonomi > American Crow > COMMON RAVEN - Soaring over Route 1 near the off-ramp for Charlestown > Breachway. Certainly the best bird of the day, especially that far > south. > Black-capped Chickadee > Turfted Titmouse > White-breasted Nuthatch > Carolina Wren > House Wren > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher > Eastern Bluebird - Great Swamp > Veery - Great Swamp > Wood Thrush > American Robin > Gray Catbird > Northern Mockingbird > BROWN THRASHER (3) - 2 at Trustom, 1 at Ninigret > Cedar Waxwing > European Starling > White-eyed Vireo (2) - 1 at Great Swamp, 1 at Fort Ningret > Yellow-throated Vireo - Great Swamp > Blue-winged Warbler > Northern Parula > Yellow Warbler > Chestnut-sided Warbler > Black-throated Green Warbler > Pine Warbler > Prairie Warbler - Ninigret > Black-and-white Warbler > American Redstart > Ovenbird > Common Yellowthroat > Scarlet Tanager > Northern Cardinal > INDIGO BUNTING - Miantonomi > Eastern Towhee > Chipping Sparrow > Field Sparrow > Savannah Sparrow (2) Charlestown Breachway > Song Sparrow > Swamp Sparrow > White-throated Sparrow > BOBOLINK - Moonstone Beach Road > Red-winged Blackbird > Common Grackle > Brown-headed Cowbird > Baltimore Oriole > House Finch > American Goldfinch > House Sparrow > > > Good Birding, > > Peter Capobianco > Riverside, RI > Subject: Migration Notes From: "Peter Capobianco" <Peter.Capobianco AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 21:15:20 -0400 The radar images suggest that there is much less migration going on the last two nights when compared to Sunday and Monday night. Last night had moderate NW winds, which isn't conducive for a big push of birds. Tonight there is a large front moving in from the West, which may be affecting the density of migrants, even though the winds are coming from the SSE at 7 mph. It'll be interesting to see if anyone gets some new birds in between the raindrops. Good Birding, Peter Capobianco Riverside, RI Subject: Century Run 5/7 COMMON RAVEN + From: "Peter Capobianco" <Peter.Capobianco AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 21:04:08 -0400 Hugh Willoughby and I made it to 100 today, barely. The complete list is below, which has some serious gaps. The numbers of shorebirds were much higher today at all the normal locales than they were on Monday. Land-birding was pretty slow, which can be expected with the fairly strong NW winds last night. Common Loon D-C Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret CATTLE EGRET (1) Weeden Lane, Jamestown Glossy Ibis Mute Swan Brant (20+) 3rd Beach, Middltown Canada Goose Mallard American Black Duck Surf Scoter (7) 3rd Beach Turkey Vulture Osprey Cooper's Hawk Broad-winged Hawk (2) Great Swamp, Gilbert Stuart Rd. Red-Tailed Hawk Merlin (1) Succotash Black-bellied Plover - Succotash Semipal. Plover Piping Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs - Succotash SOLITARY SANDPIPER (2) Great Swamp Willet Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipal. Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Tern - Succotash LEAST TERN - Charlestown Breachway Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo (2) Great Swamp Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker - Great Swamp Northern Flicker Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird Great Crested Flycatcher Tree Swallow Barn Swallow N. Rough-winged Swallow Blue Jay Fish Crow - Miantonomi American Crow COMMON RAVEN - Soaring over Route 1 near the off-ramp for Charlestown Breachway. Certainly the best bird of the day, especially that far south. Black-capped Chickadee Turfted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird - Great Swamp Veery - Great Swamp Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird BROWN THRASHER (3) - 2 at Trustom, 1 at Ninigret Cedar Waxwing European Starling White-eyed Vireo (2) - 1 at Great Swamp, 1 at Fort Ningret Yellow-throated Vireo - Great Swamp Blue-winged Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler - Ninigret Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal INDIGO BUNTING - Miantonomi Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow (2) Charlestown Breachway Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow BOBOLINK - Moonstone Beach Road Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Good Birding, Peter Capobianco Riverside, RI Subject: Ninigret Pond From: "Paul LEtoile" <pl2002 AT verizon.net> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 21:19:33 -0000 This morning at the Charlestown Breachway (Ninigret Pond tidal flats), 180 Dunlin, 150 Least Sandpipers, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 16 Sanderling, 1 Black-bellied Plover, 12 Semipalmated Plovers, 4 Piping Plovers, 4 Least Terns, 1 Common Tern, 1 Laughing Gull, 1 American Bittern, 2 Green Herons, 1 Seaside Sparrow, 1 Glossy Ibis and a few Willets and Greater Yellow-legs. I posted a some photos here: http://ribird.org/albums/ninigret_2008 Paul L'Etoile South Kingstown Subject: Wednesday, 5/7 From: Philip Budlong <blp8391 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:18:59 -0700 (PDT) At Rome Point, North Kingstown, this morning, on an ASRI walk led by Laura Carberry: 2 Great Egrets, Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 1 WHITE-EYED VIREO, 1 Blue-headed Vireo (heard), Barn Swallow, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, Gray Catbirds, 1 BROWN THRASHER, Cedar Waxwings, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, Yellow-rumped Warblers, numerous PRAIRIE WARBLERS, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, OVENBIRDS (heard), 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, SCARLET TANAGERS (heard), Eastern Towhees, Chipping Sparrows and BALTIMORE ORIOLES. Phil Budlong, Westerly ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Trustom birds 5/6, etc... From: Wheelan Drew <amazilia55 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 06:06:17 -0700 (PDT) Hey all, Back from Central America and finally over the airplane flu I got out early yesterday to Trustom. I've never really been around during spring migration, so I don't know where some of the best places are, so I ended up at Trustom. On the way there, there was a huge flock of sparrows on the side of Cards Pond Rd. I was able to see many,perhaps 20, and they were all Savannah Sparrows. At Trustom, the highlights for me was the cacophony of singing Yellow Warblers. I counted at least 16 individuals, and at times their song made it hard to hear other songs. Also, I had my first of the year Blue-headed Vireos, Blue-winged Warblers and Northern Parulas. Passerines Seen Downy Woodpecker Great-crested Flycatcher Tree Swallow Northern-Rough-winged Swallow Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Gray Catbird Wood Thrush Cedar Waxwing Blue-headed Vireo Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black and White Warbler Tennessee Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Common Yellowthroat Baltimore Oriole Indigo Bunting and a few others At Quonochontaug at high tide there were many Willets, a few Greater Yellow-legs, Black-bellied Plovers, Least sandpipers aloft, 2 Least Terns carrying Sand lance, and a Northern Harrier. At Narragansett Town Beach I had two pairs of Piping Plovers. I would love to go birding with anyone in the next week to 10 days before I head back out to Washington, especially at some of the inland hotspots, or Swan Point Cemetery. I could use some help with my eastern Warbler songs. If anyone is interested, or knows of a group heading out, please be in touch through this email address, (off list). Check out my new video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4F_l9kNJL0 and, stay tuned for www.soccerzulu.org and www.drewtube.net it's gonna be off the hook! www.myspace.com/andrewwheelan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Swan Point-Tennessee Warbler From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 08:29:37 -0400 At 8am today a Tennessee Warbler was found in the Northwest corner of Swan Point cemetery where it abuts the other cemetery. Greg Sargeant Providence Subject: Avian Ecology Workshop From: "msgl52" <birds AT highpondfarm.org> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 12:14:28 -0000 Ornithology Workshop in Plymouth, NH Avian Ecology: Populations and Communities June 19-22 Leonard Reitsma This 3-day workshop will combine lecture and discussion of key principles and theories concerning bird morphology, behavior and ecology, together with experience in the field. The field component will include bird identification and observation on visits to two active avian ecological research sites near High Pond Farm: the Bear Pond Natural Area in Canaan, NH, and the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in Campton, NH. The research being undertaken at each site will be thoroughly discussed. There will also be time to explore the environs of High Pond Farm and to spend time in the classroom reviewing what we've learned in the field. Fee: $350, includes instruction in field and classroom, lodging for 3 nights, and all meals from Thursday evening supper through Sunday lunch. Len Reitsma received his B.S. in Biology from William Patterson University and his Ph.D. in Biology from Dartmouth College. He has been professor of Biology at Plymouth State University since 1992, and is currently chair of the Biology Department. Len is an active researching avian ecologist specializing in migrating songbirds; in particular American Redstarts, Black-throated Blue Warblers, Norther Waterthrushes, Louisiana Waterthrushes, and Canada Warblers. His research takes him to New Hampshire, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. He is the recipient of PSU's Distinguished Teaching Award, and is President and Co- Founder of NEILE (New England Institute for Landscape Ecology). For more information, visit our website at http://www.highpondfarm.org High Pond Farm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Plymouth, New Hampshire, whose mission is to provide educational opportunities for amateur and professional naturalists. Our email address is info AT highpondfarm.org. Subject: RE: Migration Tonight From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 21:28:50 -0400 This site is also useful: http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/ It allows you to view an entire night's migration. I start the "Loop Duration" an hour before sunset. I check the Long Island site, which shows what's heading our way. Have fun!!! Greg Sargeant Providence Subject: birds today, Cattle Egret From: DLSaint AT aol.com Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 20:53:29 EDT At Swan Point, 2 WOOD THRUSH, 1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 1 AMERICAN REDSTART, 1 BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 1 NASHVILLE, 1 PALM WARBLER several NORTHERN PARULAS and many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. (another group reported a Cape May Warbler) At Miantonomi Park in Newport: 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1 NASHVILLE, 1 BLUE-WINGED, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 3 NORTHERN PARULAS, 5 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, 1 AMERICAN REDSTART, several YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and 1 INDIGO BUNTING. Along Weedon Lane in Jamestown, 1 CATTLE EGRET and 1 EASTERN KINGBIRD. At Succotash Marsh, 2 COMMON TERNS. Jan St.Jean Chepachet, RI **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) Subject: Bald eagle on Narrow river , swamp notes and butterfly question From: "nipata" <nipata AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 21:26:01 -0000 On Saturday the 3rd, Sarah and I, as well a few non-birder friends, got great looks at a Bald Eagle riding thermals over our house on the Narrow river in Narragansett. It appeared to be a first year bird and was being mobbed by an Osprey (of all things) and a crow. Seeing the eagle so close to two other large birds really gave our guests a good idea of how large an animal an eagle is. In the Great swamp today, on my lunch break, i had the usual gang, plus the following species of note: Prairie Warbler Pine Warbler Black and white Warbler Oven bird (many) Broad wing hawk (2) these birds appear to be nesting just of the SK bike path near where it crosses liberty ln. Red tail hawk Wild turkey The past week also produced many butterflies including Azures, cabbage whites, mourning cloaks, comma, pearly crescent, an unidentified Fritillary, and small brown & grey jobs I'm not familiar with. Obviously I'm new to butterflies. Does anyone know if there is anything like the birding community only for butterflies around here? I'd love to have a separate place to post my insect sightings. Good birding Bryan Glemboski Narragansett RI Subject: Scituate Bald Eagles From: "Mike Tucker" <mtucker AT asri.org> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 16:06:31 -0400 Another successful Bald Eagle banding this morning! Mike Amaral, from USFW, banded two healthy 8 weeks old eaglets at the Scituate Reservoir. This pair continues to be the earliest nesting pair in the northeast- eggs hatched in early March. Amazingly, none of us thought to bring a small digital camera to the island this year, so I do not have any eaglet shots to share. A photographer from the road took many shots through a scope and digital SLR- I hope to get some copies to share soon. Mike Tucker Seekonk Subject: Eastern Wood-Pewee and Scarlet Tanager @ the Scituate Reservoir [ " Jack Sullivan " ] From: Jackjsully AT aol.com Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 15:09:19 -0400 In Scituate this morning along Rte.116, near the? Bald Eagle area,and?with Ryan Miller and Mike Tucker, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch,1 Eastern Wood-Pewee,1 male Scarlet Tanager and 1 Adult Bald Eagle. Good Birding Jack Sullivan Rumford RI? ? Subject: ASRI Kimball Refuge Tuesday group, 5/6 From: Philip Budlong <blp8391 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 11:43:53 -0700 (PDT) On ASRI Kimball Refuge Tuesday group walk, led by Mary Jo Murray, at ASRI Kimball Refuge/Burlingame SP, Charlestown: Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, 2 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Eastern Phoebe (heard), GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (heard), BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, VEERY (heard), HERMIT THRUSH, WOOD THRUSH (heard), GRAY CATBIRDS, NORTHERN PARULA, Yellow-rumped Warbler, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (heard), Pine Warbler (heard), PRAIRIE WARBLER (heard), BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, AMERICAN REDSTARTS, EASTERN TOWHEES, Chipping Sparrows, 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES, PURPLE FINCHES and other common woodland species. At Trustom Pond NWR, Matunuck: 1 WHITE-EYED VIREO, Tree Swallows, GRAY CATBIRDS, Cedar Waxwings, BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, YELLOW WARBLERS, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pine Warblers, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (heard), EASTERN TOWHEES, Chipping Sparrows and other common woodland species. Phil Budlong, Westerly ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: RE: Migration Tonight From: "Mike Tucker" <mtucker AT asri.org> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 23:42:49 -0400 Pete is right on. We had a speaker at an ASRI's Birding Weekend (Scott Weidensaul) who talked on this topic a few years ago. It is pretty fascinating stuff and there has been a lot of work in this area over the last few years. Here is a good website on the topic: http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/birdrad/ Mike Tucker Seekonk _____ From: RIBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:RIBIRDS AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Capobianco Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:45 PM To: ribirds Subject: [RIBIRDS] Migration Tonight For those of you who didn't get to go out birding today and are a bit bummed, it looks as though there is a somewhat larger movement of birds tonight. My feeling is that tomorrow we will see much of the same we saw today, probably even a bit more. The radar images for tonight indicate that there is a substational amount of birds migrating over us, however the Southeast and central corridor are seeing much more. This makes sense being so early in the season, and indicates good things to come! I am by no means an expert at interpreting these radar images, but I've taken in interest over the past several years. With some practice, I've been able to forecast some of the better spring (and fall) days, and drag myself out of bed on days I normally wouldn't. It was a bit tricky in the begining figuring out exactly what bird migration looked like on radar, and its intensity. I would be happy to post my interpretations in the future, if there is an interest. Good Birding, Peter Capobianco Riverside, RI PS The website I use is: http://radar. weather.gov Subject: Re: Migration Tonight From: Pat Molloy <pat.molloy3 AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 22:49:56 -0400 Oh, I believe there is definitely an interest!!!!! Pat Molloy East Providence, RI patmolloy_rhodeisland On May 5, 2008, at 10:44 PM, Peter Capobianco wrote: > For those of you who didn't get to go out birding today and are a bit > bummed, it looks as though there is a somewhat larger movement of > birds tonight. My feeling is that tomorrow we will see much of the > same we saw today, probably even a bit more. The radar images for > tonight indicate that there is a substational amount of birds > migrating over us, however the Southeast and central corridor are > seeing much more. This makes sense being so early in the season, and > indicates good things to come! > I am by no means an expert at interpreting these radar images, but > I've taken in interest over the past several years. With some > practice, I've been able to forecast some of the better spring (and > fall) days, and drag myself out of bed on days I normally wouldn't. > It was a bit tricky in the begining figuring out exactly what bird > migration looked like on radar, and its intensity. I would be happy > to post my interpretations in the future, if there is an interest. > > Good Birding, > > Peter Capobianco > Riverside, RI > > PS The website I use is: http://radar.weather.gov > > Subject: Migration Tonight From: "Peter Capobianco" <Peter.Capobianco AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 22:44:40 -0400 For those of you who didn't get to go out birding today and are a bit bummed, it looks as though there is a somewhat larger movement of birds tonight. My feeling is that tomorrow we will see much of the same we saw today, probably even a bit more. The radar images for tonight indicate that there is a substational amount of birds migrating over us, however the Southeast and central corridor are seeing much more. This makes sense being so early in the season, and indicates good things to come! I am by no means an expert at interpreting these radar images, but I've taken in interest over the past several years. With some practice, I've been able to forecast some of the better spring (and fall) days, and drag myself out of bed on days I normally wouldn't. It was a bit tricky in the begining figuring out exactly what bird migration looked like on radar, and its intensity. I would be happy to post my interpretations in the future, if there is an interest. Good Birding, Peter Capobianco Riverside, RI PS The website I use is: http://radar.weather.gov Subject: Spring is here! Highlights from Cinco de Mayo From: "Peter Capobianco" <Peter.Capobianco AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 20:03:46 -0400 Today Hugh Willoughby and I went birding. We ended the day with 94 species, including 16 species of warblers. Swan Point was quite productive this morning, with good numbers of several species of warblers (we had 13 species in the cemetery). Highlights include: 2-3 Black-throated Blue Warblers, 4-5 Nashville Warblers, Palm Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow-throated Vireo, among others. The best birds there were the two CASPIAN TERNS we had at the river, flying north. In Foster, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Black-billed Cuckoo along Ponnagansett Road, and 2 Louisiana Waterthrushes at the Ram's Tail Road Bridge. At Quonny: several Least Sandpipers, Piping Plover, Willetts, Greater Yellowlegs. At Charlestown Breachway: 1 American Bittern, several Dunlin, and others. At Watchemoket Cove 1 Ring-necked Duck, a pair of Green-winged Teal, and a Spotted Sandpiper. Good Birding, Peter Capobianco Riverside, RI Subject: ASRI van trip highlights- 87 species From: "Mike Tucker" <mtucker AT asri.org> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 19:04:02 -0400 We covered a lot of ground during today's ASRI van trip and had the following highlights: Durfee Hill- 1 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Warbling Vireo, 1 Yellow-throated Vireo, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Least Flycatcher, 1 Purple Finch, 1 Common Raven, 1 Green Heron, 2 Wood Ducks, 1 Osprey Pine Tree Road, Foster- 1 Palm Warbler, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Northern Waterthrush, 1 Common Yellowthroat Ponaganset Road, Foster- 1 Blue-winged Warbler, 2 Wood Thrush Parker Wooland, Coventry- 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk Muddy Brook Road, West Greenwich- 2 Northern Waterthrushes, 2 Common Yellowthroats, 1 Black-and-white Warbler Hudson Pond Road, West Greenwich- 1 Louisiana Waterthrush Summit Road, Exeter- 1 Prairie Warbler, 1 American Kestrel, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 Dark-eyed Junco Ten Rod Road, Exeter- 1 Hairy Woodpecker Plains Road, South Kingstown- 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 2 Bank Swallows, several Fish Crows West Beach Road, Charlestown- 3 Northern Gannets seen from beach Poweder Mill Ledges, Smithfield- 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ovenbirds and Northern Orioles were numerous. Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine Warbler and Black-throated Green Warbler were found in several locations. Mike Tucker Seekonk Subject: Swan Point-Solitary Sandpiper From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 16:19:40 -0400 There was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Swan Point this afternoon at 1pm. Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/sargeguy.RI/BirdPhotos/photo#5196989491305769122 Greg Sargeant Providence, RI Subject: Birding Sunday 5/4 (late bufflehead, prairie warbler) From: "eric88kp" <eric_lopresti AT brown.edu> Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 04:33:20 -0000 At swan point: female bufflehead, greater yellowlegs, spotted sandpiper, ovenbird, northern orioles (4), hermit thrushes (3), black and white warblers (3+). At birchwold and trails behind (wrentham, ma, cumberland, ri: prairie warbler, towhee. Eric LoPresti Providence, RI Subject: Hooded Warbler From: "Mike Tucker" <mtucker AT asri.org> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 18:13:28 -0400 A Hooded Warbler was heard singing off Tripps Corner Road in Exeter this afternoon. Ovenbirds, Black-throated Green Warblers, Black-and-white Warblers, Northern Waterthrushes and Wood Thrush were heard at various spots in Exeter as well. Mike Tucker Seekonk Subject: Swan Point Yellowlegs and Wood Ducks From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 16:47:40 -0400 At 12:30pm today there was a GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a pair of WOOD DUCKS at Swan Point Cemetery. The water level in the Seekonk was very low and there was a lot of exposed mud. Pictures can be found at: http://picasaweb.google.com/sargeguy.RI/BirdPhotos/photo#5196626008223508626 Greg Sargeant Providence Subject: Charlestown yard birds - update! From: "Nancy H." <hurricanenancy AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 07:07:48 -0700 (PDT) As soon as I sent the previous message, another male RB Grosbeak put in an appearance! (lousy picture attached) Nancy Harvey Charlestown, RI Subject: Charlestown yard birds From: "Nancy H." <hurricanenancy AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 06:34:30 -0700 (PDT) The past week has brought some nice migrants to the yard. Two male RT Hummingbirds Catbird (surprisingly just one so far) 2 male Baltimore Orioles 1 Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak (arrived today May 4) Nancy Harvey Charlestown, RI Subject: Saturday, 5/3 From: Philip Budlong <blp8391 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 15:14:56 -0700 (PDT) Birding today with Linda Gardrel, Bob Jones, Paul L'Etoile, Mary Jo Murray, Carlos Pedro, Chris Sidler, Jan St. Jean and Scott Tsagarakis, at Third Beach Restoration Area, Middletown: 52 Brant, Green-winged Teal, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 1 PIPING PLOVER, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 WILLET, 17 RUDDY TURNSTONES, Sanderlings, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER and Dunlin. On Green End Avenue, Middletown: 65 Glossy Ibis and 1 YELLOW WARBLER. At Miantonomi Park, Newport: 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, NORTHERN PARULAS, YELLOW WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warblers, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (heard) and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS. At Marsh Meadows, Jamestown: 1 Turkey Vulture, 9 Glossy Ibis, Green-winged Teal and 2 Osprey. At Weeden Lane, Jamestown: 2 CATTLE EGRETS, Glossy Ibis, Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet and Savannah Sparrows. At Rome Point, North Kingstown: BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, 1 HERMIT THRUSH, 1 GRAY CATBIRD, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (heard), BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS and numerous Eastern Towhees. At Succotash Marsh MA, East Matunuck: 1 Great Egret, 1 Snowy Egret, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 2 Osprey and a WILLET. At White Brook, Carolina: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, WINTER WREN (heard), 1 GRAY CATBIRD, Yellow-rumped Warblers and a Muskrat. ~211 Pine Hill Road, Richmond: WINTER WREN. At Burdickville, Charlestown: 1 Greater Yellowlegs and 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER. At TNC property, Burdickville Road, Charlestown: 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK. At Burlingame MA, Charlestown: 1 Turkey Vulture, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS and 2 HERMIT THRUSHES. At Ninigret Park, Charlestown: Killdeer, 2 YELLOW WARBLERS and a Savannah Sparrow. Phil Budlong, Westerly ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Durfee Hill-5/3/08 From: Jim Murphy <jimride0457 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:54:38 -0700 (PDT) This morning I saw the following birds at Durfee Hill: 1 blackburnian warbler, 1 black and white warbler, 1 palm warbler, 6 yellow-rumped warblers, 2 blue-headed vireos, 2 black-throated green warblers, 1 least flycatcher, 2 brown creepers, 2 pine warblers, and 2 common ravens. Jim Murphy ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: White-Crowned Sparrow From: "Greg Sargeant" <sargeguy AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 21:06:57 -0400 The WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was present at Bold Point this evening at 6:30PM. Greg Sargeant Providence Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, May 2, 2008 From: DLSaint AT aol.com Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 19:19:19 EDT * RBA * Rhode Island * Statewide * May 2, 2008 * RIRI0805.02 - Birds mentioned: GRASSHOPPER SPARROW Cattle Egret Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barred Owl Solitary Sandpiper Orchard Oriole Hermit Thrush Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Virginia Rail Caspian Tern Piping Plover Willet Dunlin Wilson's Snipe Manx Shearwater American Pipit American Bittern Black-crowned Night-Heron Purple martin Bald Eagle American Oystercatcher PILEATED WOODPECKER Least Flycatcher Blue-headed Vireo Black-throated Green Warbler Black-and-White Warbler Palm Warbler Ovenbird Brown Creeper Hairy Woodpecker Broad-winged Hawk COMMON RAVEN Winter Wren date: May 2, 2008 (401) 949-5454 or 245-7500 ext 3052 to report: email to: _DLSaint AT aol.com_ (mailto:DLSaint AT aol.com) coverage: statewide compiler: Janice St.Jean transcriber: Janice St.Jean (_DLSaint AT aol_ (mailto:DLSaint AT aol) ) _www.asri.org_ (http://www.asri.org/) Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for May 2nd, 2008. This report covers the period from April 26th to May 2nd and will be updated again on May 9th. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was discovered in the field north of the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown on the 25th. The bird was found near the break in the stone wall. It flew from the grass into the trees to the east. On the 1st, in the fields north of Mercy Weeden Lane off Weeden Lane in Jamestown, 2 CATTLE EGRETS were found. At Potter Woods in West Kingston on the 25th, 1 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was reported, and on the 29th, 2 BARRED OWLS were seen there. On the 30th, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at the Great Swamp management Area. At Lincoln Woods State Park, 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE , 2 HERMIT THRUSHES and 1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER were reported on the 28th. Also in Lincoln, at Lonsdale Marsh 2 VIRGINIA RAILS were calling on the 28th and again on the 2nd. A CASPIAN TERN was found at Sachuest Saltmarsh in Middletown on the 27th. Another CASPIAN TERN was observed at the Charlestown Breachway on the 26th along with 5 PIPING PLOVERS, 12 WILLETS, 56 DUNLIN and 2 WILSON'S SNIPE. At Point Judith in Narraganset, 1 MANX SHEARWATER was recorded on the 26th. Also in Narraganset, at Scarborough State Beach, 6 AMERICAN PIPITS were found. In Jerusalem, at Succotash Marsh, 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and 8 PURPLE MARTINS were reported this week. At Gilbert Stuart Birthplace in North Kingstown, 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and 1 BALD EAGLE were found on the 1st. On the 27th, 2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at the northern end of Common Fence Point. A PILEATED WOODPECKER was observed along Mountaindale Road in Smithfield on the 1st. At Durfee Hill Management Area in West Glocester, 1 LEAST FLYCATCHER, 2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, 2 PALM WARBLERS, 1 OVENBIRD, 1 BROWN CREEPER, 1 HAIRY WOODPECKER, 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK and a COMMON RAVEN were reported this week. Finally, a singing WINTER WREN was found at Pulaski Park in West Glocester on the 1st. That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding! - End transcript **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) Subject: singing Winter Wren From: DLSaint AT aol.com Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 21:56:17 EDT At Pulaski Park in West Glocester: 1 singing WINTER WREN, 1 BROWN CREEPER, 4 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO and 1 HAIRY WOODPECKER. At Durfee Hill, the trail across from the pond, 1 COMMON RAVEN was calling. In Foster, near the Foster Country Club, 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 1 YELLOW WARBLER and 1 SAVANNAH SPARROW. Near Keech Pond in Chepachet, 1 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was singing along the stream that feeds the pond. The Winter Wren is found along the stream with the orange blazed trail. Take the road to Pulaski off Route 44 in West Glocester, but don't turn into the park. Go straight, you will be in Connecticut. Take the first dirt road, Border Trail, on the right. You will travel behind Peck Pond. Less than a mile from the pond, go right, at the red bar gate, GW 12. (George Washington) Go until you see another red gate , GW 11, on the right, park here and look for the orange trail along the stream. Or- go into Pulaski and take the wide cross country trails down to the water. There is a wide bridge over the river here. Jan St.Jean Chepachet, RI **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) Subject: frm 4/30, Black-crowned Night- Heron, Purple Martins in South Kingstown [ " Jack Sullivan" ] From: Jackjsully AT aol.com Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 20:20:05 -0400 At Succotash Marsh with Ryan Miller, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron and 1 Willet. ruring a walk through the Trustom Pond National?Wildlife Refuge, 11 Purple Martins and a pair of American Kestrels, one of which was seen carrying nesting material.? Jack Sullivan Rumford RI? Subject: ASRI Marion Eppley Refuge, 5/1 From: Philip Budlong <blp8391 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:58:16 -0700 (PDT) At ASRI Marion Eppley Refuge, West Kingston, this morning: 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 2 Northern Flickers (heard), 8 Eastern Phoebes, 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, VEERY (heard), Hermit Thrush (heard), 1 YELLOW WARBLER, Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, Pine Warblers, 1 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, OVENBIRDS, 3 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES (heard), Eastern Towhees (heard), Chipping Sparrows (heard) and other common woodland species. Phil Budlong, Westerly ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Durfee Hill- Least Fly, BT Green, BH Vireos, others From: "Mike Tucker" <mtucker AT asri.org> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:39:03 -0400 Around mid-day I walked around the pond at Durfee Hill in Glocester and had 1 Least Flycatcher, 2 Blue-headed Vireos, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Black-and-white warbler, 2 Palm Warblers, 1 Ovenbird, several Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 Brown Creeper, 1 Hairy Woodpecker and 1 Broad-winged Hawk. George Washington Management Area had 3 Blue-headed Vireos, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler and several Pine Warblers. The first 8 photos at the following link are from today: http://picasaweb.google.com/naturaleyes/RecentPhotos Mike Tucker Seekonk Subject: Great Swamp Mgmt. Area- SOLITARY SANDPIPER and others From: "puffinsurfer28" <puffinsurfer28 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:33:46 -0000 Today at Great Swamp Mgmt. Area with Jack Sullivan and Ryan Miller there was 1 and possibly a second SOLITARY SANDPIPER. Also there were up to 3 YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 1 PURPLE MARTIN, Black- and-white Warblers, Pine warblers and 2 Swamp Sparrows. -Skyler Streich Westerly Subject: Spring Migration Trip -- Birding Mt. Auburn From: "nbsanctuary" <rcardeiro AT normanbirdsanctuary.org> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:22:59 -0000 Spring Migration Trip -- Birding Mt. Auburn Saturday, May 17 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts is a mecca for birds and bird watchers during spring migration. Flycatchers, vireos, tanagers and, above all, warblers can all be seen in their breeding plumage from this nationally known stop-over site. Join us for this full-day trip, which will include other migration hot spots along the way. Pack a lunch and bring your binoculars! PROGRAM FEE: Members - $40 Non-Members - $50 REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, as space is limited. For more information or to register, please contact the Norman Bird Sancutary at 401-846-2577. Subject: ASRI Kimball Refuge Tuesday group, 4/29 From: Philip Budlong <blp8391 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:05:08 -0700 (PDT) At Potter Wood, Kingston, on ASRI Kimball Refuge Tuesday group walk led by Mary Jo Murray: 2 Barred Owls, Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard), 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (heard), Pine Warblers and other common woodland species. At Succotash Marsh MA, East Matunuck, with Chris Sidler: 1 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON. Phil Budlong, Westerly ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Swan Point Cemetery note From: "Mike Tucker" <mtucker AT asri.org> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:49:20 -0400 With the busiest part of Warbler migration just around the corner, Rachel Farrell has the following information posted below that birders need to know about Swan Point Cemetery. As many of you know, Swan Point is one of the premier songbird migration hot-spots in Southern New England. The management of Swan Point has always kindly welcomed birders to enjoy their cemetery during this time. From Rachel: IMPORTANT NOTE: From May 1 through May 31, Swan Point Cemetery will open its gates early for walk-in birders. The main gate will open for 30 minutes, between 7:00 - 7:30 am, when birders may walk in. At 7:30 am, the gate will close while the guard attends to other duties. Birders already in the cemetery may stay. The main gate will reopen for normal operating hours at 8 am. Birders may enter through the main gate only. The south gate is for maintenance and cemetery personnel. The President of Swan Point Cemetery has asked me to remind birders that Swan Point is an active cemetery and is privately owned. Birders are asked to stay clear of all funerals, processions and services, and to give grieving visitors their privacy. The President also asks that birders park on Blackstone Boulevard and not on the entryway of the cemetery. Climbing over the wall is prohibited. Photographing gravestones is also prohibited. Birders and photographers are asked to stay away from nesting birds. Mike Tucker Refuge Manager of Caratunk Wildlife Refuge Audubon Society of Rhode Island 301 Brown Avenue Seekonk, MA 02771 (508) 761-8230 mtucker AT asri.org