There was a flock of 10 to 12 Harlequin Ducks at Sachuest Point NWR today. A Volunteer told me they just arrived back this fall on last Thursday. Walter Bosse...
Today at about 1 PM I observed a FRANKLIN'S GULL behind Capt'n Jack's Restaurant in Jerusalem. The bird was resting on the exposed mud flats. It was either...
I took advantage of today's mild weather and visited Ninigret Pond. In a grassy area near the flats, there was an American Bittern and two Pectoral Sandpipers....
This morning, a phalarope was feeding in the surf off of Moonstone Beach. The opinion of birders in the field at the time was leaning towards Red Phalarope...
At the new Kettle Pond NWR in Charlestown: I paid a visit to the newly-opened refuge. Its very nice, on par with the facilities at Sachuest Point. The refuge...
No Pain, No Gain - what a lousy week overall for Saw-whet banding - To catch owls, we need to be semi-frozen, uncomfortable & begging for light NW winds. Must...
Mon[Nov 7th] - at 8:10pm we finally caught our 1st prior season banded Saw-whet at Lookout Rock in Northbridge - The fascinating coincidence is that this owl...
Now available on the New England Hummers website is a compilation of reported "last sightings" of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in New England this fall. This is...
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Napatree Point: 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (around the fort at the end of the point) 2 EASTERN PHOEBES, 1 OSPREY, 1 CHIPPING SPARROW, 2 SAVANNAH SPARROW, 3 ...
This morning at Camp Cronin in Narragansett: 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and 2 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS. Off Point Judith, 33 NORTHERN GANNETS, and off East Matunuck...
from Glenn Williams and Family: 11/12 (13:00-14:30 hrs) - at Napatree Point in Westerly -- 14 CAVE SWALLOWS, 2 PETROCHELIDON sp., 20+ BARN SWALLOWS, and 1 TREE...
Cave Swallows were with Tree Swallows just west of the Breachway at Moonstone Beach facing Trustom Pond NWR. I was told some were seen perched in that area...
I posted a few photos of the Cave Swallows that were at Moonstone Beach this morning. There were at least 4 Cave swallows in with about 12 Tree Swallows. ...
Today's Westerly Sun has an article about the dredging of Ninigret Pond. www.thewesterlysun.com/articles/2005/11/12/news/news1.txt The "west delta" the article...
This morning, a male King Eider was in a raft with about 50 Common Eider off the point at the end of Green Hill Beach Road in South Kingstown. The Greater...
Thanks to Paul for the tip on the King Eider. When I went over there, with Dan Finizia, we found 2 King Eiders! Also- 2 adult Bald Eagles in Scituate. Jan...
The past Thurs & Fri were tough nights at Lookout Rock in our quest for our 500th owl - 1 tiny male on a gusty Thurs. night, then Fri 2 owls immediately on ...
At 9:30 this morning, I found a WESTERN KINGBIRD at Fort Getty, Jamestown. The bird was on the right, just as you enter the road into Fort Getty. It was at...
from Glenn, Madeleine, and Eliza Williams: 11/19 - 2 CAVE SWALLOWS (with 3 BARN SWALLOWS) at East Beach, Watch Hill (at the western end of Atlantic Avenue near...
I am almost reluctant to post this sighting, as people will be so skeptical, however I want to alert birders ,so I am posting. This morning at around 8;30 I...
Today the Brown Birding Club had its first outing to Sachuest Point NWR and Saint Mary's Pond. At Sachuest Point: 1 Short-eared Owl, 4-5 Northern Harriers, 40...
The Saw-whet Owl banding at Lookout Rock for Fall 2005 has ended with a whimper unlike the beginning. We finished the season with 158 banded Saw-whets[165 in ...
from Glenn Williams and family: 11/25 - Misquamicut Country Club (visible from the western end of Atlantic Avenue)-- two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (adult,...
There were two Razorbills off of Moonstone Beach this morning. Also in the area were 9 American Pipit, about a dozen Tree Swallows, lots of Red-throated Loons...
The WESTERN KINGBIRD continues along Atlantic Ave in Misquamicut. It is in the vicinity of house lots 430-437. It perches on the wires and in the bushes ...
Today, at Nockum Hill in Barrington, I had 1 Snow goose (with about 200 Canada Geese), 1 Great Egret and 1 Sharp-tailed Sparrow species in the cove. On the...
To the Rhode Island birding community: 2005 Cox's Ledge Christmas Bird Count I have just made arrangments to secure a boat in an attempt to conduct a Cox's...
