RI-RBA for March 2006

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Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, March 2, 2006
From: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
Date: 2 Mar 2006 7:35pm

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- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide 
* March 2, 2006
* RIRI0603.02

- Birds mentioned:
TUNDRA SWAN
Bald Eagle
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Eastern Meadowlark
Harlequin Duck
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 
Black-headed Gull
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Razorbill
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Woodcock
Hermit Thrush
Eastern Bluebird
Fox Sparrow
Wild Turkey

     date: March 2, 2006
     (401) 245-7500 ex- 55 
     to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
     coverage: statewide
     compiled:  Janice St.Jean
     transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint(AT)aol.com)
     www.asri.org

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for March 2, 
2006.  This report covers the period from February 21st to March 2nd and will be
updated on March 9th.

Two TUNDRA SWAN were reported in Coventry, seen from Old Flat River Road on 
the Flat River Reservoir on the 23rd.  On the 21st at this spot, 3 BALD EAGLES 
were observed.

At the farm fields at Dunns Corner Road in Westerly on the 25th, 2 GREATER 
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were reported.  Also on that day at Weekapaug, 1 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was observed.  Other birds from Westerly included: at
Moore
Woods, 13 EASTERN MEADOWLARK and at Watch Hill Lighthouse 14 SNOW BUNTING and 1
drake HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 24th.

At the East Providence Reservoir, on the 1st, 1 adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED 
GULL on the ice close to the road, south of the causeway.  At Watchemoket Cove
in
East Providence, 3 BLACK-HEADED GULL on the 23rd.

On the 25th at Sachuest Point in Middletown, 1 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, and at 
Beavertail Point in Jamestown, 5 RAZORBILL were seen that day.

At Ninigret NWR on the 28th, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, 1 
HERMIT THRUSH, 4 EASTERN BLUEBIRD and 2 FOX SPARROW.

A report of 2 BALD EAGLES was received from Ram Point Marina in upper Salt 
Pond in the village of Wakefield on the 28th.

In Carolina, in the pasture at the top of Shannock Hill Road, 30 WILD TURKEY 
on the 28th.

The total number of species reported as of February stands at 157, with 10 
new species added in February.

Save the date!  Audubon's annual Birder's Meeting is April 1st, at the new 
Kettle Pond Visitor's center in Charlestown.

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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Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, MArch 9, 2006
From: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
Date: 9 Mar 2006 9:19pm

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- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide 
* March 9, 2006
* RIRI0603.09

- Birds mentioned:
TUNDRA SWAN 
Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON 
Yellow--bellied Sapsucker
COMMON RAVEN
EVENING GROSBEAK 
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Redhead
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Pintail Ruddy Duck
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Great Cormorant
Brant
Yellow-breasted Chat 
Brown Thrasher
Hermit Thrush
Great Horned Owl
White-crowned Sparrow
Snow Goose

     date: March 9, 2006
     (401) 245-7500 ex- 55 
     to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
     coverage: statewide
     compiled:  Janice St.Jean
     transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint(AT)aol.com)
     www.asri.org

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for March 9, 
2006.  This report covers the period from March 3rd to March 9th and will be 
updated on March 16th.

The two TUNDRA SWAN were reported again in Coventry, seen from Old Flat River 
Road on the Flat River Reservoir on the 3rd, and on the 8th, a WOOD DUCK was 
sighted.  Also in Coventry, at Johnson's Pond, 1 EURASIAN WIGEON was reported 
on the 6th. On the 8th, at the corner of New London Turnpike and Ten Rod Road, 
1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.  Flying over Route 95 between exit 7 and 8, also 
in Coventry, on the 6th, 1 COMMON RAVEN.

Two EVENING GROSBEAK were observed on the ground below the feeders at the 
farm house along Ponagansett Road in Foster on the 
9th.

On the 8th, at the East Providence Reservoir, 2 GLAUCOUS GULL, 1 ICELAND GULL 
and 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.  On the 9th, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 1 
GLAUCOUS GULL was reported.  On the 5th, 1 REDHEAD was reported along with 1 
PIED-BILLED GREBE, 7 NORTHERN PINTAIL and 82 RUDDY DUCK.  At Watchemoket Cove 
in East Providence on the 6th, 2 BLACK-HEADED GULL.  

At Sachuest Point in Middletown on the 5th, 11 HARLEQUIN DUCK, 5 LONG-TAILED 
DUCK and 2 GREAT CORMORANT.  BRANT have also 
been seen here in numbers, and have been reported at other coastal locations 
this week.  On the 5th, 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT on Mitchell's Lane, about 1/4 
mile north of Third Beach Road in Middletown and at Norman Bird Sanctuary that 
day, 1 BROWN THRASHER, 3 HERMIT THRUSH and 1 GREAT HORNED OWL

In Perryville on the 8th, 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was sighted.

Nine SNOW GEESE were reported from Tiverton on the 9th.

Save the date!  Audubon's annual Birder's Meeting is April 1st, at the new 
Kettle Pond Visitor's center in Charlestown.

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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Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, March 16, 2006
From: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
Date: 17 Mar 2006 6:54am

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- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide 
* March 16, 2006
* RIRI0603.16

- Birds mentioned:
EVENING GROSBEAK 
COMMON RAVEN 
Northern Gannet
Common Murre
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Osprey
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck 
Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Osprey
American Oystercatcher
Brant
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Black-bellied Plover
Sanderling
Dunlin
Horned Lark
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Cormorant
Tree Swallow
Red-shouldered Hawk
Northern Pintail
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
EURASIAN WIGEON 
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 
Great Egret 
American Woodcock
Eastern Phoebe

     date: March 16, 2006
     (401) 245-7500 ex- 55 
     to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
     coverage: statewide
     compiled:  Janice St.Jean
     transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint(AT)aol.com)
     www.asri.org

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for March 16, 
2006.  This report covers the period from March 10th to March 16th and will be 
updated on March 23rd.

The 2 female EVENING GROSBEAK at the feeder at the farm house along 
Ponagansett Road in Foster that were found on the 9th, were seen again, briefly,
 on the
10th.

Two COMMON RAVEN were observed landing on a building next to Route 99 on the 
Woonsocket-Cumberland line on the 16th.

Birders along on a cod trip out of Galilee on the 11th observed the 
following: 61 NORTHERN GANNET, 12 COMMON MURRE, 25 DOVEKIE, 210 RAZORBILL, 1 
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL.

At the Great Swamp Management Area in South Kingstown on the 11th, 1 OSPREY, 
20 WOOD DUCK, 5 GREEN-WINGED TEAL and 8 RING-NECKED DUCK.  On the 15th, 4 
EASTERN PHOEBE, 8 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and 2 OSPREY were seen there.

At Napatree Point in Westerly on the 15th, 2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, 80 
BRANT, 1 COMMON LOON, 2 HORNED GREBE, 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 4 SANDERLING, 115
DUNLIN and 4 HORNED LARK.

Reported from the East Providence Reservoir during the past week, 2 GLAUCOUS 
GULL, 1 ICELAND GULL, 1 LESSER BLACK-BACKED 
GULL, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 10 GREAT CORMORANT, 30 TREE SWALLOW, 2 
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 7 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 8 WOOD DUCK and 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER. 

On the 11th, a EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in Mill Pond along Route 1 in South 
Kingstown.

Along Ocean Drive in Newport, near entrance to Castle Hill, 1 BARROW'S 
GOLDENEYE was observed on the 16th.

A GREAT EGRET was reported in Little Compton on the 14th.

Two LONG-TAILED DUCK were reported on the 15th. One was seen in Greenwich 
Bay, north of Sally Rock, and a second was spotted in Narragansett Bay, near the
North end of Prudence Island.

AMERICAN WOODCOCK were widely reported this week, and EASTERN PHOEBE was 
noted in several areas as well.

Save the date!  Audubon's annual Birder's Meeting is April 1st, at the new 
Kettle Pond Visitor's center in Charlestown.

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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Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, March 23, 2006
From: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
Date: 23 Mar 2006 8:24pm

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- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide 
* March 23, 2006
* RIRI0603.23

- Birds mentioned:
EVENING GROSBEAK 
PILEATED WOODPECKER 
NORTHERN GOSHAWK 
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 
Winter Wren
Wood Duck 
Eastern Phoebe
American Oystercatcher
Great Egret
Fox Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck
Common Merganser
Killdeer
Tree Swallow
COMMON RAVEN 
Peregrine Falcon 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Bald Eagle
Eastern Phoebe
Wilson's Snipe
Osprey 
American Kestrel
Eastern Bluebird
Piping Plover
Wild Turkey

     date: March 23, 2006
     (401) 245-7500 ex- 55 
     to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
     coverage: statewide
     compiled:  Janice St.Jean
     transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint(AT)aol.com)
     www.asri.org

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for March 23, 
2006.  This report covers the period from March 17th to March 23rd and will be 
updated on March 30th.

The 2 female EVENING GROSBEAK at the feeder at the farm house along 
Ponagansett Road in Foster that were found on the 9th, continue to be reported. 
 They
were observed at the feeder, or in the pine tree near the house on the 18th, 
19th, 20th, and 22nd.

A PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen in the Escoheag section of the Arcadia 
Management in West Kingston.  It was seen near the old picnic shelter near
Stepstone
Falls.  Also seen that day was a NORTHERN GOSHAWK over Breakheart Pond.

Another sighting of NORTHERN GOSHAWK came from Hope Valley, near the town 
hall on the 20th.

On the 19th a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen along Route 95, near exit 8.

On the 21st, at the Carolina hatchery in Charlestown, 2 WINTER WREN, 6 WOOD 
DUCK and 5 EASTERN PHOEBE.

Two AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER were reported from Rose Island on the 22nd.

At the Chafee NWR in Narragansett on the 21st, 1 GREAT EGRET a FOX SPARROW.

On the 21st at the East Providence Reservoir, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 25 WOOD 
DUCK, 23 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 11 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 2 AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 GADWALL, 2
RINGED-NECKED DUCK, 1 RUDDY DUCK, 9 COMMON MERGANSER,  19 KILLDEER and 34 
TREE SWALLOW. 

On the Woonsocket-Cumberland line, 2 COMMON RAVEN were spotted on the 20th.

On the 18th, 2 PEREGRINE FALCON were seen on the Newport Bridge.

A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen in Jamestown on the entry road into Fort 
Getty, and on the 17th, and a BALD EAGLE was seen just north of Great Creek in 
Jamestown that day.

At the Great Swamp Management Area on the 18th, 5 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 WILSON'S 
SNIPE, several WOOD DUCK, 1 OSPREY, 1 AMERICAN KESTREL and several EASTERN 
BLUEBIRDS.

The first report of PIPING PLOVER were of 2 birds seen in Middletown on the 
20th.

Finally, 16 WILD TURKEY were found on Old Boston Neck Road in Narragansett, 
near the URI Bay Campus.

Save the date!  Audubon's annual Birder's Meeting is April 1st, at the new 
Kettle Pond Visitor's center in Charlestown.

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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Subject: RBA: Rhode Island, March 30, 2006
From: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
Date: 30 Mar 2006 9:22pm

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- RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide 
* March 30, 2006
* RIRI0603.30

- Birds mentioned:
PILEATED WOODPECKER
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
COMMON RAVEN 
Pine Warbler
Green-winged Teal
Eastern Phoebe
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Wilson's Snipe
Eastern Bluebird
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Pectoral Sandpiper 
American Oystercatcher
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Brant
Common Eider
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Horned Lark
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Red-shouldered Hawk
Tree Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Glossy Ibis
Piping Plover 
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Cormorant
Northern Pintail 
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
American Coot
Fish Crow
BLACK-HEADED GULL 
Bald Eagle
BLACK VULTURE

     date: March 30, 2006
     (401) 245-7500 ex- 55 
     to report: (401) 949-7301 or email to: DLSaint(AT)aol.com
     coverage: statewide
     compiled:  Janice St.Jean
     transcriber: Janice St.Jean (DLSaint(AT)aol.com)
     www.asri.org

Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for March 30, 
2006.  This report covers the period from March 24th to March 30th and will be 
updated on April 6th.

Three reports of PILEATED WOODPECKER this week.  On the 25th, at the Lincoln 
Woods State Park entrance in Lincoln, about 100 feet up the dirt path across 
from the parking area there was a sighting, and on the 30th, a PILEATED 
WOODPECKER was found at High Rock Farm off Scott Road in Cumberland.  Also on
the
30th, on was sighted in Chepachet, along with a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.

More reports of COMMON RAVEN in Rhode Island this week.  This used to be a 
very rare bird a few years ago, however they are making a startling push into 
the area.  One was seen in Scituate on the 25th, near the intersection of Route
6 and Route 101, and that same day one was seen in Hopkinton, over Long Pond.  
A PINE WARBLER was seen at Long Pond on the 30th.

On the 24th at Genesse Swamp along the South County Bike Path in South 
Kingstown, 18 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 EASTERN PHOEBE, 1 BELTED KINGFISHER, 1 GREAT
BLUE
HERON, 2 WOOD DUCK and 1 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET.  On the 30th, 1 WILSON'S 
SNIPE, 1 EASTERN BLUEBIRD, 6 WOOD DUCK, 12 GREEN-WINGED TEAL and 5 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER were found there.  At the Great Swamp Management area, 1 PECTORAL 
SANDPIPER and 2 WILSON'S SNIPE were observed on the 30th.

At Succotash Marsh in Jerusalem, 1 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was seen on the 
27th, and on the 30th a SNOWY EGRET was reported.

The first GREAT EGRET of the year were reported on the 30th.  One at 
Winnapaug Pond in Westerly, and one in Jamestown.

At Napatree Point in Westerly on the 27th, 90 BRANT, 7 COMMON EIDER, 4 BLACK 
SCOTER, 20 SURF SCOTER, 5 COMMON LOON, 10 HORNED 
GREBE, 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 8 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE, 
18 SANDERLING, 29 PURPLE SANDPIPER, 55 DUNLIN and 3 HORNED LARK.

At ASRI's Fisherville Brook Refuge in Exeter, 10 RING-NECKED DUCK, 4 
BUFFLEHEAD, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 1 TREE SWALLOW and 2 
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH on the 29th.

Nine GLOSSY IBIS were reported flying over Middletown on the 29th.

At Third Beach restoration area also in Middletown, 3 PIPING PLOVER were 
reported there on the 26th.

On the 26th at the East Providence Reservoir, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 14 GREAT 
CORMORANT, 6 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 100 LESSER SCAUP, 63 RUDDY 
DUCK, 3 AMERICAN COOT and 11 FISH CROW.  At Watchemoket Cove in East 
Providence, 1 BLACK-HEADED GULL on the 25th.

A BALD EAGLE was reported in Middletown on the 27th, and one was seen in 
Scituate on the 25th.

Finally, a BLACK VULTURE was reported from Exeter, and another one was 
reported in Carolina this week.

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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