Rocky Point State Park--Warwick, Rhode Island 9:00-12:00
15 members enjoyed an unseasonably mild February morning with temperatures hovering in the mid to upper 40’s. Highlights included scope views of two Eurasian Wigeon, over 1,000 Brant along the coastline, and several Harbor Seals hulled out on the rocks. A full list of species observed is included below.
15 members enjoyed an unseasonably mild February morning with temperatures hovering in the mid to upper 40’s. Highlights included scope views of two Eurasian Wigeon, over 1,000 Brant along the coastline, and several Harbor Seals hulled out on the rocks. A full list of species observed is included below.
| Brant- 1,600 Canada Goose- 380 Eurasian Wigeon- 2 American Wigeon- 12 American Black Duck-8 Mallard-3 Greater Scaup- 23 Common Eider- 1 Bufflehead- 2 Common Goldeneye- 21 Red-breasted Merganser- 5 Wild Turkey- 7 Common loon- 1 Great Cormorant- 1 Red-tailed Hawk- 4 Ring-billed Gull- 9 Herring Gull- 25 Great Black-backed Gull- 8 Rock Pigeon- 8 Mourning Dove- 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker- 3 Downy Woodpecker- 6 Northern Flicker- 3 Blue Jay- 7 American Crow- 5 Fish Crow- 2 |
Black-capped Chickadee- 4 Tufted Titmouse- 7 White-breasted Nuthatch- 2 Carolina Wren- 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet- 1 American Robin- 8 Northern Mockingbird- 2 European Starling- 30 Yellow-rumped Warbler- 6 Fox Sparrow- 1 White-throated Sparrow- 14 Song Sparrow- 8 Swamp Sparrow- 1 Eastern Towhee- 1 Northern Cardinal- 5 Red-winged Blackbird- 3 Common Grackle- 30 Brown-headed Cowbird- 1 House Finch- 2 American Goldfinch- 1 House Sparrow- 5 |