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Parker River NWR walk on 9/14/14

9/17/2014

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Parker River NWR, Essex, US-MA
9/14/14 
8:15 AM - 3:15 PM
3.0 mile(s)
Leader: Dan Berard
Comments:  Ocean State Bird Club trip. Started at Lot 1, then headed to Hellcat and Sandy Point. After Sandy Point we birded our way back. Good diversity but low numbers of land birds. Most of the shorebird activity was at Sandy Point. 

92 species
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  73
  • Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  5
  • Gadwall (Anas strepera)  1
  • American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  13
  • Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  52     Estimate
  • Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)  5     One flock
  • Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)  7
  • Green-winged Teal (American) (Anas crecca carolinensis)  5
  • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)  7
  • Common Loon (Gavia immer)  1
  • Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  100     Estimate; several small to medium flocks flying overhead
  • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  13     Most likely more
  • Great Egret (Ardea alba)  30     Low estimate; present at every stop and constantly flying by in singles and pairs
  • Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)  80     Estimate; ever present in good numbers.
  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  8
  • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  3
  • Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)  7
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)  1
  • Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)  5
  • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1
  • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
  • Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)  23
  • American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)  1     Flyover calling from Hellcat
  • Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)  200     Estimate
  • Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  1
  • Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  1
  • Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  17
  • Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)  4
  • Red Knot (Calidris canutus)  5
  • Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)  1Sanderling (Calidris alba)  110     Estimate
  • Dunlin (Calidris alpina)  9
  • Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)  6
  • White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)  16
  • Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)  3
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)  300     Low estimate. Many good size flocks seen throughout
  • Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)  5
  • Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
  • Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  32     Estimate
  • Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  100     Estimate
  • Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  20     Estimate
  • Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  3
  • Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  4
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  2
  • Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  5
  • American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  6
  • House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  6

Thank you to Marc Gousie for sharing his pictures with us.
  • Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  2
  • Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)  2     Possibly 3
  • Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  4
  • Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)  1
  • Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  3
  • Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  14     Estimate
  • American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  12     Estimate
  • Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  50     Estimate
  • Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  10     Estimate
  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  12     Estimate
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  1
  • White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  6
  • Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)  1
  • Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  2
  • American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  20     Estimate
  • Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  5
  • Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)  1
  • Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  3
  • European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  13
  • Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  11
  • Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  2
  • Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  1
  • Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
  • Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)  1
  • Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)  1
  • Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  3
  • American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  2
  • Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  4
  • Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)  2
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  1
  • Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  1
  • Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)  1
  • Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  4
  • Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)  1     Hellcat
  • Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)  3
  • Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)  1
  • Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus)  1
  • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  6     Estimate
  • White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1     Hellcat
  • Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  11
  • Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)  1
  • Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  4
  • Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  6
  • House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  3
  • Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  2

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Steere Hill Land Trust on 9/5/14

9/9/2014

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Steere Hill Land Trust, Glocester, RI
9/5/14
6:30-8:45 PM
Leader: Dan Berard
23 participants

While the birding was arguably a little slow, we had some cool birds including a flyby woodcock and some Barred Owls calling back and forth. There was also a fair amount of nocturnal migration; with the quiet and elevation, the top of ‘the hill’ is a good place to listen for migrants in the evening.

This area is also a great spot to listen to and look for singing insects and we were treated to excellent looks at some really cool species like Sword-bearing Conehead, Round-tipped Conehead, a bush katydid, and a singing Broad-winged Tree Cricket. Overall, we recorded 18 species of singing insect, and heard and saw several unIDed ones.

Another highlight was being surrounded by a large number of darners and one pennant darting around doing a bit of mosquito control.

Bats were far less cooperative, with a quick fly by only seen by a few in the group.

Here’s the full trip list:
Birds
  • Canada Goose -  X     Flock heard in distance
  • American Woodcock - 1
  • Barred Owl - 2
  • Downy Woodpecker -  1
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee -  2
  • Warbling Vireo -  1
  • Blue Jay -  1
  • Black-capped Chickadee -  4
  • Tufted Titmouse - 2
  • House Wren -  1
  • Veery > 2     (One bird heard on the ground; later, 3 NFCs heard)
  • Swainson's Thrush -  1
  • American Robin -  6      
  • Gray Catbird - 2
  • Cedar Waxwing - 2
  • Nashville Warbler -  1
  • Common Yellowthroat -  2
  • American Redstart -   NFCs - 4
  • Pine Warbler -  1 warbler sp. - NFCs - (7 unable to discern beyond warbler)
  • Eastern Towhee -  2
  • Song Sparrow -  4
  • Northern Cardinal -  5
  • Indigo Bunting - NFCs - 2
  • Common Grackle - 1
  • American Goldfinch -  1



Insects 
  • Slender Meadow Katydid
  • Round-tipped Conehead
  • Sword-bearing Conehead
  • Oblong-winged Katydid
  • Rattler Round-winged Katydid
  • Northern Bush Katydid
  • Fork-tailed Bush Katydid
  • Common True Katydid
  • Drumming Katydid (After the walk, one of these tiny katydids landed on someone. While they’re non-native, they’re interesting in that they don’t ‘sing’ by stridulating like other katydids, but make noise by stomping on a leaf)
  • Fall Field Cricket
  • Allard’s Ground Cricket
  • Carolina Ground Cricket
  • Two-spotted Tree Cricket
  • Four-spotted Tree Cricket (We saw and heard quite a few of these in the tall grasses)
  • Black-horned Tree Cricket
  • Pine Tree Cricket
  • Broad-winged Tree Cricket
  • Snowy Tree Cricket

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Brenton Point Park walk on 8/30/14

9/3/2014

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Brenton Point Park, Newport, RI
8/30/14
7:15 AM -9:15 AM
Leader: Lauren Parmalee
1 mile
36 species
Common Eider  8
Double-crested Cormorant  19
Osprey  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Semipalmated Plover  9
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Marbled Godwit  1
Ruddy Turnstone  5
Least Sandpiper  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  X
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  16
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Mourning Dove  4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  7
Downy Woodpecker  1
American Goldfinch  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Warbling Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  6
European Starling  1
Cedar Waxwing  9
American Redstart  4
Song Sparrow  7
Northern Cardinal  2
Common Grackle  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  18
Baltimore Oriole  2
House Finch  2
House Sparrow  1
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