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

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:

Brenton Point Park, Newport, RI
8/30/14
7:15 AM -9:15 AM
Leader: Lauren Parmalee
1 mile
36 species