- Canada Goose 10
- Mute Swan 2
- Wood Duck 4
- Mallard 3
- Ring-necked Duck 2 Male and female pair clearly observed both sitting close together and swimming together by multiple experienced birders. White ring on bill with black tip , slightly pointed shape head, blackish body with white-gray sides.
- Double-crested Cormorant 2
- Great Blue Heron 3
- Turkey Vulture 2
- Osprey 14
- Broad-winged Hawk 1
- Mourning Dove 3
- Downy Woodpecker 5
- Hairy Woodpecker 2
- Northern Flicker 3
- American Kestrel 1
- Eastern Phoebe 2
- Warbling Vireo 2
- Blue Jay 20
- American Crow 6
- Fish Crow 4
- Tree Swallow 12
- Barn Swallow 2
- Black-capped Chickadee X
- Tufted Titmouse 12
- White-breasted Nuthatch 4
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
- Eastern Bluebird 2
- American Robin 20
- Gray Catbird 1
- Ovenbird 10 Teacher teacher teacher teacher call heard by many at numerous wooded locations and one bird seen by several experienced birders. Number is minimum estimate
- Northern Waterthrush 1
- Blue-winged Warbler 2 Bee buzz Song heard and bird seen --Yellow belly, dark eye line, Olive back, Grey wings with wing bars, seen by almost all members of the group
- Black-and-white Warbler 12 Several birds seen well by multiple observers and many squeaky wheel songs heard throughout wooded areas. Number is a minimum estimate.
- Common Yellowthroat 3 Wichity Wichity song heard by multiple experienced members of the group in appropriate habitat. None seen.
- American Redstart 1
- Yellow Warbler 20 Bright yellow warblers seen at several locations and heard at multiple locations by experienced birders. Number is a minimum estimate.
- Pine Warbler 10
- Chipping Sparrow 8
- Field Sparrow 8 Bouncing ball trill heard at nyerous locations in appropriate habitat and several individuals seen by multiple experienced birders --Clear Buffy breasted small sparrow with wing bars red- brown crown, eye ring and pink bill
- White-throated Sparrow 3
- Song Sparrow 2
- Swamp Sparrow 6
- Eastern Towhee 20
- Northern Cardinal 10
- Red-winged Blackbird X
- Common Grackle X
- Brown-headed Cowbird 10
- House Finch 1
Leslie Bostrom led a group of 16 on a 5 mile walk at Great Swamp, through various habitats to and around the impoundment area, giving us good looks at a variety of birds including some early warblers, a kestrel, lingering ring-necked ducks, 7 nesting pairs of osprey and topped-off with a Broad-winged Hawk soaring over the parking lot at the very end of the walk.
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Michael Kieron led 7 participants on a walk of the Nature Conservancy's Lime Rock Preserve which has some unique features, soils and interesting history. Michael, a life long Rhode Islander and curator for the Roger Williams Park Natural History Museum, is a geologist as well as birder and knows a lot of local history about many parts of the state. So, in addition to having a pleasant bird walk, including watching a flicker excavating a nesting cavity, we learned a great deal from Michael about the geology and history of the preserve while we walked. The alkaline soils of the area make it the preserve a site for rare flowers that will bloom during the months of June and July inviting a visit during the summer, as well as later in May when migrant birds have arrived.
Leaders: Dierdre Robinson and Jana Hesser
29 species (+1 other taxa) total
Wayne Munns and Carlos Pedro shared their 2012 Uganda Birding and Mountain Gorilla Trekking experiences with an attentive audience of 23 people. They showed us wonderful photos of birds (but not all of the 512 (!) species they saw there), gorillas, local people and places as they took us along their travel route around Uganda. Both being highly experienced international travelers, they had arranged the trip themselves and shared some of their planning information, sources and tips with us, including two important resources – The Natural History Book Service http://www.nhbs.com/ , and Cloudbirders http://www.cloudbirders.com/ . The multitude, diversity and beauty of birds amazed us and it was exciting to see pictures of a gorilla troop at home and munching on leaves in a thicket of nettles, a uniquely thrilling experience for Carlos and Wayne. Thanks to both for sharing their Uganda adventures with us.
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