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5/9/16 High Rock Farm in cumberland, RI

5/11/2016

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 Led by Dave Gumbley and Don Heitzman, it was a beautiful sunny day, a first time at High Rock Farm for a number of us. High Rock Farm was a great hot spot with varied habitat's and elevations.  We had some great looks at Orioles, Tanagers, Grosbeaks and Indigo Buntings as well as Blue Winged, Yellow Warblers and American Redstart.  These are beautiful sightings for everyone, but especially for some of the newer birders in the group.  After most folks had departed a few of us heard a Pileated Woodpecker calling.  Well worth a revisit and only 20 minutes from Providence!
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4/30/16 Great Swamp in west kingston, rI

5/11/2016

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​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.
  • 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
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4/29/16 Lime rock Preserve in Lincoln, rI

5/11/2016

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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.
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4/22/16 Walker Farm walk in Barrington, ri

5/8/2016

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Leaders: Dierdre Robinson and Jana Hesser

29 species (+1 other taxa) total
  • 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
  • 3 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  • 12 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
  • 3 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
  • 1 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
  • 4 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  • 1 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
  • 2 Herring Gull Larus argentatus
  • 2 gull sp. Larinae sp. immatures, too far away to ID
  • 6 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
  • 1 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
  • 4 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
  • 5 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • 9 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
  • 2 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
  • 2 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
  • 7 American Robin Turdus migratorius
  • 2 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
  • 5 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
  • 1 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina heard only
  • 3 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis saw 1 adult; heard 2 calling
  • 1 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis (not seen by whole group) near gardens at end of today's walk
  • 5 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
  • 2 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
  • 13 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
  • 3 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
  • 2 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
  • 3 House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
  • 5 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
  • 2 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
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3/12/16 Cumberland Farms Walk

3/13/2016

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Ocean state bird club walk led by Leslie Bostrom at Cumberland Farms Fields --River St. entrance, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US Mar 12, 2016 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling, 11 participants
2.5 mile(s)
28 species
Canada Goose  1000
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  14
Green-winged Teal  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Northern Harrier  6
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  6
Rough-legged Hawk  4
Killdeer  10
Ring-billed Gull  50
Herring Gull  10
American Crow  24
Horned Lark  35
Tufted Titmouse  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
American Robin  X
European Starling  X
American Tree Sparrow  10
White-crowned Sparrow  1     First winter bird.
Song Sparrow  30
Northern Cardinal  4
Red-winged Blackbird  many hundreds
Rusty Blackbird  1
​Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
American Goldfinch  2
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