* RBA
* Rhode Island
* Statewide 
* November 6, 2009
*  RIRI0911.06
 
- Birds mentioned:
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada  Goose
DICKCISSEL
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow
Eastern  Phoebe
EURASION WIGEON 
American Bittern
Lincoln's Sparrow
COMMON  RAVEN 
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Brant
Common Eider
Northern  Gannet
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
American  Oystercatcher
Ruddy Turnstone
Laughing Gull
Tree Swallow
Eastern  Meadowlark
Long-tailed Duck
American Pipit
Yellow-bellied  Sapsucker
Snow bunting
ICELAND GULL
Greater Yellowlegs
Merlin
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Blackpoll Warbler
Baltimore  Oriole
American Tree Sparrow
Winter Wren
Purple Finch
 
    date: November 6, 2009
(401)  949-5454 or 245-7500 ext 3052
to report: email to:  _DLSaint@aol.com_ (mailto:DLSaint@aol.com) 
coverage: statewide
compiler: Janice  St.Jean
transcriber: Janice St.Jean (_DLSaint@aol_ (mailto:DLSaint@aol) )
_www.asri.org_ (http://www.asri.org) 
 
Welcome to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island's bird alert for November  
6th,  2009.  This report covers  the period  from October  30th to November 
5th.   The next update will be in about one  week.
 
Two juvenile GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen with a flock of CANADA  
GEESE in Middletown on the 5th.  The birds were in a field along Green End  
Avenue, just east of Third beach Road.  Also in Middletown that day, in a  
weedy lot at the eastern end of Green End Ave, 1 DICKCISSEL, 1 "Ipswich"  
SAVANNAH SPARROW, and 1 EASTERN PHOEBE.
 
On the 2nd in Barrington, along Lakeshore Drive, 1 EURASION WIGEON was  
found.
 
An AMERICN BITTERN was seen at Easton's Pond in Newport on the 1st.
 
On the 4th, in Glocester, at Durfee Hill Management Area, 1 LINCOLN'S  
SPARROW and a COMMON RAVEN were observed.
 
At Winnipaug Pond salt marsh along Atlantic Avenue in Misquamicut, 1 GREAT  
EGRET was seen, and a SNOWY EGRET was seen at Avondale Preserve in Westerly 
on  the 3rd. 
 
On the 31st at Napatree Point in Westerly, 20 BRANT, 230 COMMON  EIDER,  1 
NORTHERN GANNET, 12 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED  PLOVERS, 11 
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, 4 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 2 LAUGHING GULLS, 1  TREE SWALLOW 
and 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK were recorded.
 
In Charlestown on the 3rd, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were observed in Ninigret  
Pond. 
 
At East Matunuck State Beach, 2 AMERICAN PIPITS and 2 "Ipswich" SAVANNAH  
SPARROWS were reported this past week.
 
In Tiverton, 2 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS were seen along Seapowet Ave, and  
a LINCOLN'S SPARROW was found at Pardon Gray Preserve on the 30th.   A  
SNOW BUNTING was observed at Little Compton Beach that day. 
 
Highlights from Block Island on the 30th included: 1 ICELAND GULL, 5  
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 25 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 3 GREAT EGRETS,  1 MERLIN, 10  TREE 
SWALLOWS, 3 RED-NECKED GREBES and 1 HORNED GREBE.
 
Miscellaneous reports this past week included: 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER near  
Brown University in Providence on the 4th, 1 BALTIMORE ORILE in Riverside on 
the  1st, an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW in Warren, a WINTER WREN on the 2nd at the 
Great  Swamp Management Area, and 2 PURPLE FINCHES in Exeter on the 2nd. 
 
The total species count for the year at the end of October was 315.   
(Thanks to Dave Gumbley for the statistics.)
 
That's all for this week, thank you for calling and good birding!
 
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