September 22, 2007 - West Island Walk

West Island State Reservation - September 22--
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Greater Yellowlegs
Tree Swallow
Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Catbird
Blue Jay
Black-throated Blue Warbler
American Crow
possible Blackpoll Warbler
possible Hairy Woodpecker
definitely probable falcon sp.

Gooseberry Island walk, September 16, 2007

An impromptu walk this a.m. on the chance that last night's cold front would bring a number of migrants proved to be less than expected. We had the following, Peregrine and Merlin, Whimbrel, several Loon flyovers, Indigo Bunting, Song Sparrow, Towhee, Common Yellowthroats, Red Breasted Nuthatch, Tree Swallows, Turnstones,House Wren, Cat birds, large flock of Cormorants with cool flight behavior Palm Warblers and a number of chilly Monarchs. Members present, Mike LaBossiere, Alice Morgan, and Mike Boucher joined us for the morning. An otherwise beautiful morning at Gooseberry just not as "Birdy" as we had hoped.

June 17, 2007 - Whip-poor-will Walk

Whip-poor-will Walk (a.k. Birds and Bees) - led by Mike LaBossiere

Myles Standish and environs

Seen: Mockingbird, Tree Swallow, Am. Robin, Bank Swallow (colony), Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird, Wood Duck (family), Mute Swan (family), Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Grey Catbird, Am. Goldfinch, Yellow Warbler (f), Baltimore Oriole (f), Cedar Waxwing, Great Blue Heron, Northern Cardinal, Com. Grackle,Canada Goose, Kildeer, Red-tailed Hawk (juv), Osprey, Barn Swallow, Pine Warbler, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Bl-c. Chickadee, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Towhee, Prairie Warbler, WHIP-POOR-WILL Heard: House Wren, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Common Yellowthroat, Hermit Thrush We were also "buzzed" by a hummingbird.Assuming Ruby-throated.

April 4, 2007

Cold, 30s', drizzly. Had the day off and went to all my spots.
Long Road--Pine Warbler having a territory skirmish with Yellow-Rumped Warbler.
Nothing at Shaw Road.
YMCA bridge -- Several Osprey fishing, group of all ages of Great Black-backed Gulls, Cormorants, Great Blue Herons.
Winsegansett -- Heard a big Oystercatcher racket going on. There were two pairs of them doing their piping tournament thing, squawking and flying in unison.
Thought I saw Snowy Owl, but turned out to be Great Egret. Lots of Dunlin, but no more Horned Larks.

Lots of goldfinches and house finches on the feeders today because of the rain. YELLOW

April 1, 2007

Sunny and nice. At Long Road, heard lots of Pine Warblers but they were too fast for pictures.
At Shaw Road lots of snipe and killdeer.

March 31, 2007

Merlin at Shaw Road on bike path. Lots of snipe in the fields. Went back the next day to check them out.

March 28, 2007

Stony Point Dike. Sunny, 50s but very windy. Borrowed back my old Olympus C2100. FZ15 broke.

4 oystercatchers, 2 osprey, lots of brant, a hawk, some dunlin and some plovers