http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/ RIBIRDS Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:35:09 GMT DLSaint@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3926 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3926 * RBA * Rhode Island * Statewide * October 11, 2008 * RIRI0810.11 - Birds mentioned: Yellow-breasted Chat CONNECTICUT WARBLER Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:11:34 GMT Philip Budlong http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3925 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3925 Birding today with Bob Jones, Paul L'Etoile, Kathy Patric and Scott Tsagarakis at Westerly Land Trust's Avondale Farm Preserve: 2 Great Blue Herons, 1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:17:16 GMT DLSaint@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3924 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3924 In Cumberland, near Resurrection Cemetery along West Wrentham Road, 1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER, 3 PALM WARBLERS, 6 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:09:08 GMT Greg Sargeant http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3923 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3923 The Kestrel continues at Bold Point this morning. No sign of the other falcons. There were lots of resident birds but few migrants. Video of the Kestrel Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:42:30 GMT Greg Sargeant http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3922 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3922 There was a good mix of falcons at Bold Point this morning: At 8am A Peregrine Falcon was hunting over the paved road past the yellow gate. The falcon stooped Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:09:39 GMT eric88kp http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3921 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3921 Set out at 7 AM, and had an amazing morning of birding. Saw way more than I expected to. White-throat numbers are way up, I counted 30, there could have been Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:37:59 GMT Greg Sargeant http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3920 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3920 Bold Point, East Providence: 7:30-9:00am: Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, House Wren, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:34:33 GMT DLSaint@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3919 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3919 Kathy Patric, Linda Gardrel and I went to Block Island for the day. The highlight was a GRAY-CHEEKED (type) THRUSH at the north end. It popped up from the Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:41:30 GMT Philip Budlong http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3918 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3918 On an ASRI Kimball Refuge Tuesday group walk at Trustom Pond NWR, Matunuck: 4 Pied-billed Grebes, 2 Great Blue Herons, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Ruddy Ducks, Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:55:36 GMT Peter Capobianco http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3917 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3917 I haven't had a chance to go through everything yet, but I thought some of you might like to see the Lark Sparrow and Philadelphia Vireo photos. Lark Sparrow: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:41:49 GMT Greg Sargeant http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3916 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3916 At 5:15pm a Merlin was perched on a rooftop on North Brow St. between Warren and Waterman Ave. From 5:30-6pm at Bold Point there were large numbers and a good Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:36:52 GMT Peter Capobianco http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3915 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3915 Today Jack Sullivan, Hugh Willoughby, and I returned from Block Island on the 3PM boat. The weekend was pretty good overall, we had numbers of birds and a Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:39:07 GMT Michael W. Kieron http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3914 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3914 Hi all, I lead a pair of family nature walks in Roger Williams Park this morning (about 35 attending). The trip was around the shores of Polo and Pleasure Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:51:30 GMT Mike Tucker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3913 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3913 I spent most of the morning birding George Washington Management Area and Pulaski Memorial Forest in Glocester and Burrillville. I came across several flocks Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:30:30 GMT Michelle Lynn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3912 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RIBIRDS/message/3912 I watched some interesting bird behavior yesterday between 2 juvenile Great Blue Herons at Ninigret Pond in Charlestown. I documented this behavior through a