Recent Sightings List (2009-2010)

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August 20^th: Red Tailed Hawk, Crow, Great Blue Heron 

August 18^th: Wild Turkey, Swans, Cormorant 

August 17^th: Green Heron, Ruby throated Hummingbird, Common Yellowthroat, Kingbird, Marsh Wren, Osprey 

August 16^th: Great Blue Heron, Green Heron 

August 10^th: Robin, Flicker, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Cardinal, Catbird, Carolina Wren, Chickadee, Mourning Dove, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Towhee, Barn Swallow 

July 15^th: Osprey

July 10^th: Black-crowned Night Heron, Eastern Pheobe 

July 6^th: Eastern Towhee 

June 30^th: Eastern Pheobe, Cedar Waxwings, Painted Lady butterflies 

June 13^th: Eastern Kingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Towhee 

June 12^th: Great Blue Heron 

May 31^st: Least Bittern, Green Heron, Black Crowned Night Heron, Eastern Towhee, Goldfinch, Cardinal, Osprey 

May 30^th: Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow, Cardinal, Red-wing Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, House Finch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Double crested Cormorant, Snowy Egret, Mallard, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Black-bellied Plover, Piping Plover, Killdeer, Willet, Dunlin, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mourning Dove, Willow Flycatcher, Blue Jay, Crow, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Robin, Catbird, Mockingbird, Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler

May 25^th: Yellow Warblers, Male Redstart, Red-winge Blackbird, Song Sparrow, White-eyed Vireo, Robin, Tree Swallow 

May 22^nd: Swans, Northern Oriole, Common Yellowthroat Warbler, Green Heron, Great Egret

May 21^st: Redstart, Catbird, Northern Flicker, Great Blue Heron (white phase), Eastern Towhees 

May 17^th: Great White Egret

May 16^th: Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blu Heron, Great Egret, Green Heron, Glossy Ibis, Canada Goose, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Phoebe, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, American Robin, European Starling, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Towhee, Song Sparrow, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow

May 12^th: Geese with goslings at the Pond - Be Careful! 

May 10^th: Night Heron at Red Maple Swamp 

May 8^th: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

May 4^th: Green Heron, Bobolink

May 1^st: Nuthatch, Kingfisher, Green Heron

April 19^th: Northern Pintail

April 4^th: Harlequin Duck (at Sachuest Pt.), Red Breasted Mergansers, Buffleheads, Song Sparrows, Common Loon, Robin 

March 21^st: Canada Goose, Turkey Vulture, Wood Duck, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Common Merganser, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Mourning Dove, Double Crested Cormorant, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, House Finch, House Sparrow, Starling, Robin, Carolina Wren, Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch 

March 18^th: Cardinal, Song Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Red Winged Blackbird, Chickadee, Crow, Bufflehead (female) 

March 7^th: Canada Goose, Mallard, Red Tail Hawk, Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Mourning Dove, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jay, American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Chickadee, Titmouse, Grackle, Brown creeper, Carolina Wren, House Finch, House Sparrow, Robin, Starling, Cedar Waxwing 

February 21^st: Canada Goose, Mourning Dove, Cooper's Hawk, Chickadee, Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Finch, House Sparrow, Robin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, European Starling

February 13^th CT River Eagles Trip: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, American Black Duck, Mallard, Canvasback, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Great Cormorant, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, BLack-Capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, White-breasted Nuthatch, Golden Crown Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, House Sparrow, House Finch, Common Grackle, Cardinal, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, Great Black Backed Gull, Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Red-Tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier

February 7^th:  Canada Goose, Common Eider, Black Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Red Breasted Merganser, Common Loon, American Crow, Fish Crow, Herring Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Great-Black-Backed Gull, Merlin

February 3^rd: Cooper's Hawk 

January 26^th: (Third Beach area) Common Loon, Red Breasted Merganser, Black Duck, Canada Geese, Sanderling, Horned Grebe, Ring billed Gull, Herring Gull, American Crow, Surf Scooter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Song Sparrow, Starling, Cardinal, House Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Black Capped Chickadee, White breasted Nuthatch, White Throated Sparrow, Dark eyed Junco, Downy Woodpecker, Commone Eider, Yellow Warbler

January 16^th: Red-bellied Woodpecker calling in orchard 

January 14^th: Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Red Tail Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk  

January 10^th: Canada Goose, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, American Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling 

January 9^th Winter Rarities Trip (Appanoug, Turners Reservoir, Seekonk River, Tiogue Lake, Ashaway, Ninegret and Trustom): Red-Throated Loon, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Tundra Swan, Gadwall, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Redhead, Ring-neck Duck, Common Eider, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Barrows Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Black Vulture, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Merlin, American Coot, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Tree Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow 

January 5^th: Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Eastern Towhee, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Chickadee