For the next 3-4 weeks, while the world is on hold, we will keep a daily count of the birds we see while escaping the confines of walls.
Great highlights include: Chipping Sparrow, Marsh Wren, Iceland Gulls (20+).
Total Species: 60
Locations: Race Point, First Encounter, Minot and Glades, Musquashicut Pond, backyard.
Sunday – April 5, 2020
- American Robin
- American Goldfinch
- Blue Jay
- Northern Cardinal
- Dark-Eyed Junco
- Eastern Phoebe
- Carolina Wren
- Black-Capped Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Mourning Dove
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Common Raven
- Carolina Wren
- Pine Warbler
- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Canada Goose
- Song Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- White-Throated Sparrow
- White-Breasted Nuthatch
- Mute Swan
- Red-Tailed Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- Great Blue Heron
- Gray Catbird
- Herring Gull
- Great Black-Backed Gull
- Lesser Black-Backed Gull
- Ring-Billed Gull
- Iceland Gull
- Brant
- Bufflehead
- Common Eider
- Surf Scoter
- Black Scoter
- White-Winged Scoter
- Great Cormorant
- Red-Breasted Merganser
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Red-Throated Loon
- Northern Gannet
- American Black Duck
- Horned Lark
Saturday – April 4, 2020
- American Robin
- American Goldfinch
- Blue Jay
- Northern Cardinal
- Dark-Eyed Junco
- Eastern Phoebe
- Black-Capped Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Mourning Dove
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Carolina Wren
- Pine Warbler
- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- Canada Goose
- Song Sparrow
- Chipping Sparrow
- White-Throated Sparrow
- White-Breasted Nuthatch
- Marsh Wren
- Mute Swan
- Red-Tailed Hawk
- Turkey Vulture
- Osprey
- Herring Gull
- Great Black-Backed Gull
- Ring-Billed Gull
- Iceland Gull
- Bonaparte’s Gull
- Brant
- Mallard
- Harlequin Duck
- Bufflehead
- Common Eider
- Surf Scoter
- Great Cormorant
- Red-Breasted Merganser
- Common Merganser
- Common Goldeneye
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Red-Necked Grebe
- Rock Pigeon
- Killdeer
- Common Loon
- Northern Gannet
- American Black Duck
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Mockingbird