Brief touchdown in Rhode Island

I've been back for a few weeks and in two weeks I leave again. Busy trying to pack and learn the birds (by drawing them) I found out today, that I was working from an outdated list -- so I have @30 birds drawn I don't need and @100 I need to draw and fit into the current scheme, so I spent most of today reconciling the lists and getting reference photos to draw from. I'm tired already.

Still I've been out with the birds most mornings. So here's what's been happening.

Finishing out a chilly April -- I haven't done a beach sit at Quonnie yet. But saw some old friends around.

Chipping Sparrow

Eastern Bluebird

A very stealthy Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron at Succotash Marsh

This Caspian Tern (and a friend) showed up at Wesquage Pond while I was in Florida -- and disappeared for a few days when I got back -- was happy to see it showed up again.

I don't usually see Eastern Towhee perched at the top of a tree -- usually they are foraging in leaf litter.

At Quonnie

My First Beach Sit at Quonnie started with this Mink in the Breachway

and I spent a bunch of time at the point with these Piping Plover fighting the wind!

White-throated Sparrow

Osprey

Succotash Marsh

Osprey

Willet

Gray Catbird

Ninigret NWR

White-eyed Vireo

Brown Headed Cowbird

Atlantic Avenue

Least Sandpiper

Succotash Marsh

Pectorial Sandpiper

Snowy Egret

Boyd's Lane Marsh

Glossy Ibis

Succotash Marsh

Short-billed Dowitcher (First of year)

Killdeer with chicks

Least Sandpiper

South Kingstown Land Trust

Osprey (with House Sparrow)

On the Gator - Northern House Wren

Quonnie

Eastern Towhee

Northern Yellow Warbler

Least Sandpiper

Subtown Road

Indigo Bunting

South Kingstown Land Trust Gator Tour

Wild Turkey

Chipping Sparrow

Tree Swallow

Orchard Oriole

Song Sparrow

Morning car sit at Quonnie

Northern Yellow Warbler

Black-bellied Plover

Great Egret

Merlin looking for breakfast!

A bit of a rainy morning yielded some nice birds between the raindrops --

Roaring Brook

Eastern Phoebe

Female Red-winged Blackbird

The eleusive Ovenbird

Being eleusive...

Common Yellowthroat

Buckeye Brook Road

Veery

Great Crested Flycatcher

Succotash Marsh - Foggy!

Snowy Egrets in a mating dance

Least Sandpiper

Tricolored Heron & Snowy Egret

Tricolored Heron

Nice way to send the week! Next post will likely be more bird art preparing for Brazilian Amazon, than RI birds, but I will be birding here, so you never know! Just hoping for less FOG!