It's MAY!

May is THE Birder's month! We love it, but run around exhausted from constantly birding, so we see everything that comes to the state. Here was the beginning of my month.

Greater Yellowlegs in Misquamicut State Beach Parking lot

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Barn Swallow

Northern Gannett

Sanderling

Altantic Avenue Coyote

Piping Plover in Misquamicut State Beach Parking Lot

Tuesday I headed up north to Kent and Foster and worked my way back down home.

Red Squirell

Wild Turkeys -- and they were WILD!

Canada Geese Family

Least Sandpiper

Snowy Egret

My first photo of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird at my fancy new feeder

Wednesday was a walk day in Trustom Pond. A beautiful day for a stroll and communing with birds.

Tree Swallows

TONS of Yellow Warblers

White-eyed Vireo

Eastern Towhee

Bunny!

A bit of a rainy day followed so I stayed closer to home and it paid off...

Willet

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

The Summer Tanager is back in town and hanging out with a pair of Scarlet Tanagers -- just a blaze of red in Newport!

Scarlet Tanager

Summer Tanager (note the less bold wing bars)

Savannah Sparrow

Mallard

Saturday proved beautiful as well from Charlestown to West Kingston.

Red Squirrel

Eastern Towhee

Eastern Phoebe

Chipping Sparrow

Yellow Warblers out in force.

Pine Warbler with spider web in its beak for nest building

Brown Headed Cowbird

Gray Catbird

Killdeer being chased by a Willet

Close up on t he Killdeer

The Culprit

Least Sandpiper

Next up -- my New Jersey trip!