Wednesday, March 26, 2014





 
Horned Grebe    Prudence Island    photographed from a boat    Photo by Geoff Dennis

Monday, March 3, 2014

Rufous/Allen's Hummingbirds outside of Little Compton, RI.  Photos by Geoff Dennis.

Sunday, March 2, 2014


Little Compton Rufous/Allens-type hummingbirds, 1998-2002. Photos by Geoff Dennis.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Calliope Hummingbirds in RI
 
 





Two immature Calliope Hummingbirds at the same flower garden (same salvia plant) in late October 2013 in Little Compton. Both birds a first record for RI. Both appeared the same day, 21 October. The bird with the black neck, which we called Cut-throat, departed 29 October on a strong southwest wind, so likely continued east. Clear-throat was displaced 6 November by a late Ruby-throated Hummingbird that appeared 5 November. That bird departed 13 November, the day after the season’s first measurable snowfall.  Photos by Geoff Dennis.
 



Rufous/Allen’s-type hummingbird on 11 November 1996 in Little Compton. Rhode Island's second recorded R/A-type hummingbird. Slide scan. Photo by Geoff Dennis.


Rufous/Allen’s-type Hummingbird in mid-October 1995 in Little Compton. Rhode Island’s first recorded R/A-type Hummingbird. Print negative strip scan. Photo by Geoff Dennis.