A male Sachem at Great Swamp MA.
A Northern Watersnake at Burlingame MA.
A male Boat-tailed Grackle at the Charlestown Breachway. A rare vagrant to RI. Besides the clear size difference, it did vocalize a bit to confirm the ID.
Photo 1: Boat-tailed Grackle (left) with a Common Grackle
Photo 2: Boat-tailed Grackle (left), Common Grackle (middle) and Red-winged Blackbird (right)
Photo 3: Common Grackle (left) and Boat-tailed Grackle (right)
Dwarf Ginseng at Burlingame Management Area.
There were thousands of American Toad tadpoles in the pond at Burlingame Management Area.
A male Hooded Warbler at Burlingame Management Area.
A Bumble Flower Beetle at Burlingame Management Area.
A Blister Beetle, Lytta aenea, at Burlingame Management Area.
Marsh Marigold at Trustom Pond NWR.
Some Wood Anemone at Trustom Pond NWR.
A Hoverfly (Toxomerus geminatus) on a Wood Anemone blossom at Trustom Pond NWR.
A White-M Hairstreak at Burlingame Management Area. Could see the blue dorsal side as it was flying away. On the RI state Natural Heritage List.
A Harvester at Burlingame Management Area.
A Black-throated Green Warbler at Burlingame Management Area.
A Juvenal's Duskywing at Burlingame Management Area.
A pair of Spring Azures at Trustom Pond NWR.
A nesting Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Trustom Pond NWR.
A Winter Firefly in the trail among the pines at East Beach.
A Red-breasted Nuthatch in the pines along East Beach.
A pair of White-winged Scoters off East Beach.
A male Hairy Woodpecker at the feeders in Trustom Pond NWR.
A Barred Owl at Trustom Pond NWR.
A Fox Sparrow at Trustom Pond NWR.
A Splendid Earth Boring Beetle at Trustom Pond NWR.
A Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Trustom Pond NWR's feeders.
A Swamp Sparrow at Trustom Pond NWR.
A group of Red Crossbills at East Beach in Charlestown RI.
A group of about a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls flew overhead at Trustom Pond NWR.
