Rare Bird Alert

This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 1st, 2010.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen from Little Boar's Head in North Hampton on August 25th.

A FORSTER’S TERN, and 2 BONAPARTE’S GULLS were reported from Lake Massabesic in Auburn on August 25th.

4 FORSTER'S TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on August 26th. A FORSTER’S TERN and 100 COMMON TERNS were seen at Dover Point in Dover on August 28th.

A BLACK TERN and a flock of 28 EASTERN KINGBIRDS were reported from the Connecticut River in Hinsdale on August 25th.

A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was reported from Baboosic Lake in Merrimack on August 28th.

2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were seen in Seabrook on the beach located just to the north of the Yankee Fisherman's Cooperative public access fishing area on August 26th.

A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 40 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 100 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 50 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 20 WILLETS, 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 100 SANDERLINGS, over 1,000 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and 50 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were reported from Hampton Harbor on August 28th.

3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were reported from the salt pannes at the end of Landing Road in Hampton on August 28th.

An UPLAND SANDPIPER, and an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were reported from the Canterbury Sod Farms, located west of Route 93 at Exit 18, on August 25th.

4 WHIMBRELS were seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on August 28th.

2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were seen in Amherst on August 30th.

Highlights of migrant warbler reports during the past week included 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS in Freedom on August 27th, a MOURNING WARBLER in Hancock on the 24th, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and a BLACKPOLL WARBLER in Webster on the 31st, a WILSON’S WARBLER in Effingham on the 28th, and a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER in Durham on the 26th.

Migrant TENNESSEE WARBLER sightings during the past week included one in Webster on the August 24th, 5 in Freedom on the 26th, one in Hanover on the 31st, and one in Keene on September 1st.

A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in Keene on August 27th, and one was seen in Freedom on the 26th.

Migrant OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER reports during the past week included one in Sullivan on August 25th, one in Effingham on the 28th, one in Freedom on the 24th, and one in Amherst on the 30th. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen in Webster on August 31st.

A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was seen in Freedom on August 26th.

A SPRUCE GROUSE, a GRAY JAY, 4 BOREAL CHICKADEES, and 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS were seen in Pittsburg on August 28th.

An EVENING GROSBEAK was reported from Effingham on August 28th.

A PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen in Chester on August 24th, and one was seen in Pittsfield on the 31st.

Inland reports of GREAT EGRETS during the past week included 1 in Weare, and 1 in Derry, both on August 26th.

COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration continues with reports of 52 in Keene on August 26th, 125 in Keene on the 31st, 66 in Concord on the 29th, 49 in Concord on September 1st, and smaller numbers from scattered locations during the past week.

RAPTOR migration is under way with 152 raptors already reported from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough since August 24th. Be sure to visit the observatory this fall season to help out with the count!

A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Hampton on August 28th, and one was seen in Portsmouth on the 29th.

This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: birdsetc@nhaudubon.org. Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon web site, www.nhaudubon.org

Thanks very much and good birding.

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