This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September
9th, 2009.
A LONG-TAILED JAEGER, a POMARINE JAEGER, 5 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 31 CORY'S
SHEARWATERS, 210 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 58 MANX SHEARWATERS, 940 GREATER
SHEARWATERS, 260 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 28 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 17
NORTHERN GANNETS, 148 COMMON TERNS, a GREAT CORMORANT, and a BLACK GUILLEMOT
were reported from a whale watch trip out of Rye Harbor on September 8th.
A MARBLED GODWIT was seen in Hampton Harbor on September 5th, 6th, and 7th.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at Moore Fields on Route 155A/Mast Road
in Durham on September 6th.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant
on September 9th, and 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, a RUDDY DUCK, and 8 BLUE-WINGED
TEAL were seen here on the 6th.
A PECTORAL SANDPIPER and 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen in Hampton
Harbor on September 6th. A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen in Plaice Cove in
Hampton on September 7th.
A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, and an AMERICAN BITTERN were reported from
Meadow Pond in Hampton on September 7th.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was reported from Star Island, one of the Isles of
Shoals located off of the New Hampshire coast, during the past week. 2
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, 3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, and 2
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS were reported from Star Island on September 5th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen on the rail trail adjacent to Keene State
Wildlife Management Area in Keene on September 4th. An OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER was seen nearby.
A CAPE MAY WARBLER, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, and an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER were seen in Penacook on September 5th and 6th. A
MOURNING WARBLER, and 80 INDIGO BUNTINGS were seen on Morrill's Farm in
Penacook on the 7th.
An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL was heard, and a CAPE MAY WARBLER and a BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER were seen, all at Odiorne Point State Park on September 6th.
A few migrant PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, WILSON'S WARBLERS and LINCOLN'S SPARROWS
were reported during the past week.
2 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS were reported from as far north as Wentworth's
Location on September 9th.
A GREAT CORMORANT was seen in Hillsborough on September 3rd.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration seems to have gone on a bit longer than expected,
with a few more good single-night counts including: 531 seen in Keene on
September 5th, 236 seen in Concord on September 4th, 178 from Westmoreland
on the 5th, 117 reported from Hancock on the 3rd, 40 in Peterborough on the
4th, and 28 in Concord on the 9th.
Two pairs of MISSISSIPPI KITES nested in Newmarket this spring and summer,
near the same two sites where they nested in 2008. One site is near South
Main Street west of the public school. The other site is along Gonet Road,
near where it loops back on itself, and a fledged chick was seen here
perched in a tree on September 6th. These birds are in residential areas and
if you look for them please remember to respect property rights and
individual privacy, and don't park illegally or block traffic.
HAWK migration is under way with 462 raptors already reported from the Pack
Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough since September 1st.
Be sure to visit the observatory this fall season to help out with the
count!
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:
[log in to unmask] 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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