This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 14th, 
2017.



A BROWN PELICAN was seen off of Seabrook Beach August 8th. This is likely 
the same bird that has been reported irregularly for the last month.



A WILSON’S PHALAROPE was seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
August 9th, 10th, and 11th. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, and a LESSER SCAUP 
were also present. The treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation 
are 7:30-3:00 on weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the office and 
be out of the plant by 2:45 so that plant personnel do not have to ask 
birders to leave. Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the road. The 
Trails at Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are 
always open during daylight hours.



A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at the Charlestown Wastewater Treatment 
Plant on August 13th. A SEMIPALMATED PLOVER was also present.



An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was seen flying south off of Seabrook Beach on 
August 12th.



An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Meadow Pond in Hampton on August 
7th, and a juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Seabrook on 
August 13th.



2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen along the Merrimack River in 
Manchester on the 11th, and 2 were seen along the Nashua River in Nashua on 
the 13th.



A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at the Hanover Center Reservoir in Etna for several 
days during the past week and was last reported on August 9th. A flock of 10 
GLOSSY IBIS was seen in the Little River Salt Marsh in North Hampton on 
August 12th.



2 GREAT EGRETS were seen in Plainfield, one was seen in Conway, one was seen 
in Pinkham Notch, and one was reported from Bethlehem, all during the past 
week.



A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen in Hampton Marsh on August 14th.



2 STILT SANDPIPERS were seen in the Little River Salt Marsh in North Hampton 
on August 12th.



A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen along the coast on August 8th.

A SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen at the Lancaster Wastewater Treatment 
Plant on August 12th.



An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen with some KILLDEER in the fields at Runnymede 
Farm off of Route 111 in North Hampton during the past week.



There were several inland sightings of LEAST SANDPIPERS and SEMIPALMATED 
SANDPIPERS during the past week, and a DUNLIN was photographed in Orford on 
August 12th. Coastal shorebird sightings of note during the past week 
included small numbers of PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, RUDDY TURNSTONES, and 
SANDERLINGS.



10 LEAST TERNS were seen at Seabrook Beach and Hampton Harbor, all on August 
5th.



A ROSEATE TERN, 3 LAUGHING GULLS, 73 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, and 20 NORTHERN 
GANNETS were all seen off of the coast on August 12th.



2 BLACK GUILLEMOTS and 150 COMMON EIDER were seen at the Isles of Shoals on 
August 14th.



RED CROSSBILLS were reported from multiple locations during the past week 
including Errol, Effingham, Lempster, Washington, Bradford, and Hancock.



10 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported from the Trudeau Road wetlands area 
in Bethlehem, and several were reported from Errol, all during the past 
week.



A female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen at the boardwalk on the Mud Pond 
Trail at the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on August 
8th, and 3 GRAY JAYS and several WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen here on 
the 13th.



A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen in Sandwich on August 14th.



3 FISH CROWS were reported from Durham on August 13th, 3 were reported from 
Newmarket on the 13th, and 3 were seen in coastal Rye on the 6th.



4 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on August 9th.



29 PURPLE MARTINS were seen off of Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on August 
8th, and a pair was observed migrating south in Pittsfield on the 14th.



A COMMON SHELDUCK of unknown origin was photographed in Rye on August 13th. 
Speculation is that this may be an escaped captive-raised bird. However, 
there is also the possibility that this is a vagrant wild bird. The duck 
refuses to comment so we will probably never know its true origin, but it is 
free for all to admire.



This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
press 4 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: 
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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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