This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 20th,
2014.
An immature-plumaged BLUE GROSBEAK was seen among a flock of over 50 INDIGO
BUNTINGS at Morrill’s Farm in Penacook on August 17th. If you bird Morrill’s
Farm, please respect private property and stay on the railroad tracks or
farm roads. The best place to park is north of the wastewater treatment
plant (then walk the tracks south), but note that this area is currently a
staging ground for the major construction in downtown Penacook – so be sure
to stay out of their way.
A possible immature-plumaged SUMMER TANAGER was reported from Chichester on
August 17th.
A MARBLED GODWIT was seen in Hampton Harbor on August 20th.
A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen and photographed on Lake Coniston in Croyden
on August 16th.
An immature WHITE IBIS was discovered at Awcomin Marsh in Rye on July 11th,
and was last reported on August 15th. It has most recently reported from the
Little River Saltmarsh in North Hampton, where a SNOWY EGRET x TRICOLORED
HERON hybrid was also seen.
An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON and a GLOSSY IBIS were reported from coastal
Rye on August 16th and 17th, and a FISH CROW and a GLOSSY IBIS were seen in
Hampton Harbor on August 16th.
A LEAST TERN was seen in Hampton on August 17th, and a ROSEATE TERN was seen
in coastal Rye on August 15th.
At least 2 MISSISSIPPI KITES have been seen regularly during the summer in
Newmarket, where they have nested during the past several years. They
successfully hatched and are currently raising a young MISSISSIPPI KITE!
2 SANDHILL CRANES have returned to their summering grounds in Monroe and are
raising a young SANDHILL CRANE. They can sometimes be seen in fields along
the Connecticut River nearly as far as 1-mile north of the town center and
also in fields along Plains Road. If you look for these birds, please do not
venture onto the farm fields, which are privately owned.
6 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the southern end of Chocorua Lake in Tamworth
on August 18th.
A BICKNELL’S THRUSH was seen on Mount Washington on August 16th.
A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was reported from Rumney on August 14th, and a CAPE
MAY WARBLER was reported from Tamworth on August 16th.
2 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were seen near the Mount Washington Regional
Airport in Whitefield on August 16th.
4 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS were reported from a private residence in West Rumney
on August 20th.
2 PURPLE MARTINS were seen from Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on August 14th.
A SORA was reported from McDaniel’s Marsh in Grafton on August 16th.
A BOREAL CHICKADEE was seen at Black Mountain in Jackson on August 14th.
A MERLIN was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord on August 15th and 18th.
Over 270 migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in Concord and over 100 were
seen in Hancock, all on August 19th.
A birder on a Granite State Whale Watch out of Rye Harbor reported seeing: 8
CORY’S SHEARWATERS, 14 GREAT SHEARWATERS, a MANX SHEARWATER, 5 WILSON’S
STORM-PETRELS, 2 GREAT CORMORANTS, and a BLACK GUILLEMOT on August 16th.
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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