This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 
2nd, 2009.



A DICKCISSEL was found at Moore Fields on Route 155A/Mast Road in Durham on 
August 31st and seen again on September 1st.



A BLACK TERN and 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were reported from along the 
coast on August 29th.



8 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 308 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 43 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, a MANX 
SHEARWATER, 229 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 38 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a GREAT 
CORMORANT were reported from a whale watch trip out of Rye Harbor on August 
30th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment 
Plant on August 31st. 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.



A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at Ragged Neck in Rye on August 30th.



A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at the 
Canterbury Sod Farms, located on the west side of Route 93 off of Exit 18 on 
August 28th. The BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen again on the 29th, 30th 
and 31st. An AMERICAN BITTERN has also been reported from the wetland here.



A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen at Moore 
Fields on Route 155A/Mast Road in Durham on August 30th, and again on August 
31st, and September 1st. 21 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen here on August 
29th, and there were several other shorebird species seen during the past 
week including SANDERLING, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and 
LEAST SANDPIPER. A high count of 80 KILLDEER was tallied on August 30th.



A RED KNOT, a WESTERN SANDPIPER, a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, and a BAIRD'S 
SANDPIPER were all seen at north end of Hampton Beach on August 30th.



A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and an AMERICAN 
BITTERN were reported from Meadow Pond in Hampton on August 31st.



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 this pair was seen feeding a nearly 
fledged chick as recently as August 31st. 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.



A SNOWY OWL was seen in New Hampton on August 27th and again on September 
1st.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Penacook on August 30th, and one was 
reported from the trails at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center on August 
28th.



2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS, and 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS were 
reported from the Keene Wildlife Management Area on August 31st.



A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was reported from Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on 
September 1st.



A TENNESSEE WARBLER, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, and a RUBY -CROWNED 
KINGLET were all reported from Nelson on September 2nd.



7 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and 6 BOREAL CHICKADEES were reported from near 
Shoal Pond in the Pemigewasset Wilderness on September 1st, and a 
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, a BOREAL CHICKADEE, and a flock of RUSTY BLACKBIRDS 
were all reported from the Lake Umbagog area on August 29th.



COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration is wrapping up with a few more good single-night 
counts including: 330 reported from Keene on September 2nd, 120 reported 
from Keene on September 1st, 49 from Nashua, also on the 1st, 539 in Keene 
on August 31st, 60 in Hampton, also on the 31st, 100 from Nashua on the 
30th, 54 from Concord on the 30th, and smaller numbers reported from other 
locations during the past week.



HAWK migration is under way with 28 raptors already reported from the Pack 
Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough on September 1st. Be 
sure to visit the observatory this fall season to help out with the count!



A NUTMEG MANNIKIN, an escaped exotic bird, and probably someone's pet, was 
seen and photographed in Francestown on August 30th.



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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