This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 24th, 
2018.



There was an unconfirmed report of a MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD seen flying 
over Keene on September 20th, but it has not been relocated.



A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was photographed on the Androscoggin River in Gorham 
on August 2nd, has been seen almost every day since then, and was last 
reported on September 19th. The bird has been most commonly seen perched on 
orange safety buoys just above the Gorham Hydroelectric Station dam on Power 
House Road. This is also the site of the Gorham Transfer Station and there 
is signed River Access parking at the entrance, so park here and walk to the 
dam.



2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in a field along Ledge Farm Road in Nottingham, 
and 1 was seen flying over Nashua, all on September 21st.



A WESTERN KINGBIRD, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and a DICKCISSEL were all seen 
at Goss Farm in Rye on September 23rd.



A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at the Lamprey River Preserve in Durham on 
September 21st and 1 was seen near the Great Bog in Portsmouth on the 23rd.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, and a 
MOURNING WARBLER was seen at Awcomin Marsh in Rye, both on September 23rd.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen on September 20th, a CANADA WARBLER was 
seen on the 22nd, a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen on the 19th, and a 
WOOD THRUSH was reported on the 24th, all at NH Audubon’s Dahl Wildlife 
Sanctuary in Conway.



A WOOD THRUSH was reported from Rumney on September 18th, and an OLIVE-SIDED 
FLYCATCHER was reported from Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on the 17th.



Migrating ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 
and BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS were reported from scattered locations during the 
past week.



A DICKCISSEL, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were reported from Woodmont Orchard 
in Hollis on September 23rd, and a DICKCISSEL was heard flying over the 
Portsmouth Transfer Station on the 18th.



A LEAST BITTERN was reported from World End Pond in Salem on September 19th, 
and a GREAT EGRET was seen in Plainfield on the 22nd.



A group of birders took a cruise aboard the “Granite State” out of Rye 
Harbor on September 17th and reported the following highlights: 135 CORY'S 
SHEARWATERS, 5 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 18 NORTHERN GANNETS, 7 GREAT CORMORANTS, 4 
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, a WHIMBREL, 21 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a LAUGHING 
GULL, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 15 CASPIAN TERNS, a FORSTER'S TERN, 7 
POMARINE JAEGERS, and a BLACK GUILLEMOT. Another 12 CASPIAN TERNS were 
tallied from shore on the 17th.



An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was reported from Hampton Marsh on September 18th.



Migrating shorebirds reported from the coast on September 22nd included: 2 
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 254 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 6 KILLDEER, 1 SANDERLING, 1 
LEAST SANDPIPER, 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 75 
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 127 
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS



A late-migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in Westmoreland on September 
20th, and 2 were seen in Brookline on the 18th. 3 CHIMNEY SWIFTS were seen 
in Nashua on the 18th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors being counted daily at 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough. Pack 
Monadnock has reported over 5,000 raptors since September 1st. The majority 
of the raptors being seen at this time in the season are BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 
but over 75 BALD EAGLES have also been seen. Be sure to visit this 
observatory during this fall season to help out with the count!



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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