This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 14th, 
2009.



A PACIFIC LOON was reported from Ragged Neck in Rye on October 9th.



A DICKCISSEL was seen near the railroad tracks on Great Bay Road in 
Greenland on October 11th, and again on the 14th, and one was seen on the 
corner of River Road and Route 108 in Stratham on October 11th.



A BLACK VULTURE was reported flying over downtown Newmarket on October 10th.



A COMMON MOORHEN was seen on Powwow Pond in Kingston on October 11th, and an 
AMERICAN COOT, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL and 4 PIED-BILLED GREBES were seen here on 
the 10th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in Rye Harbor on October 10th.



A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 13 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and a COMMON 
NIGHTHAWK were all seen from Island Path in Hampton on October 6th.



3 NORTHERN SHOVELERS and an AMERICAN COOT were seen on Eel Pond in Rye on 
October 11th.



160 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on Cherry Pond in Jefferson, and 85 were seen on 
Great Bay, all on October 14th.



Birders on a Whale Watch to Jeffrey's Ledge out of Rye on October 11th 
reported 17 NORTHERN FULMARS, a CORY'S SHEARWATER, and 3 GREATER 
SHEARWATERS. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and an ICELAND GULL were seen on a 
cruise on the 10th.



2 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the dam on Upper Kimball Pond in South Chatham 
on October 9th, and one was reported from Hancock on the 11th.



An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL was reported from Exeter on October 14th and a 
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was heard in Temple on the 8th.



2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen at The Nature Conservancy's Lubberland Creek 
Preserve in Newmarket on October 11th.



2 SPRUCE GROUSE were reported from the Little Cherry Pond trail at the 
Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on October 8th.



8 GRAY JAYS and 5 BOREAL CHICKADEES were reported from Pittsburg on October 
8th, and 3 GRAY JAYS were seen on Greenough Pond Road in Errol on the 9th.



30 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at the wetlands mitigation project on Old Mill 
Road in Lee on October 12th, and 30 HORNED LARKS were seen in the fields at 
Horseshoe Pond in Concord on the 10th.



A number of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were reported during the past week.



HAWK migration is under way with 6,062 raptors, including 44 BALD EAGLES, 
reported from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in 
Peterborough since September 1st. The biggest single-day counts to date were 
2,129 raptors on September 16th, and 715 raptors on the 21st. NH Audubon is 
again operating a second raptor observatory at Carter Hill Orchard in 
Concord, and its biggest single day was also on the 16th with over 300 
raptors. Be sure to visit both observatories 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: 
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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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