This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, November 2nd, 
2015.



6 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from the Carter Hill Hawk Watch platform in 
Concord on October 27th. They were migrating south and have not been 
reported again.



A CATTLE EGRET continues to be seen at Great Bay Farm in Greenland and was 
last reported on November 1st.



A LONG-EARED OWL was seen at Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on October 28th.



A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in Hampton Marsh, north of Hampton Harbor on 
October 30th.



A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on October 31st, and 
November 1st, and 1 was reported from Bradford Lane in Enfield on October 
31st.



A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on October 31st, 
and 1 was reported from south of Conway in the White Mountains on November 
1st.



3 SNOW GEESE and 3 SNOW BUNTINGS were reported from Pack Monadnock in 
Peterborough on October 28th.



A male and a probable female EURASIAN WIGEON were seen, as well as a REDHEAD 
on Great Bay on November 1st.



A NORTHERN FULMAR, a CORY’S SHEARWATER, 25 unidentified SHEARWATERS, an 
ICELAND GULL, and 3 probable RAZORBILLS were seen along the coast on October 
28th. A RAZORBILL was seen from Seabrook Beach on October 31st.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in Rye on November 1st.



A RED KNOT was seen at Hampton Harbor on October 31st.



8 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were reported from coastal Rye on October 27th.



2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a WILSON’S SNIPE, and 4 KILLDEER were seen at Moore 
Fields on Route 155A in Durham on October 31st.





2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS 
were reported from Hampton Marsh during the past week.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was reported from Wilton on October 27th, 1 was seen on 
Base Station Road in Bretton Woods on the 29th, and 1 was seen in Twin 
Mountain on the 31st.



A flock of about 10 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen along the Zealand Pond trail 
in the White Mountains on October 31st.



15 RED CROSSBILLS were seen along Base Station Road in Bretton Woods, and a 
BOREAL CHICKADEE was reported from the Caps Ridge trailhead on Jefferson 
Notch Road, all on October 29th.



A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was reported from the Trudeau Road area in 
Bethlehem on October 31st.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at New Hampshire Audubon’s Silk Farm 
Sanctuary in Concord on October 31st, and 1 was seen at the Goss Farm 
Conservation Area in Rye on November 1st.



A NORTHERN PARULA was seen in Pittsfield on November 1st.



An AMERICAN COOT was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord on November 2nd, 2 
were seen at Mines Falls in Nashua on the 1st, and 1 was seen on Eel Pond in 
Rye on November 1st.



3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on Lower Kimball Pond in Chatham on October 
26th, a BLACK SCOTER was seen in Newport from October 27th to the 31st, and 
a RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Lake Winnipesauke on October 30th.



There were scattered reports of SNOW BUNTINGS and COMMON REDPOLLS from 
various locations during the past week.



A flock of 75 TURKEY VULTURES was seen circling over Newmarket on November 
1st.



RAPTOR migration has slowed, and the daily counting is tapering off at the 
Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and at the 
Carter Hill Observatory in Concord. Pack Monadnock has now tallied more than 
19,300 raptors since September 1st, and Carter Hill has counted over 8,645 
raptors since September 1st.



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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