This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, September 
20th, 2007.



A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Facility on 
September 15th. It was seen in the company of 2 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, but has 
not been reported again since that day.



A RED PHALAROPE was seen at the Rochester Waste Water Treatment Plant on 
September 14th but has not been relocated since then. A CATTLE EGRET, 4 
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS, a DUNLIN, a female NORTHERN SHOVELER, and a female 
NORTHERN PINTAIL were seen at the Rochester Waste Water Treatment Plant on 
September 15th. 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. At the Trails 
at Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, there were 2 BLACK-CROWNED 
NIGHT-HERONS. Pickering Ponds are not gated, and are always open during 
daylight hours.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
September 15th. A near-adult plumaged LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen from 
the wooden bridge on Route 1A at the north end of Odiorne also on the 15th.



A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen in the Post Office fields in Concord on 
September 18th and 19th. It was seen along the east edge of the fields that 
are located behind the Concord Post Office on the south side of Loudon Road 
(Route 9). Another CONNECTICUT WARBLER was reported as having landing on a 
fishing boat that put out of Hampton Harbor on September 17th.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen in farm fields located off of Squamscott 
Road in Stratham on September 16th. Also present in the area were a 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and 10 BOBOLINKS.



A COMMON MOORHEN was seen at the setbacks on the Connecticut River in 
Hinsdale on September 18th. Also present were 4 WILSON'S WARBLERS.



A WESTERN SANDPIPER was located among over 1,000 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS on 
Seabrook Beach on September 15th.



10 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at Pease 
International Tradeport near the Pease Golf Course on September 16th.



5 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen in the fields next to Horseshoe Pond in 
Concord on September 15th.



A NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was seen in low shrubs and grass located on 
the west side of Horseshoe Pond in Concord on September 18th. Also present 
were 9 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and an AMERICAN BITTERN.



An UPLAND SANDPIPER, 35 AMERICAN PIPITS, and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW were 
reported from farm fields in East Conway on September 18th.



A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at West Foss Farm in Durham on September 
17th.



3 GREATER SHEARWATERS were reported off the coast on September 19th, and at 
least 12 NORTHERN GANNETS were seen migrating south off the coast on the 
15th.



89 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were reported from along the coast on September 
17th. A mix of over 260 GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS was reported from 
Meadow Pond in Hampton on the 19th.



2 FOX SPARROWS were seen on the shores of Lake Umbagog on September 19th.



HAWK migration is under way with 8,358 raptors already reported from the 
Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough since September 
1st. Peak flight days during the past week were September 16th with 2,766 
raptors counted, and September 17th, with 2,543 counted. Be sure to visit 
the observatory to help out with the count!



This message is also available by phone recording: call 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 tape 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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