This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 17, 
2018.



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 15th. 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.



A female KING EIDER was found with a large flock of COMMON EIDER off of 
North Hampton State Beach on September 8th and 10th.



4 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen on Star Island in the Isles of Shoals on 
September 17th.



A CASPIAN TERN was seen flying off of Odiorne Point State Park on September 
15th.



An injured CORY’S SHEARWATER was seen in Hampton Harbor on September 16th.



A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on September 15th.



2 BLACK GUILLEMOTS were seen at Rye Harbor on September 15th.



An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in coastal Rye during the past week 
and was last reported on September 13th.



2 LEAST BITTERNS were reported from the River Road boat launch in Henniker 
on September 16th.



A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in coastal Seabrook, and a 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Nashua, both on September 13th.



An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a WHIMBREL were seen flying off of Odiorne 
Point State Park in Rye on September 15th.



A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were seen at the Charlestown 
Wastewater Treatment Plant on September 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th. If 
visiting the Plant please stay behind the fence, and do not park along the 
access road or near the entrance to the road. There is public parking at the 
end of Lower Landing Road.



A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at the Rochester 
Wastewater Treatment Plant on September 14th. The treatment plant is gated 
and the hours of operation are 7:30-3:00 on weekdays. Access is on-foot 
only, so if you visit, please park your car and check in at the office. You 
must 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. The 
Trails at Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are 
always open during daylight hours.



A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at Plaice Cover in Hampton on September 12th.



A “WESTERN” WILLET was seen in coastal Rye just south of Odiorne Point State 
Park on September 11th, and a NELSON’S SPARROW was seen here on the 15th.



A HORNED GREBE and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen at the Wilder boat ramp on 
the Connecticut River on September 13th.



A DICKCISSEL was photographed at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on September 
16th, and a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was seen here several times during the past 
week.



A DICKCISSEL was heard in Sandwich on September 16th.



A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at NH Audubon’s Dahl Wildlife Sanctuary in 
Conway on September 17th, 1 was seen near the summit of Pack Monadnock in 
Peterborough on the 13th, and 1 was reported from the Woodridge recreational 
fields on Fogg Drive in Durham on the 16th.



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



A RED CROSSBILL was seen in Jaffrey on September 15th.



Single migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from Concord and Alton, and 
3 were seen in Wilton, all during the past week.



30 AMERICAN KESTRELS were seen around the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Swanzey 
on September 12th.



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 2,000 raptors since September 1st. The majority 
of the raptors being seen at this time in the season are BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 
but over 50 BALD EAGLES have also been seen. Be sure to visit this 
observatory during this fall season to help out with the count!



There was an unconfirmed report of 2 SANDHILL CRANES seen in a field along 
Ledge Farm Road in Nottingham on September 16th.



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: 
[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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