This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 27th, 
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 the 27th. 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 adult SANDHILL CRANES were seen foraging with a juvenile SANDHILL CRANE in 
the fields opposite the cemetery along Plains Road  in Monroe on August 
21st.



A pair of MISSISSIPPI KITES with a chick was seen in a nest near Madbury 
Road in Durham on July 26th, and was most recently reported on August 26th. 
To try to see the Durham birds, park at the Durham Town Library, walk out to 
the road and watch overhead for soaring KITES. Two additional nests, each 
with a chick being fed by 2 adult birds, were discovered in Newmarket and 
Stratham and were last reported on the 26th.



A DICKCISSEL was reported from Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on August 23rd.



3 CASPIAN TERNS were seen along the coast in North Hampton on August 27th, 
and 1 was reported from Hampton Marsh on the 21st.



A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at the Charlestown Wastewater Treatment Plant 
on August 25th and 26th. 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 boat launch area at the end of Lower Landing 
Road.



A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen on Mount Moosilauke in Benton on August 21st.



A STILT SANDPIPER was seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
August 24th. 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. The Trails at 
Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are always 
open during daylight hours.



 A MARBLED GODWIT, 2 RED KNOTS, a STILT SANDPIPER, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED 
GULL were seen in Hampton Harbor on August 25th.



3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were seen in Hampton Marsh on August 24th.



2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS and 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen at Plaice Cove 
in Hampton on August 25th and 26th.



A SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER was seen at Morrill’s Farm in Concord, and 1 was seen 
at Horseshoe Pond in Merrimack, both on August 21st.



A juvenile BLACK GUILLEMOT was seen in Hampton Harbor on August 25th.



8 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were seen in Hampton Harbor on August 25th.



An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in coastal North Hampton on August 
24th, 25th, and 26th.



2 LEAST BITTERNS were seen at the Cranberry Ponds located behind the Price 
Chopper store in West Lebanon several times in August and was last reported 
on the 24th.

A LEAST BITTERN was reported from World End Pond in Salem on the 23rd.



A GREAT EGRET was seen at Copps Pond in Tuftonboro on August 21st.



Several migrating CAPE MAY WARBLERS, BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, and TENNESEE 
WARBLERS were reported from scattered locations during the past week.



Migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from several locations during the 
past week, with a high-count of 1,681in Concord on August 24th that 
coincided with a large hatch of flying ants. On the 25th, 761 migrating 
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were tallied in Concord.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Hampton on August 25th.



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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