This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 1st, 
2009.



A SABINE'S GULL was seen off the coast of Rye on June 26th, but has not been 
seen again since then.



A ROYAL TERN was seen in Hampton Harbor on June 26th, and a BLACK-CROWNED 
NIGHT-HERON was seen here on the 25th.



A CORY'S SHEARWATER was reported from just south of the Isles of Shoals on 
June 26th.



70 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS and 87 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were reported from the 
coast on June 25th.



A birder on a whale watch cruise to Jeffreys Ledge reported 19 NORTHERN 
FULMARS, 60 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 48 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 52 WILSONS 
STORM-PETRELS, a LEACHS STORM-PETREL, and 10 NORTHERN GANNETS, all on June 
25th. Jeffreys Ledge is a shallow underwater area that extends from the 
coast of Rockport, Massachusetts to southeast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.



369 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were reported from the coast on June 28th.



A GREAT EGRET was reported from Epping on June 27th, and 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS 
were seen in Hampton Marsh on June 28th.



6 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES were reported from near the summit of Mount Moriah in 
Coos County, and a BICKNELL'S THRUSH and 7 AMERICAN PIPITS were reported 
from Mount Washington, all on June 28th.



A SPRUCE GROUSE was seen at Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in 
Jefferson on June 27th. It was seen on the Presidential Range Rail Trail 
that starts on Route 115A in Jefferson Meadows and goes to Cherry Pond. The 
SPRUCE GROUSE was seen adjacent to a black spruce stand about one-quarter 
mile west of the high trestle over Slide Brook.



Highlights of a birder's trip to Pittsburg on June 24-25th included a female 
SPRUCE GROUSE with 4 chicks, 2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, 2 PHILADELPHIA 
VIREOS, 8 GRAY JAYS, 20 BOREAL CHICKADEES, a TENNESSEE WARBLER, a CAPE MAY 
WARBLER, 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, a RED CROSSBILL, 7 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and 
an EVENING GROSBEAK.



Highlights of a birding trip the Lake Umbagog region from June 26th to June 
28th included 9 GRAY JAYS, 6 BOREAL CHICKADEES, 2 PALM WARBLERS, 3 MOURNING 
WARBLERS, a RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and 2 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS.



A pair of MERLINS has nested in Concord and is feeding young. They are best 
seen from the corner of Stone Street Extension and Broadway Street. The nest 
is in a large white pine at the end of Stone Street Extension.



2 pairs of MISSISSIPPI KITES have been located in Newmarket near the same 2 
sites where they nested in 2008. 2 were seen from Route 152, near the school 
that is located a short distance west of Packers Falls Road, on June 28th.

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Thanks very much and good birding.

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