This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 
14th, 2011.



An AMERICAN AVOCET was discovered in Meadow Pond in Hampton on August 24th, 
and has been seen continuously in the area since then. It was last reported 
from Hampton Harbor on September 12th.



A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
September 12th and 13th. Also present were an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER on the 
12th, and a RUDDY TURNSTONE, a BONAPARTE'S GULL and 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS on 
the 13th. A NORTHERN SHOVELER was seen here on the 9th.



A LITTLE GULL was seen in Hampton Harbor on September 12th and 13th, and 5 
FORSTER'S TERNS were seen there on the 13th. 18 FORSTER'S TERNS were 
reported from Hampton Harbor on September 11th. 5 CASPIAN TERNS and 7 
ROSEATE TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on September 10th.



2 LESSER BLACK BACKED GULLS, 210 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 LAUGHING GULLS, 5 RED 
KNOTS, and 46 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen in Hampton Harbor on 
September 12th, and a CASPIAN TERN, and 3 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were present on 
the 11th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 3 PECTORAL 
SANDPIPERS, and 10 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen at the Rochester 
Wastewater Treatment Plant on September 9th. The treatment plant is gated 
and the hours of operation are 7:30-3:00 on weekdays. If you visit, please 
park at the office and check in with the staff. Do not drive on the dikes 
and do not block the roads, Be sure to leave by 2:45 pm so that plant 
personnel do not have to ask birders to leave.



Birders on a cruise out of Rye Harbor aboard the Granite State tallied 
numerous birds. Highlights included: a NORTHERN FULMAR, 7 CORY'S 
SHEARWATERS, 100 GREAT SHEARWATERS, a MANX SHEARWATER, 300 WILSON'S 
STORM-PETRELS, a LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, 40 NORTHERN GANNETS, 8 GREAT 
CORMORANTS, over 30 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a RED PHALAROPE, 12 LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 8 BLACK TERNS, a LONG-TAILED JAEGER, and 2 BLACK 
GUILLEMOTS.



A LARK SPARROW, a WHIMBREL, a BLACK GUILLEMOT, a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, a 
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 10 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, a PALM 
WARBLER, 2 CANADA WARBLERS, and 5 WILSON'S WARBLERS were highlights of a 
report from Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on September 10th.



A STILT SANDPIPER was seen at Henry's Pool in Hampton on September 6th.



A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen at Foss Beach in Rye on September 11th, and one 
was seen in Hampton Harbor on the 8th.



A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen along Route 1 in Hampton Falls on September 
11th, and 2 were seen in Hampton Harbor on the 8th.



39 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 6 SANDERLINGS, and 4 
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were seen in Powdermill Pond in Hancock on September 
6th.



A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on 
September 11th, and 2 were here, along with a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO on the 
9th.



Over 12 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported from Church Pond Bog in Albany 
on September 11th.



12 FISH CROWS were seen in Plaistow on September 8th.



A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was heard in Henniker on September 10th.



There was an unconfirmed report of a WHITE IBIS flying over Ossipee Lake in 
Freedom on September 10th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with over 1,500 raptors already reported from 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and over 
500 reported from the Carter Hill Raptor Observatory in Concord, all since 
September 1st. Be sure to visit these observatories this fall season to help 
out with the count!



A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen perching on several buildings in Concord during 
the past week.



This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 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 
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.