This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 11th, 
2010.



MISSISSIPPI KITES have again been reported from the Newmarket and Durham 
area. At last report, there are at least 8 KITES being regularly seen. The 
best strategy for seeing them is to visit the following areas, and watch for 
soaring birds: The Nature Conservancy(TNC) Lamprey River Preserve off of 
Packers Falls Road in Durham; across from the Elementary School on Main 
Street in Newmarket; and the TNC Lubberland Creek Preserve off of Bay Road 
in Newmarket. The KITES are not continuously present at any given location, 
and you may have to search for up to an hour or more before finding KITES at 
any one site. Be sure to report any sightings on eBird.



A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant 
located off of Pickering Road In Rochester on August 10th, a LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on the August 4th and again on the 9th, 2 
BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen here on the 5th, and a COMMON TERN, a 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and an AMERICAN WIGEON were seen here on the 9th. 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 FORSTER'S TERN, a HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and 2 WHIMBRELS were seen in Hampton 
Harbor on August 8th, and 4 LEAST TERNS were seen there on the 4th.



A MANX SHEARWATER was seen flying off of Foss Beach in Rye on August 7th.



A birder on the Granite State Whale Watch out of Rye Harbor reported a 
possible LEACH'S STORM-PETREL, as well as 75 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 3 CORY'S 
SHEARWATERS, 12 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 22 NORTHERN GANNETS, and 6 BLACK 
GUILLEMOTS on August 9th. A SOOTY SHEARWATER was seen on a similar cruise on 
the 8th.



A juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Hampton Harbor on August 
5th, and 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen along Island Path in Hampton 
on August 7th.



3 GLOSSY IBISES were seen flying in Hampton on August 10th.



An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in a wetland at the Canterbury Sod Farms on 
August 7th.



2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 52 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 360 SEMIPALMATED 
PLOVERS, 19 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 33 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 8 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 30 
SANDERLINGS, 552 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 7 
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 58 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 8 ROSEATE TERNS, and 120 
COMMON TERNS were reported from along the coast on August 7th.



2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, 2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, and 100 BOBOLINKS were 
reported from The Nature Conservancy's Lamprey River Preserve located off of 
Packers Falls Road in Durham on August 7th, and a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was 
reported from Fogg Lane in Durham on the 5th.



3 MERLINS were seen at the edge of Whittaker Woods in North Conway on August 
3rd.



A GREAT EGRET was seen along Route 10 in Winchester on August 4th, one was 
seen in Swanzey on the 5th, one was present at Pickering Ponds in Rochester 
on the 5th, 2 were seen in Horseshoe Pond in Concord on the 8th, 13 were 
reported from along the Connecticut River between Bellows Falls and 
Charlestown on the 5th, and numerous individuals were reported from the 
coastal area during the past week.



A FISH CROW was reported from Seabrook on August 8th.



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.

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