This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, October 11th, 
2007.

A probable HENSLOW'S SPARROW was seen at Moore Fields on Route 155A in 
Durham on October 7th. Also seen was a LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 225 AMERICAN 
PIPITS, 25 HORNED LARKS, and 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 
was seen here on the 8th.



A BARNACLE GOOSE was seen migrating with a flock of CANADA GEESE from Rye on 
October 7th. Also seen was a SNOW GOOSE, 23 NORTHERN PINTAILS, over 4,000 
SCOTERS, 322 COMMON LOONS, 115 NORTHERN GANNETS, 15 PEREGRINE FALCONS, and 6 
LAUGHING GULLS.



A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at the south end of Odiorne Point State Park in 
Rye on October 6th. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was also seen at Frost Point.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen was seen in the Woodridge Recreation Area, 
located off of Fogg Road in Durham on October 4th and 5th.



A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was reported from the Watts Sanctuary in Effingham on 
October 6th.



A LITTLE GULL was seen off of Foss Beach in Rye on October 6th.



6 NORTHERN FULMARS, 60 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 30 NORTHERN GANNETS, and a 
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE were seen on a Whale Watch boat that put out from Rye 
Harbor on October 6th.



A NORTHERN FULMAR, 12 GREATER SHEARWATERS, a CAPE MAY WARBLER, a GRASSHOPPER 
SPARROW, a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, and 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were all 
seen on or near Star Island (one of the Isles of Shoals) in Rye on October 
5th.



2 REDHEADS were seen on Great Bay on October 8th.



2 GADWALL were reported from Little Cherry Pond and180 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS 
and 80 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on Cherry Pond in Jefferson, all on October 
7th.



A STILT SANDPIPER and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at the Rochester Waste 
Water Treatment Plant on October 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.



A HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 300 SANDERLINGS, 200 DUNLIN, 100 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 
60 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 165 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN 
PLOVER, 6 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and a BLACK-CROWNED 
NIGHT-HERON were all seen in Hampton Harbor and the surrounding marshes on 
October 8th.



20 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, 23 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and a 
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO were all seen in Hampton Marsh on October 5th.



A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was reported from the Whitefield Airport on October 7th.



70 AMERICAN PIPITS, a VESPER SPARROW, and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen in the 
fields behind the Concord Post Office on Loudon Road on October 9th.



2 EASTERN SCREECH-OWLS were heard in South Hampton on October 8th.



53 PALM WARBLERS, 126 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN 
WARBLERS, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and a BLACKPOLL WARBLER were all reported 
from the Freedom Town Forest on October 6th.



HAWK migration continues with 9,808 raptors reported from the Pack Monadnock 
Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough since September 1st. Be sure to 
visit the observatory to help out with the count!



This message is also available by phone recording: call 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 tape 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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