This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 5th, 
2009.



2 pairs of MISSISSIPPI KITES nested in Newmarket this spring and summer, 
near the same 2 sites where they nested in 2008. One site is near South Main 
Street west of the public school, and it appears that this nesting attempt 
has failed this year. 2 adults and a chick were reported on August 2nd from 
the other site, which is along Gonet Road, near where it loops back on 
itself. These birds are in residential areas and if you look for them please 
remember to respect property rights and individual privacy, and don't park 
illegally or block traffic. A MISSISSIPPI KITE was reported from Route 85 in 
Newfields on August 5th.



A FORSTER'S TERN was seen in seen in Hampton Harbor for several days in a 
row and was last reported on August 1st.



A MARBLED GODWIT and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were reported from Hampton Harbor 
on July 30th.



A HUDSONIAN GODWIT has been present in Hampton Harbor since last weekend and 
was last reported on August 3rd.



3 STILT SANDPIPERS were reported from the Little River Preserve in Hampton 
on August 1st, and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen here on July 31st.



A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen on Jenness Beach in Rye on July 31st.



An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen in Moore Fields along Route 155A in Durham on 
August 3rd.



In addition to the sightings of less common species, shorebird migration is 
in full swing with about 20 species being reported from the coast during the 
past week including several WHIMBRELS, good numbers of SANDERLINGS, RUDDY 
TURNSTONES, and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and many SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and 
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS.



A birder on a whale watch out of Rye on August 3rd saw many birds including 
25 NORTHERN GANNETS, a NORTHERN FULMAR, a CORY'S SHEARWATER, 50 GREATER 
SHEARWATERS, 15 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 120 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 30 
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a BLACK TERN, and an 
unidentified JAEGER species. Birders on a whale watch on August 2nd reported 
a LONG-TAILED JAEGER, 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 9 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 2,010 SOOTY 
SHEARWATERS, 1,030 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 102 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, and 14 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.



Birders on a boat-trip out to the TERN colony on the Isles of Shoals on 
August 1st, saw many birds including about 60 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, an 
ARCTIC TERN, and a BLACK GUILLEMOT.



A first-summer YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen roosting on the north 
side of Island Path in Hampton for several days and was last reported on 
August 4th.



2 GREAT EGRETS were reported from a marsh on Thornton Ferry Road II in 
Amherst on August 3rd.



An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen in Hampton Marsh on August 2nd.



A YELLOW BILLED CUCKOO was seen next to the water tower alongside Route 101 
in Hampton on August 4th.



FISH CROWS continue to be reported from the Hampton Harbor area.



A fledgling MERLIN was reported from Concord on August 2nd.



3 PURPLE MARTINS were seen in Hampton Harbor on July 31st, and several were 
reported from Funspot in Laconia where they are known to breed, on July 
30th.



A PIED-BILLED GREBE was reported from the Deer Hill Wildlife Management Area 
in Brentwood on July 30th.



A WHIP-POOR-WILL was reported from Jefferson on July 31st.



A CANADA WARBLER was reported from Durham on August 2nd.



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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