This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 24th, 
2009.



A RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD was seen on the Isles of Shoals on June 23rd. This 
is presumably the same bird that has been seen regularly in the Gulf of 
Maine.



2 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 85 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS, a GREATER 
SHEARWATER, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 4 LEAST TERNS, 45 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 
and 168 NORTHERN GANNETS were all seen off of Little Boar's Head in North 
Hampton on June 24th.



An ATLANTIC PUFFIN was seen from the Isles of Shoals on June 21st.



A BLACK TERN and 7 ROSEATE TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on June 24th.



An ARCTIC TERN was seen from Fort Stark in New Castle on June 21st, and one 
was seen from Pulpit Rocks in Rye on June 19th.



2 SEASIDE SPARROWS, a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, and numerous SALTMARSH 
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS were seen in Hampton Marsh behind Little Jack's 
restaurant west of Route 1A in Hampton on June 21st.



A LAWRENCE'S WARBLER was seen at Yudicky Farm/Southwest Park in Nashua on 
June 24th.



A hiker on the Caps Ridge Trail off of Jefferson Notch Road reported 8 
BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, 4 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, and 4 GRAY JAYS on June 
21st.



4 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES and an AMERICAN PIPIT were reported from the Mount 
Washington auto road on June 21st.



7 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES were reported from the summit of Cannon Mountain on 
June 20th, and 2 were reported from Magalloway Mountain on June 21st.



A possible CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported from Nashua on June 17th.



An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in Walpole on June 23rd.



An EVENING GROSBEAK was reported from Webster on June 17th.



Over 30 BANK SWALLOWS were reported from a gravel pit on Joslin Road in 
Surry on June 22nd.



A birder reported a number of species from a trip to Pittsburg during the 
past week, including LINCOLN'S SPARROW, BOREAL CHICKADEE, OLIVE-SIDED 
FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, 
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and RUSTY 
BLACKBIRD.



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 19th.



A SANDHILL CRANE has returned to Monroe, where it has spent the breeding 
season for the last 10+ years running. It spends most of the day among the 
cows on the left side of Plains Road in the first fields that you come to. 
Sometimes it is found on the Vermont side of the river. It has not been 
reported recently.

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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: 
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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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