This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, September 30th,
2014.
A male and a female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD were seen with a flock of
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS near Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on September 29th.
6 CASPIAN TERNS, 10 LAUGHING GULLS, and 18 PEREGRINE FALCONS were tallied
migrating along the coast on September 29th.
A MANX SHEARWATER was seen along the coast in Rye on September 29th, and an
unidentified JAEGER was seen along the coast on the 30th.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen near Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on
September 25th, 1 was seen at Ragged Neck in Rye on the 29th, and 1 was seen
migrating along the coast on the 29th.
A DICKCISSEL was seen along River Road in Stratham on September 25th.
A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in Hampton Harbor on September 29th.
4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen in Hampton Harbor on September 29th,
and an AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at Sherman Farm in Conway on the 30th.
A NELSON’S SPARROW was seen at Hawkin’s Farm in Salem on September 30th.
A SORA was seen in Concord and 1 was seen in Kingston, both on September
26th.
A COMMON TERN and a RUDDY DUCK were seen on Canobie Lake in Salem on
September 28th.
3 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen on Squam Lake on September 28th.
5 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were seen on World End Pond in Salem on September 28th.
4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and 15 KILLDEER were seen at
the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on September 30th. 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 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen in Sandwich on September 26th, and a
TENNESSEE WARBLER was seen in Concord on the 27th.
2 WILSON’S WARBLERS were seen in Ashland on September 24th, and a
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen in Ashland on the 25th.
A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen and photographed while perched on a
windowsill on the Sherman Adams building atop Mount Washington on September
28th. To see a photo, navigate to the Mount Washington Observatory page on
Facebook.
An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL was heard in Manchester on September 29th.
Late-migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS reported during the past week included 2 in
Milford on September 24th, 4 in Milford on the 27th, and 2 in Lee on the
29th.
Over 100 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at Sherman Farms in Conway on September
30th, 20 were seen on the Franconia Ridge Trail in Franconia Notch on the
24th, 20 were seen in Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on the 25th, and a flock of
17 was seen in Rochester on the 30th.
There were a number of reports of PINE SISKINS during the past week,
including a flock of 18 in Sandwich on September 26th, and a flock of 25 in
Salem m on the 27th.
Fall season RAPTOR migration continues with migrating raptors being counted
daily at hawk-watching sites. To date, the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration
Observatory in Peterborough has counted over 12,200 raptors, the Carter Hill
Observatory in Concord has counted over 5,400 raptors, and hawk-watchers on
Little Round Top in Bristol have seen over 2,700 raptors. Be sure to visit
these viewing sites this fall season to help out with the counts! Pack
Monadnock and Carter Hill will be staffed by NH Audubon through the end of
October. Although peak flights of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS have mainly passed,
there are still many more raptors to be counted.
A possible immature ROSS’S GOOSE was seen in Tamworth and then again in
Rumney during the past week.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909. 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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