This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 24th, 
2017.



2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Sherman’s Farm fields in East Conway on April 
21st, and 1 was seen in along the Barrington Trail in Strafford on the 20th.



A CATTLE EGRET was seen foraging at Horseshoe Pond in Concord on April 22nd, 
23rd, and 24th.



A flock of 44 GLOSSY IBIS was seen along the coast on April 20th, and up to 
4 GLOSSY IBIS were seen along Potato and Switchback Roads near Route 4 in 
Canaan during the past week.



3 AMERICAN BITTERNS were seen near the Keene Airport in Swanzey on April 
18th, and 2 were seen at Great Meadow in Brookline on the 20th.



A BLACK VULTURE was seen with a flock of TURKEY VULTURES in the Keene area 
on April 22nd, and 1 was reported from Derry on the 19th.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen along Pingree Road in Merrimack on April 20th.



A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was seen visiting a suet feeder in Exeter on April 
18th.



A pair of BARROW’S GOLDENEYES was seen above the Androscoggin River dam in 
Errol on April 17th, 20th, and 21st.



600 COMMON EIDERS were seen in Portsmouth Harbor on April 22nd.



4 RAZORBILLS were seen off of Little Boar’s Head in North Hampton on April 
22nd.



A RED-NECKED GREBE and a HORNED GREBE were seen on Newfound Lake on April 
18th.



A GADWALL was seen near the mouth of Mink Brook in Hanover on April 18th, 
and 3 BUFFLEHEADS were seen at Canaan Street Lake in Canaan on the 19th.



A pair of PIPING PLOVERS was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on April 23rd, 
and

92 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen on the jetty there on April 22nd.



3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen at the Pease International Tradeport in 
Portsmouth on April 22nd.



A LESSER YELLOWLEGS was seen near the Charlestown Wastewater Treatment Plant 
on April 18th. A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was seen at World End Pond in Salem, and 
several WILLETS were reported from the coast, all on April 22nd.



A BONAPARTE’S GULL was seen on the Connecticut River in Hinsdale on April 
20th, and 5 were seen at Dover Point in Dover on the 22nd.



There were a number of inland sightings of migrant DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS 
during the past week.



A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was reported from Brookline on April 24th.



A CLIFF SWALLOW was reported during the past week.



A YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, and several BLUE-HEADED VIREOS were reported during 
the past week.



Warbler species reported during the past week included: BLACK-THROATED GREEN 
WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, OVRNBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, LOUISIANA 
WATERTHRUSH, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, and PALM WARBLER.



Also reported during the past week were: EASTERN KINGBIRD, GREAT-CRESTED 
FLYCATCHER, MARSH WREN, HOUSE WREN, and EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL.



A VESPER SPARROW was seen in Pittsburg on April 17th, and 1 was reported 
from Orford on the 20th.



A pair of MERLINS was seen several times in Orford during the past week.



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