This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 10th, 
2016.



A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 
8th.



2 DICKCISSELS were reported from Greeley Park in Nashua on October 6th.



A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen from Rye Harbor State Park on October 9th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a LAUGHING GULL were both seen in coastal Rye 
on October 8th.



A birder aboard the Granite State Whale Watch cruise out of Rye Harbor 
reported a NORTHERN FULMAR, a CORY’S SHEARWATER, and numerous GREAT 
SHEARWATERS and NORTHERN GANNETS on October 8th.



A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the southeast part of Great Bay on September 
23rd and 28th, and again on October 7th.



A NORTHERN SHOVELER and a RUDDY DUCK were seen at the Exeter Wastewater 
Treatment Plant on October 8th.



6 AMERICAN WIGEONS, a NORTHERN PINTAIL, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a SORA, 2 MARSH 
WRENS, and over 70 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were reported from World End Pond in 
Salem on October 5th.



2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 3 SURF SCOTERS, 4 BLACK SCOTERS, 5 PIED-BILLED 
GREBES, 2 HORNED GREBES, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, 2 
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 8 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, and 12 PALM WARBLERS were seen 
at Cherry Pond in the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on 
October 9th.



2 SURF SCOTERS, and 6 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on Lake Potanipo in Brookline, 
and a flock of BLACK SCOTERS was seen on May Pond in Pillsbury State Park, 
all on October 10th.



A flock of 22 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS was seen from Pack Monadnock in 
Peterborough on October 3rd, and 2 possible SURF SCOTERS were seen at Boston 
Lot Lake in Lebanon on October 9th.



There was an unconfirmed sighting of 2 SANDHILL CRANES from Franconia during 
the past week.



A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Hampton Marsh on October 3rd, and a 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported from North Hampton on the 10th.



An AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at Mill Pond in Durham on October 8th.



51 GREAT EGRETS were counted in Hampton Harbor on October 10th, and a SNOWY 
EGRET was seen at Meadow Pond in Hampton on the 7th.



A STILT SANDPIPER was seen in Hampton Marsh on October 8th.



2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were reported from Eel Pond in Rye on October 10th.



A WHIMBREL was seen along the coast on October 4th.



A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at the Rochester 
Wastewater Treatment Plant on October 7th. 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 PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in New London on October 4th.



9 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and 40 AMERICAN PIPITS were reported from Sherman Farms 
in East Conway on October 6th.



A HORNED LARK was seen near the summit of Mount Lafayette in the White 
Mountains on October 8th.



There were several reports of late-migrating RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS 
during the past week, with the latest on October 7th.



A small number of WOOD WARBLERS were reported during the past week, 
including PRAIRIE WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE 
WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, and BLACKPOLL WARBLER.



RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors being counted daily at 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, including 
12,523 raptors tallied since September 1st, and at the Carter Hill 
Observatory in Concord, including 6,213 raptors counted (2 of which were 
GOLDEN EAGLES) since September 1st. Be sure to visit these New Hampshire 
Audubon staffed observatories this fall season to help out with the counts!



This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
press 4 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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