This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 23rd, 
2013..



A LARK SPARROW was reported from Island Path in Hampton on October 22nd, and 
a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at the Community Gardens located on Birch 
Street off of Clinton Street in Concord on October 19th.



A BLACK VULTURE was seen along Wallace Road Bedford on October 19th.



A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen in the southeast part of Great Bay on October 
23rd.



A GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE continues to be seen with CANADA GEESE on Main 
Street just below the 12th Street bridge in Berlin and was most recently 
reported on October 23rd.



A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from atop Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on October 
17th, and another was seen on the 19th.



A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 12 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 
and 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen in Hampton Marsh on October 19th.



A STILT SANDPIPER, 2 NORTHERN PINTAILS, and 11 RUDDY DUCKS were all seen at 
the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on October 18th. 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.



2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a WILSON’S SNIPE, a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 2 
SORAS, a VIRGINIA RAIL, an AMERICAN COOT, a PIED-BILLED GREBE, and 2 MARSH 
WRENS were all reported from World End Pond in Salem during the past week.



5 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and 5 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were reported 
from the coast on October 19th.



6 BLACK SCOTERS were seen on the Pontook Reservoir in Dummer on October 
23rd.



An AMERICAN WIGEON, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 174 GREATER SCAUP, a LESSER SCAUP, 
2 SURF SCOTERS, 7 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, a BLACK SCOTER, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, 
22 BUFFLEHEADS, 3 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, 7 RUDDY DUCKS, 2 HORNED GREBES, 
and 3 RED-NECKED GREBES were all seen on Great Bay on October 23rd.



A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Lake Massebesic in Auburn on October 18th, 
one was seen on Canobie Lake in Windham on the 20th, and a flock of 7 was 
seen on the Connecticut River in Hinsdale on the 21st.



A PIED-BILLED GREBE continues to be seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord and 
was most recently reported on October 19th.



4 RUDDY DUCKS were seen on Canobie Lake in Windham on October 20th.



There was a late report of a SPRUCE GROUSE from Mount Hancock in the White 
Mountains seen on October 5th.



A PRAIRIE WARBLER was seen in Hampton and a NASHVILLE WARBLER was seen in 
Rye, both on October 19th.



16 AMERICAN PIPITS were reported from Carter Hill in Concord on October 
16th.



A flock of 11 TURKEY VULTURES was reported from Hanover on October 23rd.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in Durham and one was seen in Rochester, both on 
October 18th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with over 10,400 migrating raptors reported 
from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and 
over 11,000 reported from the Carter Hill Observatory in Concord, all since 
September 1st. Be sure to visit these New Hampshire Audubon sponsored 
observatories this fall season to help out with the count!



A flock of over 800 COMMON GRACKLES was seen from atop Pack Monadnock in 
Peterborough on October 19th.



A flock of over 10,000 blackbirds was seen presumably flying to a night 
roost near Powder Mill Pond in Hancock on October 22nd.



A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen in Kilowatt South Park in Wilder Vermont along 
the Connecticut River opposite Hanover on October 23rd.



A dead YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found at a private residence in Portsmouth.



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.