This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, September 9th,
2014.
Birders on a cruise out of Rye into NH coastal waters on September 8th,
reported at least 14 CORY’S SHEARWATERS, 6 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 270 WILSON’S
STORM-PETRELS, PARASITIC JAEGERS, 16 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and a LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL. An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and 6 GREAT CORMORANTS were
spotted roosting on the Isles of Shoals during the cruise..
An immature BLACK TERN was seen at the Wilder Dam on the Connecticut River
on September 1st, 2nd, and again on the 3rd.
3 LEAST TERNS, 2 FORSTER’S TERNS, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, and a COMMON TERN were
all reported from the coast on September 7th.
2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were seen at the Pease International Tradeport in
Portsmouth on September 8th.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant
on September 7th, and 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, and 15 BLUE-WINGED TEAL
were seen here on the 15th.
2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS and 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were reported from
Hampton on September 7th.
2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at North Hampton State Beach on September
6th.
A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, a WESTERN SANDPIPER, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 2
PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and 2 WHIMBRELS were reported from coastal Rye on
September 7th.
A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and 12 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were
seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on September 8th. 5 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS were seen here on the 5th. 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.
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was seen at the Pease International Tradeport in
Portsmouth on September 6th.
3 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS were seen along the Squam River in Ashland on
September 8th.
A GREAT CORMORANT and 12 NORTHERN GANNETS were reported from coastal Hampton
on September 7th.
2 SANDHILL CRANES have returned to their summering grounds in Monroe and are
raising a young SANDHILL CRANE. They can sometimes be seen in fields along
the Connecticut River nearly as far as 1-mile north of the town center, also
in fields along Plains Road, and even in Vermont!. If you look for these
birds, please do not venture onto the farm fields, which are privately
owned.
A CAPE MAY WARBLER, and a WILSON’S WARBLER were seen in Penacook on
September 6th.
A CAPE MAY WARBLER, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 2 FISH CROWS, and 5 VIRGINIA
RAILS were reported from the Trails at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on
September 7th.
Several BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS were reported from the Freedom Town Forest on
September 8th.
A TENNESSEE WARBLER was reported from Rumney on September 2nd, and 2 were
seen in Penacook on the 6th.
A PINE SISKIN was seen at a birdfeeder in Etna on September 7th.
3 EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard at the Mast Yard State Forest in
Penacook on September 4th, and again on the 7th.
185 migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from Powder Mill Pond in
Hancock on September 2nd.
A season-record of over 6,400 migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS was tallied in
Concord between early August and early September 2014. COMMON NIGHTHAWKS are
not actually hawks, despite the name.
40 TURKEY VULTURES were seen roosting together in West Lebanon on September
1st, and 35 TURKEY VULTURES were tallied in Rochester on September 5th.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was reported from Nashua on September 5th, 1 was seen in
Concord on the 7th, and 3 were seen on the coast on the 6th.
RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors already being seen from
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, including
at least 187 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS to date, and from the Carter Hill
Observatory in Concord, at least 75 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS to date. Be sure to
visit these staffed observatories this fall season to help out with the
count!
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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