This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 10th, 
2012. .



An EARED GREBE was found in Rye Harbor on October 7th, and was seen there 
again on the 8th, 9th, and 10th.



A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen along Route 127 in West Hopkinton near the 
junction of Clement Hill Road on October 6th, but was not relocated.



A LARK SPARROW was seen along the north edge of the parking lot at Hampton 
Beach State Park on October 4th.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported from a private residence in Rochester on 
October 5th, 2 were seen on Goss Farm Conservation Land in Rye on the 7th, 1 
was seen at Moore Fields in Durham also on the 7th, and 2 were seen at the 
parking lot located on the north end of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
the 10th.



A DICKCISSEL was reported from Great Boar's Head in Hampton on October 8th.



A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 
4th and 2 were seen in the field behind the Concord Post Office on October 
8th.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen on Bog Road in Enfield on October 7th, 
and 1 was seen at the Urban Forestry Center property in Portsmouth on 
October 5th.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at the edge of the parking lot located at 
Church Street in Hampton on October 4th and 5th, 1 was seen at Great Boar's 
Head in Rye on the 5th and 8th, and 1 was seen off Old Beach Road in Rye on 
the 5th.



10 CASPIAN TERNS were seen migrating along the coast on October 4th, 2 were 
seen on the 6th, and 1 was seen on the 8th.



12 FORSTER'S TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on October 8th.



3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and a LAUGHING GULL were seen in Eel Pond in Rye 
on October 7th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
October 10th.



A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on 
October 7th and 8th, and a flock of over 25 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS was 
seen in Hampton Marsh on October 8th.



19 SNOWY EGRETS were seen in Meadow Pond in Hampton on October 5th, and 35 
GREAT EGRETS were tallied in Hampton Marshes on October 7th.



A STILT SANDPIPER was seen in Meadow Pond in Hampton on October 7th.



An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was reported from Rye on October 6th, 1 was seen 
at the fields behind the Concord Post Office on the 8th, and 6 were seen at 
Sherman Farm in Conway on the 10th.



5 NORTHERN SHOVELERS were reported from the Pondicherry National Wildlife 
Refuge in Jefferson on October 7th, and a female NORTHERN SHOVELER was seen 
on Eel Pond in Rye on October 6th.



A RUDDY DUCK was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on October 
6th.



4 AMERICAN WIGEON and 16 GREATER SCAUP were seen along the coast on October 
4th, and 6 NORTHERN PINTAILS were seen along the coast on the 5th.



A HORNED GREBE was seen on Dodge Pond in Lyman on October 6th, and 5 
PIED-BILLED GREBES were seen at Copps Pond in Tuftonboro on October 9th.



A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
October 4th.



A late-migrating LEAST FLYCATCHER was seen off of Island Path in Hampton on 
October 4th, a late migrating TRAIL'S FLYCATCHER was seen at the Urban 
Forestry Center property in Portsmouth on October 5th, and another late 
migrating TRAIL'S FLYCATCHER was seen behind the Concord Post Office on 
October 8th.



3 TENNESSEE WARBLERS were seen in coastal Hampton on October 5th.



Over 100 AMERICAN PIPITS, 32 HORNED LARKS, and 2 BOBOLINKS were seen at 
Sherman Farm in Conway on October 10th.



A late-migrating RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was reported from Crawford Notch 
in the White Mountains on October 7th.



There have been many reports of PINE SISKINS, PURPLE FINCHES, WHITE-THROATED 
SPARROWS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, SWAMP SPARROWS, SONG 
SPARROWS, and CHIPPING SPARROWS during the past week.



RAPTOR migration is under way with over 10,974 raptors(including a SWAINSON'S 
HAWK on September 10th) already reported from the Pack Monadnock Raptor 
Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and nearly 5,815(including a BLACK 
VULTURE on September 21st, and a GOLDEN EAGLE on October 6th) reported from 
the Carter Hill Observatory in Concord, all since August 25th. Be sure to 
visit these observatories this fall season to help out with the count!



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.