This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September
4th, 2013.
A WILSON'S PHALAROPE and a STILT SANDPIPER were seen in the Little River
Salt Marsh in North Hampton on August 31st, and again on September 2nd. An
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen here on September
3rd.
5 RED KNOTS were seen at Seabrook Beach on September 2nd.
A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen again at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment
Plant on August 27th, and 29th and September 4th. 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.
3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at World End Pond in Salem on August 30th.
A FORSTER'S TERN was seen foraging in the Blackwater River off of Route 286
in Seabrook on September 3rd.
2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at Hampton Beach on September 3rd, and
2 LAUGHING GULLS were reported from the coast on August 31st.
There were several “waves” of migrating warblers reported during the past
week. Highlights included: A CONNECTICUT WARBLER from Rumney on August 31st,
a BREWSTER’S WARBLER seen along the Baker River in Rumney on September 3rd,
a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER seen in Rumney on August 30th, a MOURNING WARBLER seen
in vegetation located on the edge of the Little River Salt Marsh in North
Hampton on August 31st, BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS seen in Rochester and Ashland
on August 29th, and several reports of WILSON’S WARBLERS.
A GREAT EGRET was seen at Field’s Grove in Nashua on August 30th.
A WHIP-POOR-WILL was heard singing in Ossipee on September 3rd.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK migration continued in good numbers since the high counts
of August 24th and 25th, with 640 tallied in Concord on August 27th, 150 in
Keene on the 28th, 300 in Concord on the 30th, 284 in Concord on the 31st,
200 over Bow Lake on September 1st, 240 in Keene on September 2nd, and 100
in Lebanon on August 27th.There were smaller numbers reported from scattered
locations during the past week.
There were a few reports of PEREGRINE FALCONS and MERLINS during the past
week.
RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors already being seen from
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and from
the Carter Hill Observatory in Concord. 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 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:
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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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