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: 
[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.