This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 23rd, 
2017.



7 CASPIAN TERNS, a LAUGHING GULL, a BLACK GUILLEMOT, 11 BRANT, and nearly 
3,500 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were seen on the coast from Rye Harbor State 
Park on October 18th.



2 FORSTER’S TERNS, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were 
seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 21st.



A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Rye Harbor State Park on October 21st.



A CORY’S SHEARWATER was seen off of the coast at Odiorne Point State Park in 
Rye on October 16th.



Birders on a fishing boat excursion out of Hampton Harbor reported: 264 
GREAT SHEARWATERS, 11 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, a SOOTY SHEARWATER, a MANX 
SHEARWATER, 13 NORTHERN FULMARS, a POMARINE JAEGER, 3 BLACK-LEGGED 
KITTIWAKES, an ICELAND GULL, 3 RAZORBILLS, 247 NORTHERN GANNETS, 3,770 
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 741 COMMON EIDERS, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, and 
a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, all on October 22nd.



A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at the Upper Suncook Recreation Area on Upper 
Suncook Lake in Barnstead from October 19th to the 22nd. A MARSH WREN was 
reported from here on the 21st.



A COMMON GALLINULE, 13 AMERICAN COOT, and an AMERICAN WIGEON were seen on 
Eel Pond in Rye on October 22nd. The COMMON GALLINULE was still present on 
the 23rd.



A BRANT was seen at Moore Fields along Route 155A in Durham on October 20th.



A male REDHEAD was seen with a flock of RING-NECKED DUCKS at Echo Lake in 
Franconia Notch State Park on October 17th.



A GREAT CORMORANT and a SURF SCOTER were seen at the Wilder Dam on the 
Connecticut River on October 19th. The GREAT CORMORANT was still present on 
the 23rd.



A DUNLIN was seen at the Charlestown Wastewater Treatment Plant on October 
18th.



A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, and 1 was 
seen at Rye Harbor State Park in Rye, both on October 21st(possibly the same 
bird?).



A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen migrating over Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on 
October 18th.



3 BLACK VULTURES were seen flying west in Nashua on October 22nd.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen along the Boy Scout Trail at Odiorne Point 
State Park in Rye on October 17th.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was reported from NH Audubon’s Dahl Sanctuary in 
Conway on October 21st.



A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in West 
Swanzey on October 21st.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
October 17th.



A NELSON’S SPARROW was seen at Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on October 16th,



A DICKCISSEL was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on October 17th and 21st.



5 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Trudeau Road in Bethlehem on October 18th, 2 
were reported from Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on the 22nd, and several 
were reported from Indian Pond in Orford on the 22nd.



A SNOW BUNTING was seen at Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on October 21st.



Late-migrating songbirds reported during the past week included: RED-EYED 
VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, 
NORTHERN PARULA, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HERMIT THRUSH, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, and 
GRAY CATBIRD.



RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors being counted daily at 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and at the 
Carter Hill Observatory in Concord. Pack Monadnock has reported over 11,199 
raptors and Carter Hill has reported over 5,779 raptors, all since September 
1st. The majority of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS have already passed by, but there 
are still good numbers of AMERICAN KESTRELS, SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, COOPER’S 
HAWKS, RED-TAILED HAWKS, OSPREYS, and BALD EAGLES to be seen. Be sure to 
visit these New Hampshire Audubon staffed observatories this fall season to 
help out with the counts!



This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
press 4 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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