This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 20th, 
2010.



A GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was discovered at a private residence in Derry on 
October 17th, and then seen there again on the 18th and 19th, but there was 
no confirmed sighting on the 20th.



A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen along Willow Avenue in North Hampton on October 
16th.



A DICKCISSEL was seen at the Strafford County Farm in Dover on October 14th.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen along Causeway Road in Rye near Route 1A on 
October 17th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Frost Point in Odiorne Point State 
Park in Rye on October 17th.



A male REDHEAD was seen on Jackman Pond in South Tamworth on October 17th. 
It was associating with a flock of 100 RING-NECKED DUCKS.



A NORTHERN SHOVELERS, a NORTHERN PINTAIL, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 2 
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 7 RUDDY DUCKS, and 52 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at the 
Exeter Whitewater Treatment Plant on October 17th.



2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported from the Rochester Wastewater Treatment 
Facility on October 14th, and 12 RUDDY DUCKS were seen here on the 18th. 
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.



A flock of 25 BRANT was reported flying near Pack Monadnock in Peterborough 
on October 18th.



A BRANT and a RED-NECKED GREBE were reported from Lake Massabesic in Auburn 
on October 19th.



4 HORNED GREBES and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were seen on Newfound Lake on 
October 18th.



22 RUDDY DUCKS, 10 HORNED GREBES, and a RED-NECKED GREBE were seen on Great 
Bay on October 20th.



39 PIED-BILLED GREBES were reported from the Connecticut River in Hinsdale 
on October 14th.



A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
October 16th.



A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen near Little Boar's Head in North Hampton on 
October 17th.



3 AMERICAN COOTS were seen on Eel Pond in Rye on October 17th.



A SNOW BUNTING was reported from Cherry Mountain Road in Carroll on October 
15th.



A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 2 GRAY JAYS, and 8 BLACK SCOTERS were reported 
from Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson during the past week.



A flock of 42 EVENING GROSBEAKS was seen in Groveton on October 13th.



An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL was heard at Sandy Point in Stratham on October 20th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with over 10,000 raptors already reported from 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough since August 
24th, including 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 77 BALD EAGLES, and 50 PEREGRINE FALCONS. 
The peak flight days were on September 18th, with over 3,400 raptors seen on 
that day, and September 19th, with nearly 1,800 raptors seen then. Observers 
have also been counting migrating raptors from the Carter Hill Raptor 
Observatory in Concord with over 4,000 reported since September 1st, 
including over 900 tallied on September 18th. Be sure to visit these 
observatories this fall season to help out with the count and participate in 
the excitement!



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.

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