This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, May 27th, 
2009.



2 pairs of MISSISSIPPI KITES have been located in Newmarket near the same 2 
sites where they nested in 2008. One site is near South Main Street west of 
the public school, and one site is along Gonet Road, near where it loops 
back on itself. These birds are both in residential areas and if you look 
for them please remember to respect property rights and individual privacy. 
Gonet Road may be the easier site to look for them, as this is a dead-end 
road. In either case, please don't park illegally or block traffic.



2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen flying over Hampton on May 21st.



A probable TUNDRA SWAN was reported from Berry Bay in Freedom on May 25th.



A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen off of Seabrook Beach on May 24th.



A NORTHERN FULMAR, a RED KNOT, a ROSEATE TERN, and a BLACK GUILLEMOT were 
seen on a pelagic trip off of the coast on May 25th.



A LEAST BITTERN was reported from Epping on May 24th and again on the 26th. 
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and 2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were also present here on 
the 26th.



A LEAST TERN was seen in Meadow Pond in Hampton on May 23rd, and one was 
seen from Pulpit Rocks in Rye on the 26th.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a LAWRENCE'S WARBLER were seen in Southwest Park 
in Nashua on May 22nd.



A CERULEAN WARBLER was seen near the Middle Mountain Trail in Pawtuckaway 
State Park in Nottingham on May 23rd. Please do not use recordings to try 
and find these birds.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported from the Concord Airport on May 24th, 
but has not been relocated since then. Also present were several VESPER 
SPARROWS.



2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Keene Airport in Swanzey on 
May 23rd, and one or two were also present on McIntyre Road in Newington on 
the 24th.



A RED CROSSBILL was reported from Sandwich Mountain on May 23rd.



3 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen along the railroad tracks at Horseshoe Pond in 
Concord on May 22nd, and a nest was found near here on the 26th. A MOURNING 
WARBLER was heard here, also on the 26th.



A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, a CAPE MAY WARBLER, 
and a RED CROSSBILL were all reported from the Hubbard Brook area in 
Woodstock and Thornton during the past week.



A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was reported from Jefferson on May 23rd.



A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was reported from Keene on May 26th.



An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and an ALDER FLYCATCHER were seen along Huntress 
Bridge Road in Effingham on May 21st. An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was reported 
from Merrimack on May 25th.



2 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS and a WHIP-POOR-WILL were heard on Whipple Road in 
Jefferson on May 23rd.



29 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen in the fields along West Portsmouth 
Street in Concord on May 27th.



A SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE, and an AMERICAN BITTERN were seen 
at Surry Lake in May 23rd, and a DUNLIN was seen here on the 22nd.



2 SPRUCE GROUSE, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and a 
MOURNING WARBLER were reported from Evans Notch during the past week.



At the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson, a BLACK-BACKED 
WOODPECKER has been found regularly on the trail between Cherry and Little 
Cherry Ponds, and VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, AMERICAN BITTERN and MARSH WREN are 
being seen or heard in "Moorhen Marsh" which is a half mile east of Cherry 
Pond along the Rail Trail to Route 115A. 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 3 TENNESSEE 
WARBLERS, 35 BRANT, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, a PALM WARBLER, and a LINCOLN'S 
SPARROW were reported from here on May 23rd, and 5 MOURNING WARBLERS were 
reported from along the Cohos Trail on the east side of
Pondicherry on the 25th.

A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER and several YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS have been 
seen several times along the trails off of Trudeau Road in Bethlehem. 
Trudeau Road connects Routes 3 and 302. Look for a brown post at a Forest 
Service gate that says FR 74 and this is the best access route. Do not block 
the gate when you park. This area is managed by the White Mountain National 
Forest.



A SANDHILL CRANE has returned to Monroe, where it has spent the breeding 
season for the last 10+ years running. It spends most of the day among the 
cows on the left side of Plains Road in the first fields that you come to. 
Sometimes it is found on the Vermont side of the river. It has not been 
reported recently.

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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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