This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 
18th, 2013.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen on Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals 
located off the coast of Rye on September 15th.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at the Goss Farm Conservation Area in Rye on 
September 14th.



3 CASPIAN TERNS were seen off of Great Boar’s Head in Hampton on September 
17th.



2 FORSTER’S TERNS were seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September 
15th.



A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen in Rye on September 12th.



A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen in Hampton on September 13th, and again on 
September 14th.



A PECTORAL SANDPIPER was seen near Jackson Falls on the Nashua River in 
Nashua on September 16th, and 1 was seen at World End Pond in Salem on the 
17th.



22 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were tallied at Hampton Harbor on September 17th.



A LESSER BLACK-BACKD GULL was seen near Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
September 12th, and again on the 18th.



A BICKNELL’S THRUSH was heard near the summit of Mount Jackson in Crawford 
Notch in the White Mountains on September 15th.



3 AMERICAN PIPITS were reported from coastal Rye on September 15th.



2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from Little Round Top in Bristol on 
September 13th.



A PEREGRINE FALCON was reported from Dover on September 17th.



A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen at Town Landing in Durham on September 
17th.



A CLIFF SWALLOW was seen at Carter Hill in Concord on September 17th.



2 PIED-BILLED GREBES were seen at the Deer Hill Wildlife Management Area in 
Brentwood on September 18th.



There were several reports of YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, MOURNING WARBLER, 
CAPE MAY WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, WILSON’S WARBLER, 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, and LINCOLN’S SPARROW during the past week.



A flock of 20 EVENING GROSBEAKS was reported from Bedford on September 12th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with over 6,000 (2,837 on September 17th 
alone!) migrating raptors already reported from the Pack Monadnock Raptor 
Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and over 3,000 reported from the 
Carter Hill Observatory in Concord, all since September 1st. Be sure to 
visit these New Hampshire Audubon sponsored 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.