This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, April 29th, 
2009.



A male HOODED WARBLER was seen in the forest near Newfields Road in Exeter 
on April 29th.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen in the edge of the parking lot located 
between the water tower on Route 101 in Hampton, and the adjacent church on 
April 28th and 29th. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was reported from the same area on 
the 28th.



A TRICOLORED HERON was seen in the south pond located near 225 Borthwick 
Avenue in Portsmouth on April 24th. A SORA was seen here on the 25th. A SORA 
was also seen along the Sandy Point Discovery Center boardwalk in Stratham 
on April 29th. Several VIRGINIA RAILS were also reported from several 
locations during the past week.



A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in Seabrook in dunes located on the east side of 
Hampton Harbor on April 24th.



2 GLAUCOUS GULLS were reported from Hampton Harbor on April 28th.



A breeding plumaged BONAPARTE'S GULL was seen on Surry Lake on April 27th.



12 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen in North Hampton on April 29th, 14 were 
seen on the Dartmouth campus in Hanover on the 27th, and 4 were seen in 
Hampton on the 24th.



3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen at Pease International Tradeport on April 
25th.



3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 130 SANDERLINGS were 
reported from the coast during the past week.



An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in Newmarket and one was seen in Hampton, both on 
April 29th.



4 GADWALL were seen in Meadow Pond in Hampton on April 28th.



A WHIP-POOR WILL was reported from Durham, and one was reported from Nashua, 
both on April 27th.



An EASTERN SCREECH-OWL was heard near Fogg Lane in Durham on April 27th.



A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Hampton Marsh on April 28th.



30 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were reported from Exeter on April 26th.



A SANDHILL CRANE has returned to Monroe, where it has spent the breeding 
season for the last 10+ years running. It flies up from its roost on the 
Connecticut River early in the day and 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.



Warm weather has brought an influx of new arrivals of migrant birds during 
the past weekend. Besides the HOODED WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT 
reported earlier in this Alert, there were 20 other species of warblers 
reported, including BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, 
YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED 
BLUE WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, PINE 
WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN 
REDSTART, OVERNBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, COMMON 
YELLOWTHROAT, CANADA WARBLER, and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. Some of these 
species have arrived earlier than ever recorded before.

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Other early arriving migrants reported during the past week included: 
EASTERN KINGBIRD, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, 
BALTIMORE ORIOLE, EASTERN TOWHEE, RED-EYED VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, WOOD THRUSH, INDIGO BUNTING, LINCOLN'S 
SPARROW, and VESPER SPARROW.



A CHUKAR was reported from the Sunapee area on April 29th.



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web site, www.nhaudubon.org



Thanks very much and good birding.

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