This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, November 2nd,
2015.
6 SANDHILL CRANES were seen from the Carter Hill Hawk Watch platform in
Concord on October 27th. They were migrating south and have not been
reported again.
A CATTLE EGRET continues to be seen at Great Bay Farm in Greenland and was
last reported on November 1st.
A LONG-EARED OWL was seen at Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on October 28th.
A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen in Hampton Marsh, north of Hampton Harbor on
October 30th.
A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on October 31st, and
November 1st, and 1 was reported from Bradford Lane in Enfield on October
31st.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen from Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on October 31st,
and 1 was reported from south of Conway in the White Mountains on November
1st.
3 SNOW GEESE and 3 SNOW BUNTINGS were reported from Pack Monadnock in
Peterborough on October 28th.
A male and a probable female EURASIAN WIGEON were seen, as well as a REDHEAD
on Great Bay on November 1st.
A NORTHERN FULMAR, a CORY’S SHEARWATER, 25 unidentified SHEARWATERS, an
ICELAND GULL, and 3 probable RAZORBILLS were seen along the coast on October
28th. A RAZORBILL was seen from Seabrook Beach on October 31st.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen in Rye on November 1st.
A RED KNOT was seen at Hampton Harbor on October 31st.
8 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were reported from coastal Rye on October 27th.
2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a WILSON’S SNIPE, and 4 KILLDEER were seen at Moore
Fields on Route 155A in Durham on October 31st.
2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
were reported from Hampton Marsh during the past week.
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was reported from Wilton on October 27th, 1 was seen on
Base Station Road in Bretton Woods on the 29th, and 1 was seen in Twin
Mountain on the 31st.
A flock of about 10 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS was seen along the Zealand Pond trail
in the White Mountains on October 31st.
15 RED CROSSBILLS were seen along Base Station Road in Bretton Woods, and a
BOREAL CHICKADEE was reported from the Caps Ridge trailhead on Jefferson
Notch Road, all on October 29th.
A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was reported from the Trudeau Road area in
Bethlehem on October 31st.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at New Hampshire Audubon’s Silk Farm
Sanctuary in Concord on October 31st, and 1 was seen at the Goss Farm
Conservation Area in Rye on November 1st.
A NORTHERN PARULA was seen in Pittsfield on November 1st.
An AMERICAN COOT was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord on November 2nd, 2
were seen at Mines Falls in Nashua on the 1st, and 1 was seen on Eel Pond in
Rye on November 1st.
3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on Lower Kimball Pond in Chatham on October
26th, a BLACK SCOTER was seen in Newport from October 27th to the 31st, and
a RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Lake Winnipesauke on October 30th.
There were scattered reports of SNOW BUNTINGS and COMMON REDPOLLS from
various locations during the past week.
A flock of 75 TURKEY VULTURES was seen circling over Newmarket on November
1st.
RAPTOR migration has slowed, and the daily counting is tapering off at the
Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and at the
Carter Hill Observatory in Concord. Pack Monadnock has now tallied more than
19,300 raptors since September 1st, and Carter Hill has counted over 8,645
raptors since September 1st.
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:
[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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