This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 22nd, 
2016.



A LARK SPARROW was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on August 
20th    and 21st, and 1 was seen at the Trails at Pickering Ponds in 
Rochester on August 21st.



7 CASPIAN TERNS were seen along the coast on August 20th.



A FORSTER’S TERN and a WHIMBREL were seen in Hampton Harbor on August 15th, 
and 4 RED KNOTS were seen here on the 20th.



2 STILT SANDPIPERS were seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
August 19th. 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 BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at Concord Point in Rye on August 17th, 20th, 
and 21st.



A WESTERN SANDPIPER and 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen in Hampton Marsh 
on August 17th.



4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 6 VIRGINIA RAILS, and a 
BLUE-WINGED TEAL were reported from World End Pond in Salem on August 22nd.



5 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS were seen in Orford on August 16th.



3 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in Newmarket on August 20th and 21st.



A SANDHILL CRANE has been seen somewhat regularly in a hayfield along Route 
127 in West Hopkinton since July 19th and was last reported on August 20th. 
2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen here on the 11th and 15th, and a SANDHILL CRANE, 
presumably the same as one of the aforementioned birds, has also been seen 
several times at the nearby Elm Brook Park.



A birder on a whale watch cruise out of Rye Harbor reported a MANX 
SHEARWATER, a GREAT SHEARWATER, and 6 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, on August 
21st.



A BLACK GUILLEMOT was seen off the coast of Rye on August 20th.



An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen south of Odiorne Point State Park in 
Rye in the marsh located on the west side of Route 1A, on August 7th, 8th, 
12th, and 17th.



6 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen along the coast, and 1 was seen at 
the Durham Town Landing, all on August 20th.



10 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen along the coast on August 21st.



3 GLOSSY IBIS were seen flying over coastal Seabrook on August 21st.



A GREAT EGRET has been seen several times in Concord during the past week, 
and 115 GREAT EGRETS were seen in Hampton Harbor on August 21st.



3 LAUGHING GULLS were seen in coastal Rye on August 17th.



A female CANVASBACK was reported from the Wilder Dam area on the Connecticut 
River on August 16th.



A RUDDY DUCK was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on August 
10th, has been seen several times since then, and was last reported on the 
21st.



2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen in Concord during the past week, and 1 was 
seen in Rochester on August 21st.



An adult male NORTHERN HARRIER was seen at Storrs Hill in Lebanon on August 
21st.



2 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were seen in Rumney on August 22nd.



An ORCHARD ORIOLE and a possible female SUMMER TANAGER were seen at the 
Trails at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on August 21st.



21 FISH CROWS were seen near the McDonalds restaurant in West Ossipee on 
August 21st.



COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen migrating during the past week. High counts were 
seen in Concord with 173 seen on August 18th, and 134 on the 20th.



There was an unconfirmed sighting of a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in Rye on August 
21st.



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: 
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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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