This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, October 30th, 2008. A DOVEKIE was seen along the coast in Rye on October 29th. 4 FORSTER'S TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on October 29th. A DICKCISSEL was seen in fields off Rt. 155A in Durham on October 26th, one was seen at the corner of River Road and Route 108 in Stratham on the 26th, and one was seen on River Road in Penacook on October 25th. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen in North Hampton on October 25th. An immature NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in a field located off of Newington Road, near Sunset Farm in Greenland, on October 25th. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Hampstead on October 26th. A possible CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth on October 25th. A probable BLACK VULTURE was seen on Westgate Road in Nashua on October 25th. A probable adult GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Fogg Drive in Durham on October 24th. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 26th. A LAUGHING GULL and 19 GREEN-WINGED TEAL were reported from the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 4 BUFFLEHEADS were reported from the Trails at Pickering Ponds in Rochester, all on October 29th. 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. 9 RUDDY DUCKS, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 19 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, a BLACKPOLL WARBLER, and an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW were seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on October 29th. 3 AMERICAN COOTS and a PIED-BILLED GREBE were seen at Powderhouse Pond in Exeter on October 27th. 4 BRANT, a LONG-TAILED DUCK, 13 BUFFLEHEADS, 2 COMMON GOLDENEYES, a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, a RUDDY DUCK, 5 HORNED GREBES, and over 100 GREATER SCAUP were seen on Great Bay on October 29th. An AMERICAN WIGEON, a female NORTHERN PINTAIL, 42 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 3 RUDDY DUCKS, 13 PIED-BILLED GREBES, and a female HOODED MERGANSER were all seen at Powwow Pond in Kingston on October 29th. 2 LONG TAILED DUCKS, a RED BREASTED MERGANSER, a GREAT CORMORANT, 2 DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANTS, a RED NECKED GREBE, a HORNED GREBE, and 2 BONAPARTES GULLS were seen on Lake Massebesic in Auburn on October 26th. 90 RING-NECKED DUCKS and 2 GREATER SCAUP were seen on Tolman Pond in Nelson, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen on Silver Lake in Harrisville, a RED-NECKED GREBE was seen on Dublin Lake, and 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on Spofford Lake in Chesterfield, all on October 26th. 81 BRANT were reported from along the coast on October 29th, and 263 RED-THROATED LOONS and 131 NORTHERN GANNETS were seen migrating along the coast on October 26th. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen on Squam Lake on October 25th. 6 GREAT EGRETS were seen in the marsh just south of Rye Harbor on October 29th. 2 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen in Rye on October 26th. 3 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, numerous DUNLIN and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, and a few SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and SANDERLINGS were seen at Plaice Cove in Hampton on October 27th, and a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen here on the 25th. 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were reported from Hampton Marsh on October 24th. 150 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen at Hampton Beach State Park on October 29th, and 5 LAPLAND LONGSPURS, 2 "IPSWICH" SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and 10 HORNED LARKS were seen here on the 27th. 56 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 45 HORNED LARKS, 35 AMERICAN PIPITS, and 2 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen on Morrill Farm in Penacook on October 26th. A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen in the old orchard behind the NH Audubon McLane Center in Concord on October 27th. A BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER and a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT were seen in Nashua, a NORTHERN PARULA was seen in Newfields, and a BLACKPOLL WARBLER was seen in Rye, all on October 26th. A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen in Exeter, and a NASHVILLE WARBLER was seen in Rye, both on October 25th. A female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was reported along Black Brook near the Bethlehem-Whitefield Town Line on October 27th. HAWK migration continues, with over 9,000 raptors reported from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and over 2,600 hawks reported from the Carter Hill Orchard observation platform in Concord since September 1st. This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. 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