This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 10th, 2011. Birders viewing coastal migration from the Ragged Neck portion of Rye Harbor State Park on August 7th reported the following mostly migrant birds: 3 BLACK TERNS, a LEAST TERN, 2 UNIDENTIFIED JAEGERS, 17 MANX SHEARWATERS, 12 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 516 NORTHERN GANNETS, 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 81 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 23 WHIMBRELS, 10 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 20 SANDERLINGS, 101 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 12 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 1,107 UNIDENTIFIED "PEEPS"(SMALL SANDPIPERS), and 11 TREE SWALLOWS. A LEAST TERN was seen in Hampton Harbor on August 10th. Also present were ROSEATE TERNS, COMMON TERNS, and a few shorebirds. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on Jenness Beach in Rye on August 7th. A pair of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and an AMERICAN BITTERN were reported from the Trudeau Road trails in Bethlehem on August 6th. A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER were reported from Mud Pond in the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on August 6th. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen perched on the South Congregational Church steeple in Concord on August 5th. A RINGED TURTLE-DOVE, a species not native to North America, and probably escaped from captivity, was reported from Nashua on August 2nd and again on the 4th. 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. **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************