This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, June 11th, 2013. Birders on the coast reported a MANX SHEARWATER, 3 SURF SCOTERS, 11 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 36 BLACK SCOTERS, 2 NORTHERN GANNETS, 8 GREAT EGRETS, 21 SNOWY EGRETS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, a LAUGHING GULL, 5 ROSEATE TERNS, 260 COMMON TERNS, and 3 SALTMARSH SPARROWS, all on June 8th. A pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and 1 of their chicks continues to be seen along the forest road at the Trudeau Road wetlands in Bethlehem, and was last reported on June 10th. Also tallied in the area were a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, a NORTHERN FLICKER, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 4 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 6 COMMON RAVENS, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 2 VEERYS, 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, a HERMIT THRUSH, a WOOD THRUSH, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, an AMERICAN REDSTART, a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and 2 CANADA WARBLERS. Birders hiking on the Caps Ridge Trail in Jefferson Notch reported a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 5 HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 16 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, a COMMON RAVEN, 4 BOREAL CHICKADEES, 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, a BROWN CREEPER, 5 WINTER WRENS, 8 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 4 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, 13 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, a MOURNING WARBLER, 3 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 14 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 19 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 7 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 10 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 6 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 4 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and a PURPLE FINCH. 4 INDIGO BUNTINGS, a SCARLET TANAGER, 2 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, a PINE WARBLER, a PRAIRIE WARBLER, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, several OVENBIRDS, an EASTERN WOOD-PEEWEE, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER, and a GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER were all reported from the Oyster River Forest in Durham on June 9th. 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.