This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 8th, 2020.



During the Corona virus outbreak NH Audubon encourages you to enjoy birding 
safely; please follow travel and social distance recommendations from state 
and federal authorities.



An immature male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was photographed at a birdfeeder on 
Clough Hill Road in Loudon on June 4th, and was seen there again on June 5th 
and 6th, but has not been reported since then.



A KENTUCKY WARBLER was photographed at Bear Mountain in Bartlett on June 
2nd.



A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen flying over Base Station Road in Crawford Notch in 
the White Mountains on June 2nd.



3 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen along Madbury Road in Durham, 2 were seen 
along Folsom Drive in Newmarket, 1 was seen in Stratham, and 1 was seen in 
Greenland, all during the past week. MISSISSIPPI KITES have been 
successfully nesting in several of these towns for a number of years.



A SANDHILL CRANE was photographed in fields near Fernald Farm Dairy in 
Nottingham on June 6th.



A LEAST BITTERN was seen at World End Pond in Salem on June 6th, and 3 were 
seen at the Cranberry Ponds located behind the Price Chopper in West Lebanon 
on June 8th.



2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen again at Bear Brook State Park in 
Allenstown on June 4th.



A few pairs of PIPING PLOVERS and LEAST TERNS are nesting at Hampton Beach 
State Park. Please tread carefully and respect these nesting and foraging 
birds. Young PIPING PLOVERS leave the nest right after hatching, are tiny 
and difficult to see, and can be easily injured or killed by an errant 
footstep, beach ball, or Frisbee.



6 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen at Pease International Tradeport on June 7th.



A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen off of North Hampton Beach on June 7th.



9 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on June 
6th, 3 were reported from the Cemetery Fields in Amherst on the 4th, 1 was 
reported from the Pease International Tradeport on the 7th, 1 was reported 
from the Dillant-Hopkins Airport on the 6th, and 1 was reported from the 
Concord Airport on the 3rd.



A NELSON’S SPARROW was seen at Lubberland Creek along Bay Road in Newmarket 
on June 4th.



A few RED CROSSBILLS, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS, and PINE SISKINS continued to 
be reported from Pittsburg during the past week.



2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Dunbarton on June 7th, and 1 was reported 
from Durham on the 3rd.



A BICKNELL’S THRUSH was reported from Dixville on June 2nd.



Several OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were reported during the past week, 
including 1 in Newbury, 1 in Newington, and 1 in Newmarket.



An ORCHARD ORIOLE continues to be seen at Bedell Bridge State Park in 
Haverhill, and was last reported on June 7th.



3 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS were heard at Couch Pond in Webster on June 3rd.



A birder on an offshore fishing boat trip reported; 18 WILSON'S 
STORM-PETRELS, 23 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, and 2 GREAT SHEARWATERS on June 5th.



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