This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, September 
27th, 2007.

A SABINE'S GULL, a LONG-TAILED JAEGER, an ATLANTIC PUFFIN, a MANX 
SHEARWATER, 8 GREATER SHEARWATERS, and a possible PARASITIC JAEGER were all 
seen on a whale watch out of Rye Harbor on September 22nd. The SABINE'S GULL 
was seen in NH waters, but some of the others were seen in Maine waters. 
Seen on the same whale watch boat the next day were 36 GREATER SHEARWATERS 
and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS, and a rare BLUE WHALE!



2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and 8 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS were seen at Pease 
International Tradeport near the Pease Golf Course on September 25th.



14 CASPIAN TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on September 25th.



An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 6 LAUGHING GULLS, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 6 
CASPIAN TERNS, 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, and a SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW 
were all reported from Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September 22nd.



A DICKCISSEL was seen at the Concord Community Gardens on Birch Street, off 
of Route 13, on September 26th.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, a COMMON MOORHEN, and a CAPE MAY WARBLER were seen 
at the setbacks at the setbacks on the Connecticut River in Hinsdale on 
September 24th. Nearly 7,000 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were seen leaving a roost 
in the reed-beds here on September 25th.



An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, a CLIFF SWALLOW, a BROWN 
THRASHER, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, a CAPE MAY WARBLER, and 2 PINE SISKINS were 
seen on Star Island in Rye on September 23rd.



A NORTHERN SHOVELER was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Facility on 
September 24th.



8 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER were seen in the fields 
next to Horseshoe Pond in Concord on September 20th. 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN 
PLOVERS were seen in fields along East Conway Road in Conway on the 21st.



A GREATER SCAUP and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at the Rochester Waste 
Water Treatment Plant on September 25th. 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were present on 
the 22nd. 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 RED-NECKED GREBE was seen in Squam Lake in Holderness on September 31st.



29 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen in the farm fields near River Street in East 
Conway on September 22nd.



A RED CROSSBILL was seen on Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on September 
25th.



A female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen near Round Pond in Pawtuckaway 
State Park in Nottingham on September 22nd. Also present were 4 RUSTY 
BLACKBIRDS.



5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen migrating along the coast in Rye on September 
23rd, and 5 were seen at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge on the 21st.



A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen at Turkey Pond in Concord on September 23rd.



HAWK migration is under way with 8,890 raptors reported from the Pack 
Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough since September 1st. 
Be sure to visit the observatory to help out with the count!



This message is also available by phone recording: call 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 tape 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.

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