This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 
28th, 2011..



A juvenile CURLEW SANDPIPER was discovered among other shorebirds at Plaice 
Cove in Hampton on September 17th and is apparently no longer present as it 
was last reported on September 23rd. Also present in the same area at times 
have been a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 4 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 4 PECTORAL 
SANDPIPERS, 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, several RUDDY 
TURNSTONES and DUNLINS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and many SANDERLINGS. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen here 
on the 21st, and an AMERICAN PIPIT was reported from here on the 26th. If 
you want to check this area, free parking is available across from 
Bicentennial Park and you can walk to the cove from there via Ancient 
Highway and then to the end of Toppan Street, where you can check among the 
sand, seaweed, and rocks.



An AMERICAN AVOCET was discovered in Meadow Pond in Hampton on August 24th, 
and has been seen continuously in the coastal Hampton area since then. It 
was last reported from Hampton Harbor near the Yankee Fisherman's 
Cooperative on September 26th.



3 CASPIAN TERNS 2 FORSTER'S TERNS, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 3 RED 
KNOTS, a HUDSONIAN GODWIT, and 55 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen in 
Hampton Harbor on September 20th.



A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was reported from the Laconia Golf Course on 
September 21st. A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen on Foss Beach in Rye on 
September 25th and 26th. A STILT SANDPIPER was seen at Henry's Pool in 
Hampton on September 21st, and one was seen in Hampton Harbor on the 25th.



A juvenile BLUE GROSBEAK was seen in Rochester on September 23rd, but has 
not been relocated.



An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at the Trails at Pickering Ponds in 
Rochester on September 25th.



2 DICKCISSELS, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 45 AMERICAN PIPITS, 15 HORNED LARKS, 165 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 33 PALM WARBLERS, a FIELD SPARROW, a VESPER SPARROW, 
12 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 120 SWAMP SPARROWS, 92 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 10 INDIGO 
BUNTINGS, a BOBOLINK, a RUSTY BLACKBIRD, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a BARN 
SWALLOW, and an AMERICAN KESTREL were all tallied at the Sherman Farm in 
East Conway on September 28th.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen in a vacant lot off Hampton Beach near Ron's 
Landing restaurant on September 25th and 26th, and one was seen at the 
Concord Community Gardens located off of Clinton Street in Concord on the 
27th.



Highlights from 2 organized birding trips during the past week to Star 
Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, included: 15 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 8 GREAT 
CORMORANTS, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a BLACK GUILLEMOT, 3 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, 
a COMMON NIGHTHAWK, over 100 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, a WILSONS WARBLER, a 
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and 2 BOBOLINKS all on September 24th; and 2 
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 5 PEREGRINE FALCONS, a 
MERLIN, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, and 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, all on September 
27th.



CORY'S SHEARWATER, MANX SHEARWATER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LAUGHING GULL, 
CASPIAN TERN, FORSTER'S TERN, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, 
PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and WILSON'S WARBLER are all 
highlights of bird species that were reported from Odiorne Point State Park 
in Rye for the annual Bioblitz held on September 24th this year.



A female NORTHERN SHOVELER was seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment 
Plant on September 23rd. Also present were 17 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a 
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, and a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. 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.



Over 15 BLUE-WINGED TEAL and a CLIFF SWALLOW were reported from the Exeter 
Wastewater Treatment Plant on September 20th.



Over 13,000 raptors have been reported from the Pack Monadnock Raptor 
Migration Observatory in Peterborough, and nearly 10,000 have been reported 
from the Carter Hill Raptor Observatory in Concord, all since September 1st. 
Species reported included BALD EAGLE, OSPREY, NORTHERN HARRIER, AMERICAN 
KESTREL, MERLIN, PEREGRINE FALCON, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, COOPER'S HAWK, 
NORTHERN GOSHAWK, RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and RED-TAILED 
HAWK. Be sure to visit these observatories this fall season to help out with 
the count!



2 immature BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were reported from Henry's Pool in 
Hampton on September 25th.



2 GREAT EGRETS were seen in Horseshoe Pond in Concord, and 1 was seen on the 
Nashua River in Nashua, all on September 26th.



2 AMERICAN BITTERNS were seen at Battles Farm in Bradford on September 26th.



A LAUGHING GULL was seen at the Lamprey River in Newmarket on September 
26th.



A female WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was seen on Pack Monadnock in Peterborough 
on September 22nd.



A birder in Concord heard the flight call of a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at night, 
and 2 were seen in Rumney during the day, all on September 27th.



A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and a TENNESSEE WARBLER were reported from Hollis on 
September 24th, 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS were seen in Keene on the 26th, and a 
TENNESSEE WARBLER was seen in Keene on the 28th.



Several EVENING GROSBEAKS were reported from Bald Mountain in Hillsborough 
on September 25th.



5 BOREAL CHICKADEES and 3 GRAY JAYS were reported from Shoal Pond in the 
Pemigewasset Wilderness on September 27th.



A WILSON'S SNIPE was reported from Concord on September 27th.



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Thanks very much and good birding.