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: 
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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.