This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 27th,
2021.

Birders on a weekend visit to Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals,
reported the following highlights: a LAZULI BUNTING (seen leaving the
island early-on), 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 2
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS, 4 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, a “heard-only” UPLAND
SANDPIPER, 3 CASPIAN TERNS, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 2 BOBOLINKS, 4 YELLOW
WARBLERS, a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, a “heard-only”
BLUE GROSBEAK, and 2 DICKCISSELS. 

A male HOODED WARBLER, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were seen at Odiorne
Point State Park in Rye on September 25th and 26th. 

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen in the Meadow Pond area of Hampton on
September 26th.

A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen at Lake Sunapee on September 25th.

A CANADA WARBLER was seen at the Thorne Pond Conservation Area in Bartlett
on September 21st, and 1 was reported from Waterville Valley on the 25th.

An AMERICAN COOT was seen on west Lake Massabesic in Manchester on
September 25th.

An adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at the Deer Hill Wildlife Management
Area in Brentwood on September 21st, and a juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON was
seen at Witch Island in Hampton on the 23rd.

A GREAT EGRET was seen in Monroe on September 25th.
						
A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen in coastal Hampton on September 22nd.

Single DICKCISSEL sightings were reported from Goss Farm in Rye, Greeley
Park in Nashua, and Woodmont Orchard in Hollis, all during the past week.

A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was reported from Bedell Bridge State Park in
Haverhill on September 21st and 22nd.

A CHIMNEY SWIFT was seen flying over Pack Monadnock on September 21st. 

A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in Antrim on September 24th, and 1 was seen in
Center Harbor on the 21st.

A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen in Portsmouth on September 27th, and 1
was reported from Newfields on the 26th.

A late-migrating EASTERN KINGBIRD, and several late-migrating VEERYS and
WOOD THRUSHES were reported, all during the past week.

Hawk migration is under way and observers have already counted over 7,124
raptors from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory. Be sure to
visit and help the official counters!

This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 4 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.

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