This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 13th, 
2010.



A BLUE GROSBEAK and 2 DICKCISSELS were seen in a weedy field along River 
Road in Stratham on October 10th. These birds were still present on the 12th 
when a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was also seen in the same area.



3 WHITE-EYED VIREOS were reported on October 10th, one seen at the Church 
Street parking lot in Hampton, and then two seen along Willow Avenue in 
North Hampton.



A DICKCISSEL, an "IPSWICH" SAVANNAH SPARROW, and 6 VESPER SPARROWS were 
reported from Chickering Farm in Westmoreland on October 13th.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at the Urban Forestry Center in 
Portsmouth on October 10th.



2 CASPIAN TERNS, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS 
were seen from ODIORNE POINT STATE PARK in Rye on October 12th.



A CACKLING GOOSE, a NORTHERN SHOVELER, 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS. and 
25AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Facility 
on October 12th, and 2 RUDDY DUCKS were seen here on the 8th. 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 GOLDEN-EAGLE was seen from Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on October 9th.



A SHORT-EARED OWL and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK were seen migrating along the coast 
in Rye on October 9th.



6 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 25 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK 
were seen in Hampton Marsh on October 7th.



A NORTHERN SHRIKE was reported from Surry Mountain Lake on October 10th.



A male REDHEAD was seen on Jackman Pond in South Tamworth on October 13th.



2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a 
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, and 18 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen at the Exeter 
Whitewater Treatment Plant on October 13th.



An AMERICAN COOT, 19 PIED-BILLED GREBES, and a LESSER SCAUP were seen at 
Powwow Pond in Kingston on October 13th.



A LAPLAND LONGSPUR, 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 85 AMERICAN PIPITS, 5 WHITE-CROWNED 
SPARROWS, and 3 INDIGO BUNTINGS were seen at the Sherman Farm in East Conway 
on October 8th.



A NELSON'S SPARROW and 3 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were seen at the Strafford 
County complex on October 12th.



6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS and 7 were reported from Pittsfield on the 7th.



4 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Carter Hill in Concord on October 10th, and 
one was reported from Etna on the 13th.



5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were reported from Hancock on October 12th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with over 10,000 raptors already reported from 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough since August 
24th. The peak flight days were on September 18th, with over 3,400 raptors 
seen on that day, and September 19th, with nearly 1,800 raptors seen then. 
Observers have also been counting migrating raptors from the Carter Hill 
Raptor Observatory in Concord with over 4,000 reported since September 1st, 
including over 900 tallied on September 18th. Be sure to visit these 
observatories this fall season to help out with the count and participate in 
the excitement!



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: 
[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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