This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 7th,
2009.
A BELL'S VIREO was discovered at the south end of Odiorne Point State Park
in Rye on October 1st and was seen for several days after that, and was last
reported on the 5th. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen in the same area on the
4th.
A DICKCISSEL was reported from Durham on October 4th, and one was seen at
Chickering Farm in Westmoreland on October 5th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at the Maplewood River and Nature Trail in
Westmoreland on October 5th, A NASHVILLE WARBLER was also present.
A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen with 35 AMERICAN WIGEON on Great Bay in Greenland
on October 7th.
A REDHEAD was seen with about 40 GREATER SCAUP on Great Bay on October 6th.
A GADWALL was seen on Newfound Lake in Hebron on October 1st.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen in Granite Lake in Munsonville on October 5th.
A COMMON MOORHEN was seen in Eel Pond in Rye on October 4th, and an AMERICAN
COOT was reported from there on September 30th.
A CLAPPER RAIL was seen in Seabrook Marsh on October 2nd.
A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen from Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on
October 3rd.
Highlights of a "storm-bird" watch at Ragged Neck in Rye on October 3rd
included: a PACIFIC LOON, 5 NORTHERN FULMARS, 7 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 6
GREATER SHEARWATERS, a SOOTY SHEARWATER, a MANX SHEARWATER, a STORM-PETREL,
a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, and a PARASITIC JAEGER.
A LITTLE GULL was seen at Pulpit Rocks in Rye on October 1st.
A CASPIAN TERN, a MANX SHEARWATER, and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE were seen
from Ragged Neck in Rye on October 7th.
Birders on a Whale Watch to Jeffrey's Ledge out of Rye on October 2nd
reported 2 NORTHERN FULMARS, 8 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 134 GREATER SHEARWATERS,
a SOOTY SHEARWATER, and 6 MANX SHEARWATERS.
Nearly 1,000 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were seen in Hampton Harbor on
October 3rd.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at Ragged Neck in Rye on October 3rd.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen in Rochester on September 30th.
A PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and a WILSON'S SNIPE were all
reported from Morrill Farm in Penacook on October 4th. A VESPER SPARROW and
a LEAST FLYCATCHER were seen here on the 3rd.
2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported from the summit of Mount Monadnock in
Jaffrey on October 4th.
18 AMERICAN PIPITS were reported from fields in Westmoreland on October 5th.
A SALTMARSH SPARROW was seen at Chapman's Landing in Stratham on October
1st, and 3 were seen there on September 30th.
HAWK migration is under way with 5,792 raptors, including 37 BALD EAGLES,
reported from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in
Peterborough since September 1st. The biggest single-day counts to date were
2,129 raptors on September 16th, and 715 raptors on the 21st. NH Audubon is
again operating a second raptor observatory at Carter Hill Orchard in
Concord, and its biggest single day was also on the 16th with over 300
raptors. Be sure to visit both observatories to help out with the count!
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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