This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 20th,
2021.
A SWAINSON’S HAWK was seen migrating south with other migrants near the
InterLakes School in Meredith on September 16th.
3 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Pelham on September 14th.
An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER and 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at the
Isles of Shoals on September 12th.
Birders on a boat cruise out of Rye Harbor on September 12th, reported a
RED PHALAROPE, 27 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 18 WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, 4
CORY’S SHEARWATERS, 32 GREAT SHEARWATERS, and a possible MANX SHEARWATER.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was seen at the Charlestown Wastewater Treatment
Plant on September 16th and 18th. View from outside the fence only – DO NOT
ENTER.
3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at Mile Long Pond on the Androscoggin River
in Errol on September 16th.
A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at Foss Beach in Rye, on September 18th.
A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen in coastal Hampton on September 18th.
2 SNOWY EGRETS were seen at Wagon Hill Farm in Durham on September 17th.
A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at the Freedom Town Forest on September
16th, and 1 was reported from the Spalding Park Town Forest in Hollis on
the 19th.
A BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was seen in Portsmouth on September 18th.
An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen in coastal Hampton on September 18th.
A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was reported from Gorham on September 16th, and
1 was reported from Hampton on the 14th.
Single DICKCISSEL sightings were reported from Rye, Durham, Milford,
Peterborough, Keene, Sandwich, and Haverhill during the past week.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed at Goss Farm in Rye on September
17th and 18th.
2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were seen at Milton Mills on September 17th.
A few WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were reported from Westmoreland and Keene on
September 19th.
Single BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were reported from Rye, Whitefield, Franklin,
and Surry during the past week.
9 CHIMNEY SWIFTS were seen flying over Pack Monadnock on September 14th,
and 2 were seen in Concord on the 15th.
Several late-migrating GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS and EASTERN KINGBIRDS were
reported during the past week.
Hawk migration is under way and observers have already counted over 5,638
raptors from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory. Be sure to
visit and help the official counters!
Additional hawk-watching efforts recorded: 7,331 raptors on September 16th
and 17th at the InterLakes School in Meredith; 3.567 raptors on September
16th at Little Round Top in Bristol; and 2,166 raptors on September 14th at
Alton Bay.
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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