This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 9th,
2021.

A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was seen at the Pickering Ponds in Rochester
on August 8th and 9th.

2 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS were seen at the Exeter Wastewater
Treatment Plant on August 9th. Access on foot only. Park in the main
parking lot and walk in. A RUDDY DUCK was seen here on August 7th. 
 
An AMERICAN COOT was seen at World End Pond in Salem on August 3rd.

MISSISSIPPI KITES continue to be seen in Durham, Newmarket, Greenland, and
Stratham, where they have nested in past years.

LEAST BITTERNS continue to be seen in the Cranberry Pond wetlands located
behind the Price Chopper shopping center on Route 12A in West Lebanon and 1
was last reported on August 7th. A LEAST BITTERN was reported from World
End Pond in Salem on August 3rd.’

An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye
on August 4th and 6th.

A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Hampton Marsh on August 7th, and 1
was seen at the Parson’s Creek salt marsh in Rye on August 8th.

2 GREAT EGRETS were seen near Lake Sunapee, 1 was seen near Springfield,
and 1 was reported from Bradford, all during the past week.

2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and a GREAT CORMORANT were seen at the Isles of
Shoals during the past week by field biologists working for the Shoals
Marine Lab Tern Conservation Program.

There were confirmed sightings of a WILSON’S PHALAROPE in a flooded puddle
located along Route 101 in Keene on August 4th and 5th.

A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER and a SANDERLING were seen in the wet fields off
of Krif Road in Keene on August 8th and 9th. Several SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, and LEAST SANDPIPERS were also present.

2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen on the coast in Hampton on August 4th,
and 1 was seen there on the 9th.

A PECTORAL SANDPIPER and a RUDDY TURNSTONE were reported from the coast on
August 7th.

3 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen along the coast at Rye Ledge on August 9th.

A juvenile-plumaged RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen near 589 Morrill Street
in Gilford on August 6th.

A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was reported from Mud Pond at Pondicherry
National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on August 8th.

2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on August
5th, and 1 was seen at Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on the 7th.

A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was seen was seen at the Pickering Ponds in
Rochester on August 4th.

3 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from Dodge Pond in Lyman on August 8th –
southbound migration will be starting soon!

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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