This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 10, 
2018.



NH Audubon sponsored an all day pelagic bird trip aboard the "Granite State" 
out of Rye Harbor on September 4th. Highlights included: a SOUTH POLAR SKUA, 
5 POMARINE JAEGERS, 221 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 13 GREAT SHEARWATERS, a MANX 
SHEARWATER, over 50 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 5 NORTHERN GANNETS and 3 GREAT 
CORMORANTS on the Isles of Shoals, and 23 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.



A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was photographed on the Androscoggin River in Gorham 
on August 2nd, has been seen almost every day since then, and was last 
reported on September 10th. The bird has been most commonly seen perched on 
orange safety buoys just above the Gorham Hydroelectric Station dam on Power 
House Road. This is also the site of the Gorham Transfer Station and there 
is signed River Access parking at the entrance, so park here and walk to the 
dam.



A female KING EIDER was found with a large flock of COMMON EIDER off of 
North Hampton State Beach on September 8th.



An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in coastal Rye during the past week 
and was last reported on September 8th. A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was 
seen in coastal Seabrook on the 9th, and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was 
seen in Nashua on the 9th.



2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were seen in Newfound Lake on September 5th.



A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER were seen at the Charlestown 
Wastewater Treatment Plant on September 8th and 9th. If visiting the Plant 
please stay behind the fence, and do not park along the access road or near 
the entrance to the road. There is public parking at the end of Lower 
Landing Road.



A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
September 10th, and a SORA and 2 VIRGINIA RAILS were seen here on the 9th. 
The treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation are 7:30-3:00 on 
weekdays. Access is on-foot only, so if you visit, please park your car and 
check in at the office. You must 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.



2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton on September 
6th and 7th, and 1 was seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on the 7th.



2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER were seen at 
Bicentennial Park in Hampton on September 6th.



2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS were reported from coastal Rye on September 7th.



An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a WHIMBREL were seen at Plaice Cover in 
Hampton on September 9th.



A SANDERLING was reported from Lake Sunapee on September 9th.



3 RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Pack Monadnock in Peterborough, and 2 
EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Rumney, all on September 9th.



Flyover DICKCISSELS were reported from Bow, Rye, Hollis, and Salem during 
the past week, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was reported from East Kingston on 
September 7th.



Several migrating PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, CAPE MAY WARBLERS, BAY-BREASTED 
WARBLERS, and TENNESEE WARBLERS were reported from scattered locations 
during the past week.



Migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported from several locations during the 
past week, with a high-count of over 150 in Concord on September 4th. A 
WHIP-POOR-WILL was reported from Ossipee on the 7th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors being counted daily at 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough. Pack 
Monadnock has reported over 1,350 raptors since September 1st. The majority 
of the raptors being seen at this time in the season are BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. 
Be sure to visit this observatory during this fall season to help out with 
the count!



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: 
[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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