This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 19th, 
2016.



A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was reported from Contoocook on September 18th.



2 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Westmoreland on September 17th.



A SANDHILL CRANE has been seen somewhat regularly in a hayfield along Route 
127 in West Hopkinton and irregularly in nearby Elm Brook Park since July 
19th. It was last reported on September 18th. 7 SANDHILL CRANES were seen 
near the New Hampshire state line in Fryeburg, Maine on September 17th.



A CASPIAN TERN was seen along the coast on September 18th.



A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in coastal Seabrook on September 17th, 
and 1 was seen in Durham on the 15th. A GREAT EGRET was seen in the Concord 
area on September 18th.



A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen along the coast in Rye on September 18th.



An AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at the Sherman Farm fields in Conway on 
September 17th, and 1 was seen in Hampton Marsh on September 14th.



2 WHIMBRELS were seen in Hampton Harbor on September 16th.



A SANDERLING, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, and 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at 
Canobie Lake in Salem on September 18th and 19th.



A CONNECTICUT WARBLER and a DICKCISSEL were seen at Moore Fields located 
along Route 155A in Durham on September 17th.



A DICKCISSEL was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on September 15th and 17th.



A DICKCISSEL was seen in the Concord Community Gardens on Birch Street in 
Concord on September 14th.



A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
September 17th.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 2 CAPE MAY WARBLERS were reported from Carter 
Hill Orchard in Concord on September 13th.



A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen on Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on September 
13th, 14th and 15th, and 1 was seen in Orford on the 17th.



A MOURNING WARBLER was seen in North Conway on September 15th.



An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen in Hopkinton on September 16th.



An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen in Sandwich on 
September 17th. and a CAPE MAY WARBLER and a TENNESSEE WARBLER were seen in 
Sandwich on the 19th.



There were several LINCOLN’S SPARROWS reported from scattered locations 
during the past week.



RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors being counted daily at 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough, including 
nearly 4,500 raptors tallied since September 1st (with 3,352 counted just on 
September 15th!) and at the Carter Hill Observatory in Concord, including 
nearly 4,000 raptors counted since September 1st (with 3,095 counted just on 
September 16th!) Be sure to visit these New Hampshire Audubon staffed 
observatories this fall season to help out with the counts!



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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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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