This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 25th, 2015.



A CASPIAN TERN, a COMMON TERN, a BRANT, and 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen 
on the Connecticut River in Hinsdale on May 19th.



A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Facility on 
May 21st, and one was reported from Surry Lane marsh in Durham on the 24th.



2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen flying near Gonet Road in Newmarket on May 
24th.



A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Cemetery Fields in Amherst on May 
19th, and 1 was seen at the Pease International Tradeport on May 23rd.



A WHIMBREL was seen along the coast in Rye on May 23rd, and a WHITE-RUMPED 
SANDPIPER was seen in Hampton on May 24th.



Over 400 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen migrating along the coast on May 
21st.



5 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, 10 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 
and 2 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS were reported from near the summit of Cannon 
Mountain in Franconia Notch on May 25th.



A CAPE MAY WARBLER and a TENNESSEE WARBLER were seen at the York Pond Fish 
Hatchery in Berlin on May 23rd.



A TENNESSEE WARBLER was reported from Sandwich on May 22nd, 1 was reported 
from Whitefield on the 23rd, and 1 was seen in Walpole on the 18th.



A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen at Mount Wantastiquet in Hinsdale on May 
22nd.



A MOURNING WARBLER was reported from Jefferson on May 23rd.



A MOURNING WARBLER was seen in Hampton, and a WILSON’S WARBLER was seen in 
Rye, both on May 24th.



A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was reported from Durham on May 21st.



A few BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS, and ORCHARD ORIOLES were reported from scattered 
locations during the past week.



2 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were reported from Lyman on May 25th, 1 was seen 
in Walpole on the 18th, and 1 was seen in Concord on the 20th.



A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen in Enfield on May 23rd, 1 was seen in 
Hampton on the 24th, and 1 was seen in Rye on the 24th.



A number of ALDER FLYCATCHERS and WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were reported during 
the past week.



A flock of 25 GLOSSY IBIS was seen along the coast on May 21st.



3 AMERICAN BITTERNS were seen together in New London on May 18th.



An AMERICAN PIPIT was seen in Stratford on May 19th.



A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was reported from Durham on May 25th.



10 CLIFF SWALLOWS were seen in Danbury on May 23rd.



117 CHIMNEY SWIFTS were seen flying in to a chimney to roost, in Orford on 
May 19th.



A flock of 45 BRANT was seen migrating over Sandwich on May 20th, and over 
200 were reported from the coast on the 19th, and 21st.



A flock of 36 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS was seen migrating over Sandwich, and a 
flock of about 300 unidentified SCOTERS was reported from Strafford, all on 
May 22nd.



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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