This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 15th, 
2009.



A SABINE'S GULL, a LITTLE GULL, a BLACK-HEADED GULL, a CASPIAN TERN, 4 LEAST 
TERNS, 3 ROSEATE TERNS, and 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were all reported 
from Hampton Harbor on July 11th.



An immature LITTLE GULL and120 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were reported from 
Bicentennial Park in Hampton on July 12th. A possible second LITTLE GULL was 
reported from Jenness Beach in Rye, also on the 12th.



An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL and 2 LEAST TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor 
on July 12th.



An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was seen on the north end of Hampton Beach on July 
8th.



There have been an impressive number of birds seen in New Hampshire waters 
on whale watch trips during the past week. Highlights included: 3 RED-NECKED 
PHALAROPES and a PARASITIC JAEGER on July 14th; a BLACK TERN, 40 CORY'S 
SHEARWATERS, 1,500 GREATER SHEARWATERS, 200 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, a MANX 
SHEARWATER, 500 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, and 25 NORTHERN GANNETS on the 12th; 
and a NORTHERN FULMAR, and 27 WHIMBRELS on the 9th.



A WHIMBREL was seen on Squam Lake on July 9th.



A SNOWY OWL was seen along Bog Road in Stratford on July 9th. Could this 
have been a recently released rehabilitated bird?



A CATTLE EGRET was reported from Bear Hill Road in Chichester on July 13th.



2 pairs of MISSISSIPPI KITES have been located in Newmarket near the same 2 
sites where they nested in 2008. 2 were seen from Route 152, near the school 
that is located a short distance west of Packers Falls Road, on June 28th.



A FISH CROW was reported from Durham on July 14th.



A PIED-BILLED GREBE was reported from the Nashua River in Nashua on July 
15th.



This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
press 2 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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