This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 25th,
2023. 

A POMARINE JAEGER was seen in offshore waters at Jeffrey’s Ledge on
September 19th, and a MANX SHEARWATER was seen at Jeffrey’s Ledge on the
22nd.

4 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at Sawyer’s Beach in Rye on September 18th. 

An adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the north end of Odiorne
Point State Park in Rye on September 18th.

A RAZORBILL was seen from Odiorne State Park in Rye on September 23rd.

5 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at the Isles of Shoals on September
23rd.

A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at Foss Beach, and 1 was seen at Ragged Neck,
both in Rye on September 19th.  

3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were seen migrating over Pack Monadnock in
Peterborough on September 19th, and an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was seen at
the north end of North Hampton Beach on the 22nd.

A STILT SANDPIPER was seen on September 22nd, and 5 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
were seen on the 20th, all at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant. The
treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation are 7:30-2:00 on
weekdays. If you visit, please park in a designated spot at the main
building and be out of the plant by 1:45 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 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at the Woodsville boat launch on the
Connecticut River in Haverhill on September 23rd.

A female KING EIDER continues to be seen in coastal Rye, often from the
second pullout on Route 1A just south of Odiorne Point State Park. It was
last reported on September 23rd.

An AMERICAN COOT and a SORA were seen at World End Pond in Salem on
September 23rd.

A GREAT CORMORANT was seen on the Androscoggin River in Errol on September
21st.

A GREAT EGRET was seen at Trinity Farm in Orford on September 23rd, and a
SNOWY EGRET was seen at Bedell Bridge State Park in Haverhill on the 20th.

3 SNOWY EGRETS were seen at Adams Point in Durham on September 23rd.

A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September
23rd.

A LARK SPARROW and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were seen at Goss Farm in Rye on
several days during the past week.

A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen at Benson Park in Hudson on September 20th.

2 DICKCISSELS were seen at Goss Farm in Rye, 2 were seen at the Birch
Street gardens in Concord, 1 was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord, 1 was
seen at Pickering Pond in Rochester, and 1 was seen at Star Island, one of
the Isles of Shoals, all during the past week. 

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen on Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals,
on September 22nd and 23rd.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was reported from Valley Cross Road in Jackson on
September 19th, 1 was reported from Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on the
20th, and 1 was reported from Gumpas Conservation Area in Pelham on the
19th. 

A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Spinney Lane and Durham Reservoir in
Durham on September 21st, and 1 was reported from the Hinsdale Bluffs on
the 23rd.

A MOURNING WARBLER was seen in Sandwich on September 22nd.

A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen along Tilton Hill Road in Pittsfield on
September 25th, 3 were seen in Penacook on the 25th, and 2 were reported
from Hayfield Lane in New London on the 24th.

RED CROSSBILL sightings continued to be reported from scattered statewide
locations, all during the past week.

A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Durham on September 24th.

A GOLDEN EAGLE was reported from Alexandria on September 21st, and 1 was
reported from Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on the 20th.

Hawk migration observation has started and observers have counted over
10,000 raptors (mainly BROAD-WINGED HAWKS) from the Pack Monadnock Raptor
Migration Observatory. Be sure to visit and help the official counters!

A late-migrating COMMON NIGHTHAWK and CHIMNEY SWIFT were seen from Pack
Monadnock in Peterborough, both during the past week.

9 HORNED LARKS were seen at Pease International Tradeport in Portsmouth on
September 20th, 3 were seen at Ragged Neck in Rye on the 24th, and 1 was
seen at Elm Brook Park in Hopkinton on the 21st.

Lingering migrant species reported during the past week included:
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO, VEERY,
WOOD THRUSH, YELLOW WARBLER, and CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER.

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 to:
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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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