This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 18th, 2016.



A WHITE IBIS was seen flying over Seabrook near the Massachusetts border on 
July 15th.



36 GLOSSY IBIS, 10 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 16 GREAT EGRETS, 44 SNOWY EGRETS, and 
2 GREEN HERONS were tallied along the coast on July 16th. A BLACK-CROWNED 
NIGHT-HERON was seen in Seabrook on the 17th.



2 LEAST BITTERNS were reported from World End Pond in Salem on July 16th. 
Also present were 4 VIRGINIA RAILS.



30 ROSEATE TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on July 12th.



Birders on a whale watch cruise out of Rye Harbor reported seeing several 
CORY’S SHEARWATERS, SOOTY SHEARWATERS, and GREAT SHEARWATERS on July 13th.



A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen soaring over downtown Newmarket on July 16th.



2 BLACK VULTURES were seen soaring over Westmoreland on July 17th.



A pair of SANDHILL CRANES has returned to Monroe and they were most recently 
reported on June 26th. The birds are most often seen in farm fields along 
Plains Road. If you look for the birds, please look from the road and do not 
enter the fields.



8 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on July 13th.



16 PURPLE MARTINS were seen along the coast on July 17th.



A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was heard in Durham on July 16th.



2 NELSON’S SPARROWS were seen at the end of Pollock Drive in Rye on July 
17th.



A female RUDDY DUCK was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on 
July 17th.



A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen from the Caps Ridge Trail off of the 
Jefferson Notch Road in the White Mountains on July 15th.



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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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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