This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 21st, 
2019.



On a boat cruise to offshore waters organized by NH Audubon’s Seacoast 
Chapter and held on October 14th, the following highlights were noted: 6 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 268 RED PHALAROPES, a SOUTH POLAR SKUA, 2 POMARINE 
JAEGERS, 4 BLACK GUILLEMOTS, 8 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 16 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 
104 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, a LITTLE GULL, 6 LAUGHING GULLS, a LEACH'S 
STORM-PETREL (in Maine waters), 135 NORTHERN FULMARS, a CORY'S SHEARWATER, 
23 GREAT SHEARWATERS, a MANX SHEARWATER, 72 NORTHERN GANNETS, a LARK 
SPARROW, a PINE WARBLER, and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.



2 SANDHILL CRANES continue to be seen foraging in fields along Ledge Farm 
Road in Nottingham and were last reported on October 19th.



A TRUMPETER SWAN was discovered at NH Audubon’s Abe Emerson Marsh in Candia 
on April 13th and continues being seen. It was last reported on October 
18th.



An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was discovered along North River Road near 
Burley Farm in Epping on October 5th, and was last reported on October 20th.



An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, and 1 
was seen along North Shore Road in Hampton, both on October 19th. Another 
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen in Holderness on the 20th.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at the Concord Community Gardens on Birch 
Street, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was reported from the Concord Airport, 
both on October 16th. A FOX SPARROW was seen in Holderness on the 20th.



A DICKCISSEL was seen at the Concord Community Gardens on Birch Street on 
October 12th, and 2 were reported from Goss Farm in Rye on the 21st.



A juvenile BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was photographed on Lake Massabesic from 
Front Park on Route 28 in Auburn on October 18th.



A STILT SANDPIPER was seen along the coast near Odiorne Point State Park in 
Rye on October 19th.



2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant 
from October 18th to the 20th. A LESSER YELLOWLEGS was seen here on the 
14th. The plant is only open to birders on weekends. Park in the main lot 
and do not drive on the plant roads.



6 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen at the Rochester 
Wastewater Treatment Plant on October 17th, and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was 
seen there on the 16th. The treatment plant is gated and the hours of 
operation are 7:30-3:00 on weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the 
office and be out of the plant by 2:45 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.



57 BLACK SCOTERS, 21 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen 
on Cherry Pond in Jefferson on October 19th.



34 BLACK SCOTERS, 3 SURF SCOTERS, and 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, were seen on 
Echo Lake in Franconia Notch during the past week.



A GOLDEN EAGLE was reported from Temple Mountain on October 14th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors being counted daily at 
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough. Over 9,930 
raptors, mainly BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, have already been tallied there since 
September 1st. The Carter Hill Raptor Migration Observatory in Concord is 
now being staffed by volunteers for a few days each week and has tallied 
over 2,370 raptors since September 1st. Be sure to visit these observatories 
during the fall season to help out with their 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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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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