This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 8th,
2022. 

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was photographed at First Connecticut Lake in
Pittsburg on July 31st.

A LITTLE GULL was seen at the coast from Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on
August 2nd. 

A female KING EIDER that was first seen from Pulpit Rocks in Rye on May
22nd is still being seen along the coast in Rye, and was last reported on
August 7th.

2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, and 3 ARCTIC TERNS continued to be seen at the
Isles of Shoals during the past week, and a GREAT SHEARWATER was seen there
on the 7th.

A few LEAST TERNS and PIPING PLOVERS are nesting at Hampton Beach State
Park, and Seabrook Town Beach. If you visit, please give these birds room
to forage and raise their families!

2 STILT SANDPIPERS and a WHIMBREL were seen in Hampton Marsh on August 2nd.

A LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at the Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation Area on
August 2nd and 6th.

2 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at North Mill Pond in Portsmouth on
August 5th, and 1 was seen along Island Path in Hampton on the 3rd.

A MISSISSIPPI KITE nest was discovered in Stratham with 2 adults and 1
chick. Another adult was seen nearby, all on August 6th.

A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Swanzey on
August 3rd.  

10 TURKEY VULTURES were seen roosting together in Milan (north) during the
past week.

2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were seen at the Concord Airport on August 5th, and
1 was seen along Arboretum Drive opposite the Pease Airport on the 4th.

A RED CROSSBILL was reported from Duck Pond at Long Pond Town Forest in
Lempster on August 5th.

10 PURPLE MARTINS were seen at NH Audubon’s Brookside Sanctuary in South
Hampton on August 6th.

4 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS were seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester
on August 4th.

2 ORCHARD ORIOLES were seen at Pickering Ponds in Rochester on August 4th,
and 1 was seen at Odiorne Point State Park on the 3rd.

Single LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were reported from Durham, Pittsfield,
Wilmot, Penacook, and Antrim during the past week.

Several BICKNELL’S THRUSHES, and FOX SPARROWS were reported from the White
Mountains during the past week.

A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER and 4 MOURNING WARBLERS were reported from the
Cherry Pond access trail at the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in
Jefferson on August 7th.

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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