This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 15th, 
2014.



An immature PACIFIC LOON was seen at Seal Rocks along the coast in Rye on 
July 12th and 13th. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen here on the 12th.



An immature WHITE IBIS was discovered at Awcomin Marsh in Rye on July 11th, 
and has been seen every day since then. It was most recently reported from 
marshes along Route 1A just south of Rye Harbor on July 15th.



An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was seen along the coast at Odiorne Point State 
Park in Rye on July 12th.



2 PARASITIC JAEGERS were seen along the coast on July 15th.



Birders on the Granite State whalewatch out of Rye Harbor reported an 
unidentified JAEGER, 41 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 107 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 47 SOOTY 
SHEARWATERS, 130 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 2 NORTHERN GANNETS, a LAUGHING 
GULL, and 2 GREAT CORMORANTS on July 12th.



A ROYAL TERN was seen along the coast in Rye on July 14th.



A CASPIAN TERN was seen on Lake Massabesic in Auburn on July 8th.



A FORSTER’S TERN was seen at Hampton Harbor on July 11th.



2 LEAST TERNS, 5 ROSEATE TERNS, and 17 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen 
in Hampton Marsh on July 12th.



At least 2 MISSISSIPPI KITES are being seen regularly in Newmarket, where 
they have nested during the past several years.



2 SANDHILL CRANES have returned to their summering grounds in Monroe and can 
sometimes be seen in fields along the Connecticut River as far as 9-miles 
north of the town center and also in fields along Plains Road. If you look 
for these birds, please do not venture onto the farm fields, which are 
privately owned.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continues to sing from a perch near the intersection 
of Short Street and Aboretum Drive in Newington on July 10th, and a family 
of 4 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS was seen there on the 15th.



A WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was reported from Eaton on July 13th, and a RED 
CROSSBILL was reported from Pinkham Notch in Gorham on the 10th.



A female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was reported from Trudeau Road in Bethlehem 
on July 10th.



A FOX SPARROW, 7 BOREAL CHICKADEES, and 10 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES were seen by 
hikers on Mount Hancock in the White Mountains on July 12th.



2 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES were reported from Mount Hale on July 12th, and 2 were 
reported from the Caps Ridge Trail in Jefferson on the 14th, all in the 
White Mountains.



A SPRUCE GROUSE was seen on Mount Liberty in the White Mountains on July 
12th.



2 GRAY JAYS and a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER were reported from Stewartstown on 
July 10th.



3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were reported from Loverens Mill Cedar Swamp in Antrim on 
July 8th.



3 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen over Fall Mountain in North Walpole on July 
10th.



5 PURPLE MARTINS were reported from Weir’s Beach on July 10th.



A BRANT was seen in Hampton Marsh on July 12th.



A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at World End Pond in Salem on July 10th.



Several NELSON’S SPARROWS and SALTMARSH SPARROWS were reported from the 
coast during the past week.



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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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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