This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 23rd, 2016.



A PACIFIC LOON was seen off of the coast of North Hampton on May 22nd.



A SANDHILL CRANE was seen in a field in Berlin on May 21st. A pair of 
SANDHILL CRANES has returned to Monroe and they were most recently seen on 
May 22nd. 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.



A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen in Newmarket on May 20th, and 22nd.



A COMMON GALLINULE was seen at Airport Marsh on Hazen Road in Whitefield on 
May 20th. 21st, and 22nd.



A CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW and a WHITE-WINGED DOVE were reported from Star Island, 
one of the Isles of Shoals, on May 21st.



An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was seen off the coast of Seabrook on May 22nd.



3 LEAST TERNS and 2 ROSEATE TERNS were seen in coastal Hampton on May 18th, 
and an unidentified JAEGER was seen off the coast on May 22nd.



2 LEAST BITTERNS were reported from Salem on May 21st, and 7 GLOSSY IBIS 
were seen flying along the coast on May 22nd.



An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was reported from East Weare Road near Clough State 
Park on May 21st.



A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported from Pittsfield on May 19th.



A DICKCISSEL was seen at Moore Fields on Route 155A in Durham on May 19th.



A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Concord Airport, and 1 was seen in 
Nashua, both on May 17th.



A CERULEAN WARBLER was reported from Mount Wantastiquet in Hinsdale on May 
20th and 21st.



A BREWSTER’S WARBLER was seen along Bennett Road in Durham on May 17th.



20 BRANT were seen along the coast in Rye on May 20th.



7 NORTHERN SHOVELERS were seen at Airport Marsh on Hazen Road in Whitefield 
on May 18th, 2 were seen on Lake Wantastiquet in Hinsdale on the 21st, and 1 
was seen in Penacook on the 20th.



2 RED-NECKED GREBES and an AMERICAN WIGEON were seen on the Connecticut 
River in Hinsdale on May 22nd.



5 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on Squam Lake on May 17th.



2 PIPING PLOVERS were seen at Hampton Beach State Park, and 2 UPLAND 
SANDPIPERS were seen at the Pease International Tradeport, all on May 22nd.



20 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen along the coast on May 22nd.



An estimated 140 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen migrating over North 
Sandwich, 11 were seen in Rochester, and 5 were seen on the shore of Lily 
Pond in Gilford, all on May 20th.



An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was reported from Trudeau Road in Bethlehem, and 1 
was reported from Huntress Bridge Road in Effingham, both on May 22nd.



A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and an EVENING GROSBEAK were seen in Rumney on May 
17th, and an EVENING GROSBEAK was seen in Richmond on May 18th.



A pair of MERLINS was seen in New London on May 18th, and a pair was seen in 
Tilton on the 23rd.



2 RED CROSSBILLS were seen in Effingham on May 22nd.



BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were reported from near Little Cherry Pond in 
Jefferson, and from Trudeau Road in Bethlehem, during the past week.



A hiker in the White Mountains south of Mount Washington reported a SPRUCE 
GROUSE, 7 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES, and 4 FOX SPARROWS on May 22nd.



A few WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS were reported during the past week.



A few COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen during the past week.



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: 
[log in to unmask] Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird 
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.


To post messages, send e-mail to:  [log in to unmask]
Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages.
To contact the list owner:  [log in to unmask]
To unsubscribe:  E-mail this command to [log in to unmask]:  UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders
To change your e-mail address:  E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask]:  CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address]

Web based archives and subscription management are available at:
http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html