This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 28th, 2018.



A SNOWY OWL and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were seen at Hampton Beach State Park 
on May 23rd.



2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were reported from Madbury Road near the town library in 
Durham on May 27th and 28th.



A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Nashua on May 22nd, and 1 was seen in Durham on 
the 26th.



A pair of SANDHILL CRANES was seen together with a young bird near the 
Connecticut River in Monroe on May 25th.



An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen on May 22nd, and an adult LITTLE BLUE 
HERON was seen on May 27th, both feeding with SNOWY EGRETS in the marsh 
located on the west side of Route 1A opposite Wallis Sands State Park in 
Rye. A TRICOLORED HERON was seen here on May 26th. A GREAT EGRET was seen in 
Littleton on May 26th, and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Hinsdale 
on May 27th.



A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on May 28th.



An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was seen from Concord Point in Rye on May 26th.



2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen in Hampton Marsh on May 24th, and over 
100 PURPLE SANDPIPERS continued to be seen at the coast during the past 
week.



3 PIPING PLOVERS were seen at Hampton Beach State Park on May 26th. 2 UPLAND 
SANDPIPERS were seen at Pease International Tradeport in Newington on May 
26th.



A CASPIAN TERN was seen off of Hampton Beach State Park on May 28th, and 11 
LEAST TERNS were reported from Hampton Beach State Park on May 22nd.



8 BRANT, 7 LAUGHING GULLS, and a GREAT CORMORANT were seen along the coast 
on May 24th.



A female KING EIDER was seen on the coast at the Rye/North Hampton town line 
on May 28th, and a COMMON EIDER was photographed at Pickering Ponds in 
Rochester on May 25th.



Over 3,000 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at the coast migrating north on 
May 24th, 2 were seen on Boston Lot Lake in Lebanon on May 23rd, and 2 were 
seen at Airport Marsh in Whitefield on May 24th.



2 FISH CROWS were reported from Wolfeboro on May 25th, and 2 were reported 
from Hinsdale on the 27th.



A pair of RED CROSSBILLS with 2 chicks was seen at Quincy Bog in Rumney on 
May 27th. 5 RED CROSSBILLS were seen in Epping, and 3 were seen at the 
Concord Airport, all on May 24th.



7 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from Hinsdale on May 27th, and 2 were 
seen in Concord on the 26th.



An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen in Kingston on May 22nd.



A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was seen in Hinsdale on May 28th. A YELLOW-BILLED 
CUCKOO and a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO were reported from the Oyster River Forest 
located off of Packers Falls Road in Durham on May 22nd.



14 PURPLE MARTINS were seen off of Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on May 26th, 
and 20 BANK SWALLOWS were seen on the Saco River in North Conway on May 
23rd.



6 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in Durham on May 24th, 1 was seen in North 
Conway on May 23rd, and 24th, and 2 were seen in Webster on the 22nd.



3 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES were reported from Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch 
on May 25th.



There was a big movement of northbound songbirds during the past week. 
Highlights included: a MOURNING WARBLER in Hampton on May 28th; 7 
BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS and 4 TENNESSEE WARBLERS in Webster on May 22nd; and 
106 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 37 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 28 MAGOLIA WARBLERS, 21 
WILSON’S WARBLERS, and 4 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS along the coast on the 22nd.



A late report from Star Island in the Isles of Shoal reported a SNOWY OWL 
and a male and a female KING EIDER on May 19th and 20th.



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