This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 5th, 
2019.



A male TUFTED DUCK was discovered at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant 
on July 27th and continues to be seen there. It was last reported on August 
4th. The treatment plant is only open to birders on weekends. If you visit, 
park your car in the entrance parking lot and do not drive on the roads in 
the facility.



2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in fields along Plains Road in Monroe on August 
3rd.



3 MISSISSIPPI KITE breeding territories, one each in Durham, Newmarket, and 
Stratham continue to have reports of adult birds. The easiest birds to see 
are in Durham usually along Madbury Road near Maple Street, and they were 
last reported from there on August 4th.



A TRUMPETER SWAN was discovered at NH Audubon’s Abe Emerson Marsh in Candia 
on April 13th, has continued being seen there, and was last reported on July 
30th.



An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Chapman’s Landing in Stratham on 
August 4th, and 1 continues to be seen along the coast and was last reported 
from Hampton Marsh on August 1st.



3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at the Nashua River in Nashua on July 
31st. GREAT EGRETS were seen in Deering, New London, Freedom, and 
Hillsborough during the past week.



As many as 4 LEAST BITTERNS continue to be reported from the Cranberry Pond 
wetlands behind the Price Chopper store in the shopping center in West 
Lebanon and the last report was on August 2nd.



PIPING PLOVERS and LEAST TERNS are nesting and feeding chicks on the coastal 
beaches in Hampton and Seabrook. Please be careful not to disturb these 
birds.



A STILT SANDPIPER was seen along the coast on July 29th, and a SEMIPALMATED 
PLOVER was seen in Orford on August 1st.



Shorebirds have already begun migrating south and there have been reports 
from the coast of GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, SEMIPALMATED 
SANDPIPERS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 
and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS.



A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was reported from Manchester on August 2nd.



A FOX SPARROW was reported from the White Mountains on July 29th.



An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in Dover on July 30th.



2 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were reported from Upper Kimball Pond in Chatham 
on August 4th. This is an unusually northern and late-season sighting for 
this warbler species.



There were several reports of RED CROSSBILLS and WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS 
from the White Mountains and North Country 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: 
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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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