This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 29th, 2011. There was an unconfirmed report of 5 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS on the Campbell's Scottish Highlands Golf Course on Brady Avenue in Salem on June 28th. 4 GREATER SHEARWATERS and 3 MANX SHEARWATERS were reported from Seavey Island, one of the Isles of Shoals on June 23rd, and 3 ATLANTIC PUFFINS were seen there on the 24th. A SEDGE WREN was reported from along North Road in Danbury on June 28th. At least 3 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, and several AMERICAN PIPITS were reported from the Mount Washington Auto Road on June 18th. 3 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, 5 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 6 GRAY JAYS, 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES, several WINTER WRENS, several SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, and several BLACKPOLL WARBLERS were reported from along the first mile of the Caps Ridge Trail located of Jefferson Notch Road on June 25th, and the addition of 4 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS, several MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, and several DARK-EYED JUNCOS were seen along the same stretch on the 26th. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER and a pair of GRAY JAYS was reported from the Little Cherry Pond Trail, and a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER and a GRAY JAY were seen on the Mud Pond Trail off of Route 116, all at the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on June 23rd. The Mud Pond trail entrance is marked by three orange flags on a fir tree at the gravel entrance road to the trailhead off of Route 116 located approximately 3 miles south of the junction of Routes 2 and 116. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 3 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS, several YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 3 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, several GRAY JAYS, a few BOREAL CHICKADEES, several RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, a CAPE MAY WARBLER, several BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, several BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS, 4 MOURNING WARBLERS, 6 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, several RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and an EVENING GROSBEAK were all reported from Pittsburg during the past week. 4 PURPLE MARTINS were seen foraging at the Conway, New Hampshire and Fryeburg, Maine town line on June 18th. A MERLIN was seen along Route 3 near Groveton on June 20th. 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: [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] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************