This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011. An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, a TENNESSEE WARBLER, a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and a MOURNING WARBLER were seen on Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on August 21st. 15 LAUGHING GULLS, a MANX SHEARWATER, and 3 FORSTER'S TERNS were seen in the seas between Portsmouth and the Isles of Shoals on August 22nd. An ARCTIC TERN was seen from Hilton Park on Dover Point on August 22nd. Birders along the coast on August 20th and 21st reported: a PIED-BILLED GREBE, 11 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a SURF SCOTER, a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 56 SNOWY EGRETS, 47 GREAT EGRETS, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 24 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 31 NORTHERN GANNETS, 5 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, a PEREGRINE FALCON, 100 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 42 SANDERLINGS, 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 42 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a WILLET, a WHIMBREL, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 5 RUDDY TURNSTONES, a RED KNOT, 9 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 5 LAUGHING GULLS, 153 COMMON TERNS, 7 ROSEATE TERNS, 8 LEAST TERNS, 2 FORSTER'S TERNS, 370 TREE SWALLOWS, 127 BARN SWALLOWS, and 5 SALTMARSH SPARROWS. Over 250 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were tallied at Plaice Cove in Hampton on August 20th. A RED CROSSBILL and a BOREAL CHICKADEE were seen on Wildcat Mountain in Pinkham Notch on August 20th. 2 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were reported from the West Branch Pine Barrens Nature Conservancy property in Ossipee on August 17th. Also of note was an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, a PRAIRIE WARBLER, and 42 EASTERN TOWHEES. More than 10 BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen near the beginning of Scott's Bog Road, and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen on Big Brook Road, all in Pittsburg on August 17th. 203 CHIMNEY SWIFTS, a NORTHERN HARRIER, a FISH CROW, 61 WOOD DUCKS, a GREEN HERON, and 9 EASTERN KINGBIRDS were seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord on August 20th. A MOURNING WARBLER was seen in Webster on August 23rd. 245 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in Concord, and 12 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen in Manchester, all on August 20th. 83 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen near a horse farm located off of West Street in Keene, and 125 were seen migrating along Route 127 in Webster, all on August 19th. 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 ****************************************************************