This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 18th, 2016. A WHITE IBIS was seen flying over Seabrook near the Massachusetts border on July 15th. 36 GLOSSY IBIS, 10 GREAT BLUE HERONS, 16 GREAT EGRETS, 44 SNOWY EGRETS, and 2 GREEN HERONS were tallied along the coast on July 16th. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen in Seabrook on the 17th. 2 LEAST BITTERNS were reported from World End Pond in Salem on July 16th. Also present were 4 VIRGINIA RAILS. 30 ROSEATE TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on July 12th. Birders on a whale watch cruise out of Rye Harbor reported seeing several CORY’S SHEARWATERS, SOOTY SHEARWATERS, and GREAT SHEARWATERS on July 13th. A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen soaring over downtown Newmarket on July 16th. 2 BLACK VULTURES were seen soaring over Westmoreland on July 17th. A pair of SANDHILL CRANES has returned to Monroe and they were most recently reported on June 26th. 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. 8 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on July 13th. 16 PURPLE MARTINS were seen along the coast on July 17th. A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was heard in Durham on July 16th. 2 NELSON’S SPARROWS were seen at the end of Pollock Drive in Rye on July 17th. A female RUDDY DUCK was seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on July 17th. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen from the Caps Ridge Trail off of the Jefferson Notch Road in the White Mountains on July 15th. 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