NH Coast (Tricolored Herons, Fallout!)

[Steve Mirick]

Great day along the coast today! As Derek Lovitch experienced at Fort
Foster, we had lots of birds on the NH Coast! The backdoor cold front
came through in the morning and brought fog, drizzle, and raw NE winds,
but the birds had come down. My best spring day ever for many species
including an incredible number of Common Yellowthroats. Hopefully these
birds will stick around. Folks SHOULD GET OUT and enjoy!!!

The following are highlights represent TOTALS for the entire day from
many stops from about 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM. The best location was
Odiorne, where I spent 3 hours walking around the entire park. EBird
checklist here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/nh/view/checklist?subID=S14199966

TRICOLORED HERON 2 birds together south of Rye harbor in salt marsh
with 8 Snowys and a Great Egret.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 at freshwater pond at Odiorne.
Bald Eagle 1
Black-bellied Plover 16
Semipalmated Plover 141 roosting on Seabrook Beach
Semipalmated Sandpiper 95 roosting on Seabrook Beach
Purple Sandpiper 105 on south jetty of Hampton harbor inlet.
Dunlin 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 3
Least Flycatcher 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue-headed Vireo 3
PHILADELPHIA VIREO 2. One at Great Boar's Head and one at Odiorne.
Good looks at both.
Red-eyed Vireo 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 continues at Church Street parking lot.
House Wren 2
Marsh Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Veery 4 with 3 at Odiorne.
Swainson's Thrush 3 at Odiorne. Interesting how many more Derek had
at Fort Foster.
Gray Catbird 24 most at Odiorne.

WARBLERS - 18 Species
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Ovenbird 8
Northern Waterthrush 8
Black-and-white Warbler 19
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT 181. INCREDIBLE day for Yellowthroats! 105+
counted at Odiorne! They were everywhere!
American Redstart 72
CAPE MAY WARBLER 1 at north end of Odiorne past wooden foot bridge.
Northern Parula 33
Magnolia Warbler 55
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER 2 males with one at Church Street Parking lot
and one off Church Street in Rye.
Blackburnian Warbler 4
Yellow Warbler 24
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5
Blackpoll Warbler 6 with 2 females.
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6 all females.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Canada Warbler 2
WILSON'S WARBLER 22 - Incredible number with 12 counted at Odiorne
and 5 in Seabrook Back Dunes.
Nashville Warbler - 0 :-(

LINCOLN'S SPARROW 14. My highest spring total by far. 10 at Odiorne!!
Swamp Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 10
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA