Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, September 9, 2019

[Mark Suomala]

This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 9th,
2019.



Birders aboard the “Granite State” on a boat-cruise out of Rye Harbor on
September 3rd, and arranged by NH Audubon, reported the following
highlights: a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, 2+ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a BLACK
TERN, 7 COMMON TERNS, 3 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 3 MANX SHEARWATERS, 154 WILSON’S
STORM-PETRELS, and 42 NORTHERN GANNETS. There is another cruise planned for
October 14th and it is open to the public. There is a fee. For more info,
navigate to:
http://www.nhaudubon.org/calendar/seacoast-chapter-pelagic-trip/



3 MISSISSIPPI KITE breeding territories, one each in Durham, Newmarket, and
Stratham were established this year. The easiest birds to see are in Durham,
usually along Madbury Road near Maple Street, and they were last reported
there on September 2nd.



A TRUMPETER SWAN was discovered at NH Audubon’s Abe Emerson Marsh in Candia
on April 13th and continues being seen. It was last reported on September
2nd.



2 SANDHILL CRANES were photographed in a field along Route 156 south of
Deerfield Road in Nottingham on September 2nd.



4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment
Plant on September 5th, and 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen here on the
4th. The treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation are 7:30-3:00
on weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the office and be out of the
plant by 2:45 so that plant personnel do not have to ask birders to leave.
Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the road. The Trails at Pickering
Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are always open during
daylight hours.



A WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September
8th, and 1 was seen in Hampton Marsh on the 7th.



A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen in coastal Rye, and a PIPING PLOVER was seen on
Seabrook Beach, both on September 8th.



2 RED-NECKED GREBES were seen on Lake Sunapee on September 5th.



A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON seen in coastal Seabrook on September 4th.



A DICKCISSEL was reported from Woodmont Orchard in Hollis on September 5th.



A few RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Brookline, Lempster, North Conway,
and Peterborough during the past week.



There were numerous sightings of migrating WARBLERS during the past week
including a few each of BLACKPOLL WARBLER, WILSON’S WARBLER,

TENNESSEE WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and CAPE MAY WARBLER.



An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen at Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on
September 5th.



COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported migrating south all during the past week
with high counts of 870 in Hancock on September 3rd, and 216 in Concord on
the 4th.



RAPTOR migration is under way with migrating raptors being counted daily at
the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory in Peterborough. Over 540
raptors have already been tallied since September 1st. Be sure to visit this
observatory during this fall season to help out with the count!



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:
bird...@nhaudubon.org. 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.