Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 17, 2019

[Mark Suomala]

This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 17th, 2019.



A LITTLE EGRET continues to be seen with SNOWY EGRETS in the marsh located
on the side of Route 1A opposite Wallis Sands in Rye, and was last reported
on June 16th.



A TRUMPETER SWAN was discovered at NH Audubon’s Abe Emerson Marsh in Candia
on April 13th, has continued being seen there, and was last reported on June
16th.



An AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER was seen flying by Rye Harbor on June 13th.



3 MISSISSIPPI KITE territories, one each in Durham, Newmarket, and Stratham
continue to have reports of adult birds. The easiest birds to see are in
Durham usually along Madbury Road near Maple Street.



2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen at Tuckerman’s Ravine on Mt Washington on June
10th.



A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Walpole on June 16th.



2 pairs of PIPING PLOVERS and 1 pair of LEAST TERNS are nesting at Hampton
Beach State Park. Please be careful not to disturb these birds when you are
at the beach.



A LEAST BITTERN was reported from the Cranberry Pond wetlands behind the
shopping center in West Lebanon on June 17th, and 2 were reported from World
End Pond in Salem on June 13th.



A late-migrating GREAT EGRET was seen in the Dixville Notch area on June
14th.



12 PURPLE MARTINS were seen along the coast on June 16th.



GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport, and Cemetery
Fields in Amherst during the past week.



A FOX SPARROW was reported from Millsfield on June 12th.



5 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES were reported from Cannon Mountain on June 14th, and

3 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES, an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and 3 MOURNING WARBLERS
were reported from the trail up Dixville Peak on June 15th.



2 late-migrating RED-NECKED GREBES were seen in coastal Rye on June 16th.



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.