Least Terns NESTING in NH!!!!!

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Steve Mirick

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Jun 30, 2015, 8:43:01 PM6/30/15
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Thanks to a tip by Scott Heron who had learned from the Piping Plover
monitor....

Least Terns are now NESTING on Hampton Beach. According to Keith & Fox,
this is the first confirmed nesting in the State of NH since 1959!

The nest is inside the fenced off area, near an exclosed (caged) Piping
Plover nest on the north side of Hampton Beach State park. The nest is
(as always) easy to miss, but is visible from the trail to the beach at
the end of Dover Ave. It has two eggs in it. Not sure how long they
have been incubating. Needless to say, it is going to be a mad house at
Hampton Beach this weekend and hundreds of beach goers will walk right
by the nest. It remains to be seen how well they make out.

In any event, if you choose to visit them, parking is problematic unless
you pay the $10 or more to park in the state park. Or you may be able
to find free parking along the street and walk in. And, of course, keep
outside the fence and maintain a proper distance if you visit.

Here are a couple of pictures from this morning......and a few
photographs of "my" two Peregrine Falcon chicks from Haverhill, MA who
both flew for the fist time today!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/40298884@N06/

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA
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