Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, October 27, 2025
Mark Suomala
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 27th, 2025.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton on October 25th-27th.
2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were seen at Hampton Marsh on October 25th.
4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen in Eel Creek in Hampton on October 25th.
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at Seabrook Town Forest and Wellfield on October 22nd.
2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at Adams Point Wildlife Management Area in Durham on October 25th.
A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at Eel Pond in Rye on October 26th.
2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were seen at the Pickering Ponds in Rochester on October 27th.
A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen at the coast in North Hampton on October 20th.
3 LAUGHING GULLS were seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton on October 25th, and 2 were seen at Jeffrey’s Ledge on the 23rd.
An ICELAND GULL was seen at the Pickering Ponds in Rochester on October 24th.
A WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET was seen in Massacre Marsh at Parson’s Creek and at Concord Point in Rye on October 26th-27th.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at Dodge Ponds in Hampton Falls on October 25th, and 1 was seen at South Mill Pond in Portsmouth on the 23rd.
A GREAT EGRET was seen at Adams Point Wildlife Management Area in Durham on October 25th, 8 were seen at Awcomin Marsh in Rye on the 26th, 3 were seen at the Bellamy Reservoir in Madbury on the 25th, 2 were seen at Hampton Marsh on the 25th, 5 were seen at Hampton/Seabrook Marshon the 25th, and 33 were seen at the Seabrook Town Forest and Wellfield on the 25th.
13 LAUGHING GULLS were seen flying south at Ragged Neck in Rye on October 13th.
An AMERICAN COOT was seen at Mine Falls Park in Nashua on October 22nd.
8 BLACK VULTURES were seen near the YMCA in Goffstown on October 22nd, 1 was seen at the Pickering Ponds in Rochester on October 25th, and 1 was seen at Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on the 23rd.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen at Elm Brook Park in Hopkinton on October 25th.
An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen along River Road in Lyme on October 25th.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen on Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on October 24th.
A DICKCISSEL was seen at Star Island on October 24th-25th, and 1 was seen at Hawkin’s Farm in Salem on the 24th.
An AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was seen along County Farm Road in Stewartstown on October 20th.
A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was seen along Westside Avenue in Claremont October 26th.
A BROWN THRASHER was seen along Reed Road in Colebrook on October 27th.
62 BLACK SCOTERS, 7 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and 5 SURF SCOTERS were all seen at Cherry Pond in Jefferson on October 26th.
Lingering migrating species that were reported from various locations during the past week included: YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, BARN SWALLOW, GRAY CATBIRD, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, NASHVILLE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER, and INDIGO BUNTING.
A few late-migrating BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were reported during the past week.
Fall season hawk migration observation continues and observers have counted over 8,200 raptors so far (mainly BROAD-WINGED HAWKS) from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Migration Observatory. Be sure to visit and help the official counters!
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 to: 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
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