Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, November 3, 2025.
Mark Suomala
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, November 3, 2025.
The next Rare Bird Alert will be posted on November 17th, 2025. There will be no RBA on 11/11/2025.
4 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in a marsh in Fox State Forest in Hillsborough on October 30th, and 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen at Lackie Farm in Bath on the 31st.
97 BRANT were seen from Pack Monadnock flying south on November 1st.
A HARLEQUIN DUCK continues to be seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton and was last reported on October 30th.
5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at Meadow Pond in Hampton on November 2nd.
4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at Bellamy Reservoir in Madbury on November 1st, and 2 were seen at World End Pond in Salem on November 2nd.
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was seen at Seabrook Town Forest and Wellfield on October 31st.
2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen at the Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation on October 30th.
A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was seen at Eel Pond in Rye on November 2nd.
A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at the Pickering Ponds in Rochester on November 2nd.
A LAUGHING GULL was seen at Hampton Beach State Park on October 26th.
An ICELAND GULL was seen at Bicentennial Park in Hampton, 1 was seen at Pickering Ponds, and 1 was seen at Eel Pond in Rye, all on October 30th. Another ICELAND GULL was seen at Odiorne Point State Park on November 2nd.
A WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET was seen in Massacre Marsh, at Parson’s Creek, and at Concord Point in Rye on multiple days during the past week, and was last reported on November 1st.
A SNOWY EGRET was seen at the Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation Area on October 29th. At least 20 GREAT EGRETS continued to be seen along the coast and several continued to be seen at the Bellamy Reservoir in Madbury, all during the past week.
An AMERICAN COOT was seen at South End Marsh in Concord on November 1st.
A GOLDEN EAGLE was seen at Merry Hill Road in Nottingham on October 29th, and 2 were seen at Pack Monadnock on November 1st.
4 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Durham on November 1st.
A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at Lackie Farm in Bath on October 28th.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen at 1821 White Mountain Highway in North Conway on October 29th.
A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen in Lancaster (far north) on November 1st.
A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen at Mud Pond in Jefferson on October 29th.
An EASTERN PHOEBE was seen in Concord, 1 was seen in Hancock, 1 was seen in Merrimack, 1 was seen in Rochester, and 1 was seen in Durham, all during the past week.
12 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen at Pack Monadnock in Miller State Park on October 29th. 8 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at Long Pond Road in Lempster on October 28th.
A DICKCISSEL was reported from Madbury on October 30th, and 1 was reported from Bethlehem on the 28th.
A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was seen along Westside Avenue in Claremont October 26th and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen in Colombia on November 1st.
Lingering migrating species that were reported from various locations during the past week included: YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, RED-EYED VIREO, BARN SWALLOW, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, “IPSWICH” SAVANNAH SPARROW, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, NASHVILLE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, TENNESEE WARBLER, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER.
A few late-migrating BROAD-WINGED HAWKS were reported during the past week.
Fall season hawk migration observation continues and observers have counted over 8,300 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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