Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, October 6, 2025
Mark Suomala
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 6th, 2025.
A juvenile LECONTE’S SPARROW was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on October 4th-6th.
A LARK SPARROW was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on October 6th.
2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were seen at Goss Farm in Rye on October 5th, and 1 was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye also on the 5th.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen at the Wilder Wildlife Management Area in Lyme on October 3rd.
A NELSON’S SPARROW was seen at Bedell Bridge State Park in Haverhill on October 6th.
A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on October 5th, and 1 was seen at the Seabrook Town Forest and Wellfield on October 1st.
2 FOX SPARROWS were seen in Pittsburg on October 2nd.
A DICKCISSEL was seen at Goss Farm several times during the past week, and 1 was seen at Star Island on October 4th.
A BLUE GROSBEAK was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on October 2nd.
A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 6th.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in Moore Fields along Route 155A in Durham on September 30th.
A juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and a HOODED WARBLER were seen at the Isles of Shoals on October 4th.
A HOODED WARBLER was seen at Lake View Drive in Strafford on September 30th and October 1st.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen at Goss Farm in Rye on October 4th, and 1 was seen at the Wilder Wildlife Management Area in Lyme on September 29th.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 2nd.
A MOURNING WARBLER was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 2nd.
A BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER was seen in Dover on October 6th, and 1 was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on the 4th.
3 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS were seen at the Freedom Town Forest, 1 was seen in Gorham, 1 was seen in Bartlett, 1 was seen in Tuftonboro, 1 was seen in Madbury, and 1 was seen in Lee, all during the past week.
A NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was seen in Keene on October 3rd.
6 TENNESSEE WARBLERS were seen in the Freedom Town Forest, 1 was seen at Goss Farm in Rye, 1 was seen in Pittsburg, 1 was seen Durham, 1 was seen in Merrimack, 1 was seen in Penacook, and 1 was seen in Marlborough, all during the past week.
A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was seen in Freedom Town Forest, and 1 was seen in Dover, both during the past week.
A YELLOW WARBLER, and a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER were both seen at Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, during the last week.
An EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE was seen at Wagon Hill Farm in Durham on October 2nd, and 1 was seen at Elm Brook Recreation Area in Hopkinton on October 1st.
An EASTERN KINGBIRD was seen at Bullard Drive in Lyndeborough on October 6th.
A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on October 4th.
A CAROLINA WREN was seen in Pittsburg on October 1st. Far north!
Birders on a Granite State whale-watch cruise out of Rye on October 5th saw a COMMON MURRE, and 28 CORY’S SHEARWATERS.
2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at the Isles of Shoals on October 1st.
A WHIMBREL was seen at the Isles of Shoals on October 2nd.
3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen at Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation Area on October 1st.
5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen in a backwater of the Magalloway River in Errol on October 1st.
A GREAT EGRET was seen at Hebron Marsh in Hebron on October 4th.
More than 200 GREAT EGRETS have been seen roosting at the beaver pond on Route 107 in Seabrook where the power lines cross the road on October 4th.
A flock of 14 BLACK VULTURES was reported from Lyndeborough, and 2 were seen at Pack Monadnock, all on October 5th.
There was an unconfirmed report of a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE from Dover on October 1st.
Fall season hawk migration observation has started and observers have counted over 7,500 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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