Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, September 15, 2025.

[Mark Suomala]

This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 15^th, 2025.

 

2 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen in Dover and 2 were seen in Durham, all on several days during the past week.

 

A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was seen at Spinney Lane and Durham Reservoir on September on September 14^th. A CANADA WARBLER was seen in Carroll and 1 was seen in Lyme, and a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was seen in Madbury, all during the past week.

 

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September 8^th, and 1 was seen on Star Island in the Isles of Shoals on the 9^th.

 

A WHITE-EYED VIREO was seen at Boston Lot Lake in Lebanon on September 8^th.

 

A LARK SPARROW was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September 6^th and 7^th, and was last reported on the 14^th.

 

A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen near the top of Pack Monadnock in Peterborough on September 13^th.

 

2 DICKCISSELS were seen at the Birch Street Community Gardens in Concord on September 8^th.

 

An AMERICAN AVOCET was seen in the pools south of Odiorne Point State Park along Route 1A in Rye on September 14^th.

 

3 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at the Isles of Shoals on September 10^th.

 

A HUDSONIAN GODWIT continued to be seen in Hampton Harbor and was last reported on September 14^th.

 

A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was seen at Jenness Beach in Rye and was last reported on September 14^th, and a WESTERN SANDPIPER was seen here on the 11^th.

 

2 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were seen along the coast just south of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September 8^th.

 

A DUNLIN was seen just south of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on September 11^th.

 

An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was seen in Campton on September 10^th, 1 was seen at Horseshoe Pond in Concord on the 9^th, and 2 were seen at the Jamie Welch Field and Merrimack River in Boscawen on the 15^th.

 

A PIPING PLOVER was seen in Hampton Harbor on September 11^th.

 

A COMMON TERN was seen on Lake Winnipesaukee on September 11^th.

  

A GREAT CORMORANT was seen on the Connecticut River in Orford on September 13^th.

 

A juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen near the intersection of Cross Beach Road and Route 1A (across from St. Elizabeth’s Church) in Seabrook on September 13^th.

 

A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen along the Elmwood Junction trails in Hancock on September 10^th.

 

An adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen along Parsons Creek Salt Marsh in Rye on September 14^th.

 

2 GREEN HERONS were seen at the Upper Coos Recreational Trail in Colebrook on September 13^th.

 

A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was reported from Colebrook on September 13^th.

 

Single GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHERS were reported from Salem, Charlestown, Rye, Seabrook, and Madbury during the past week.

 

6 BLACK VULTURES were seen in Durham and 1 was seen in Rochester all during the past week.

 

Hawk migration observation has started and observers have counted over 1,000 raptors (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

 

Thanks very much and good birding.

 

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