RBA, New Hampshire, July 8, 2009

-RBA

*New Hampshire

*July 8, 2009

*NHNH0807.09



This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 8th,
2009.



A SABINE'S GULL, a LITTLE GULL, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and a FISH CROW were
all reported from Hampton Beach State Park on July 8th.



3 LEAST TERNS, 4 ROSEATE TERNS, over 200 COMMON TERNS, 75 WILSON'S
STORM-PETRELS, and 30 LAUGHING GULLS were reported from coastal Seabrook and
Hampton on July 8th.



A NORTHERN FULMAR, 17 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, a MANX SHEARWATER, 200 GREATER
SHEARWATERS, 200 SOOTY SHEARWATERS, 1,800 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 40
NORTHERN GANNETS, a GREAT CORMORANT, and an undetermined JAEGER species were
seen in NH waters from a whale-watch boat out of Rye on July 6th.



A LONG-TAILED JAEGER, a PARASITIC JAEGER, a possible POMARINE JAEGER, and an
ARCTIC TERN were seen in NH waters from a whale-watch boat out of Rye on
July 4th.



2 PIPING PLOVERS were seen on Hampton Beach on July 8th.



2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen off of the coast in Rye on July 6th.



5 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES and 2 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen from the Mount
Washington auto road on July 5th.



3 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 4 GRAY JAYS, and 4 BOREAL
CHICKADEES were seen on the Caps Ridge Trail in Jefferson Notch in the White
Mountains on July 6th.



Highlights of a birder's trip to Pittsburg on July 1st to 4th included a
female SPRUCE GROUSE with 5 chicks, a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 4
PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, 5 GRAY JAYS, 3 BOREAL CHICKADEES, a RUSTY BLACKBIRD,
and an EVENING GROSBEAK.



An ORCHARD ORIOLE was reported from Southwest Park in Nashua on July 5th.



2 pairs of MISSISSIPPI KITES have been located in Newmarket near the same 2
sites where they nested in 2008. 2 were seen from Route 152, near the school
that is located a short distance west of Packers Falls Road, on June 28th.

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